Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 220. (Read 189367 times)

Robert De Zerbi's first season in Brighton was glorious when he helped the English side to qualify for the Europa League. But last season was not encouraging with the club finishing in eleventh position. The Italian knew that he needed to leave the club for a new challenge. Manchester United was linked to him but with the management's U-turn to keep Erik ten Hag, maybe Marseille was the best option for him. PSG needs competition in the French League and Robert could be a good coach that can make a difference. The management of the club will have to provide the necessary financial support that will help the Italian get the players he needs to make Marseille a force next season.

I am surprised that Brighton has decided to replace the Italian with 31-year-old Fabian Hurzeler. There are reports that the German will be given a three-year contract. He would become the youngest manager in the EPL which is amazing. Fabian Hurzeler led St Pauli to the German top league after winning the Bundesliga 2 title last season. Young coaches are taking over the European league.

If PSG can make their squad much more balanced for all lines next season, of course this will be very beneficial for PSG because so far their dependence on one player alone will not be enough to give PSG an extraordinary trophy except only the Ligue1 trophy. And I think everyone will see how the PSG team performs next season with Kylian Mbappe not being in the PSG squad anymore and will also see which players PSG will find to place in the line that Kylian Mbappe often used last season.

PSG need a suitable replacement for Mbappe. There is no doubt that Luis Enrique is a very experienced coach. Even so, it will be very difficult for PSG to perform consistently well without finding a suitable replacement for Mbappe. Because Mbappe was the most important player in PSG's squad. PSG can win the Ligue 1 title without Mbappe. But will not be able to do well in the Champions League.

PSG management should plan long term with Luis Enrique. Without long-term planning, PSG management will spend a lot of money every season, but not get the expected performance. PSG management is very rich, and they don't stingy on spending money. So Luis Enrique will probably be able to add as many players as he wants to the squad, as he is going to get a bigger fund from the management. Now we wait to see which player Luis Enrique is interested in signing as Mbappe's replacement.

I think having superstar players can't guarantee anything but also having these superstar players can make any team to have much more chance in the tournaments. In fact, the best they can do is to have a more balanced team instead of having more superstar players which can be more helpful. This means if you have superstar players you should have a superstar coach to guide them, player, otherwise we will see another failure like we saw in the last season with PSG when they had Messi and Neymar in the team but they couldn't get good results and this means spending money won't solve everything for PSG.
 

The financial strength possessed by PSG of course makes it easy for them to get a replacement for Mbappe, but I hope they can change their style of play next season which has been very dependent on Mbappe, bringing in new players of course must be done by Enrique in order to maintain the balance and also the depth of the squad they have next season, losing Mbappe is of course very detrimental to PSG remembering that he is one of the players who has indeed made a considerable contribution, but as a team, of course PSG must be bigger than Mbappe so that they will still be able to compete in Ligue 1 and also the Champions League next season.

So far, PSG dependence on Mbappe has often been a weakness for them, when Mbappe is in good condition, of course PSG can perform very well, as well as when Mbappe performs poorly and of course it also affects PSG performance so far, currently losing Mbappe of course  can be an opportunity for Enrique to overhaul the team as a whole and of course make PSG can become a team that indeed relies more on cooperation between players in next seasons.

As long as psg don't recruit any new players to their club I will consider psg as a weak team. PSG had a significant number of departures last season and then again this season saw one of the club's most valuable and most important players move to Real Madrid, so now the team is undoubtedly a weaker opponent than any other team. Since this team has enough financial solvency and since this team has been able to appoint a good quality manager to their club, I believe that they will sign a significant amount of players with their club this season.

By buying the right players in the right place, hopefully this team will become a strong team again and once again they will be on the field to succeed in the Champions League competition.

Yes, they have very strong finances, so they will be able to do whatever they want, as long as they succeed in convincing the players they want to bring in. But I hope they don't do that, I mean they have to build a team based on team cohesion, not just individual ability. Individual abilities are very important, but don't let them become dependent on them, because if they are left behind by the players they will be confused again.

They have to build a foundation for their future, because until now they haven't done that, and it's possible that when they do that they will be much better than before. Luis Enrique is an experienced coach, I hope he can bring Paris Sait Germain to achieve something even better, especially in the Champions League. Maybe it won't be easy for them, but what isn't easy doesn't mean they won't be able to get it.

This very true almost everyone knows that mbappe was a very important and key player in PSG such that in some games they literally depend on him to be able to win games or even get to score goals and so his exit is going to bring about some set backs within the team until a good replacement is gotten. I don't think anyone is really irreplaceable in football els there wouldn't have been opportunity for these younger generations to be able to do as much as they have been able to do in this era of football, some young players now have even done more than the former starts did.

Most times when a good player leaves a team it's usually normal to think the team may begin to crash as they may find it difficult getting a new player who will perfectly replace the  one who just left but then later it turns out the team gets to cope for awhile and eventually gets to makes for the absence of that plyer such that they are not affected too much any longer. Just like Madrid when Ronaldo Left it felt like Madrid was not going to be any better but it turns out that they are now a good team such that in the whole of Europa they standout a d same can be the Faye of PSG if they focus more on grooming their players than looking for Stars to buy.

I think a team like PSG which has strong finances will not lose much and of course they will be able to quickly bring in the players left behind by Kylian Mbappe, although the quality will not be the same, but to get closer to Kylian Mbappe I think PSG can get him.
On the one hand, I see that there is also an advantage for PSG in losing Kylian Mbappe, this can make this team much more independent so that it doesn't always depend on Kylian Mbappe and focuses on building a team with an even squad in all lines.

yep, because it will only be a waste even if you have very reliable star players in the attack line but if the defense line is very weak, a team will definitely not be able to compete in higher competitions like for example when PSG had a lot of very reliable attacking players before but the results are still very bad because the team cooperation is not balanced between the attack line and the defense line and I admit that PSG before losing Mbappe was very strong in the attack line but to be honest, the defense line was a little weak and that was proven when PSG appeared in the UCL last season.
I'm not saying that PSG has a bad defense, but it's just that PSG is always busy looking for reliable players for the attack line, but they don't see that the defense line also needs reliable players to provide better strength and be on par with the attack line and create solid strength.

regarding how PSG will be after losing Mbappe, for me it won't have any problems in League 1 and will remain the strongest team dominating the League 1 title, but to compete in other competitions like UCL, I doubt it.
It's quite easy to explain why most people will have doubts about their achievements in the next season in the UCL because PSG has always been used to a strong attack line and that was obtained from Mbappe contribution and now PSG doesn't have many choices.

I'm surprised to see Zerbi join the French league, it's caused by i though that zerbi would be back to the serie a but it was wrong. I had never expected this before because zerbi never showed interest to coacing french team. Brighton has endured one of its worst seasons under him. No doubt if the club decides to allow him depart Brighton. Brighton is finally closer to the final deal with marseille over zerbi's contract.

Some progress on Zerbi's moving to Marseille.

- The agreement between Zerbi and Marseille for a three-year contract.

- Zerbi's release clause with Brighton has already been agreed. Brighton chooses to lower his fees from 15 million to 6 million.

- Marseille simply needs to strike an agreement with Brighton.

Zerbi moves to the French league. I'm hoping he'll be able to make positive adjustments to the Marseille. I believe Marseille can at very least compete with PSG under Enrique.
So far, zerbi's movement has not been horrible.

Losing a star player and a mainstay player in the club is indeed a big blow for PSG because their success so far cannot be separated from the contribution of Kylian Mbappe who created many goals so that PSG won in many of the matches they played and next season Kylian Mbappe will no longer be at the PSG club again and the club also needs to think about a replacement for Mbappe for next season. Yes it is possible to recruit a player with potential like Mbappe, it is difficult to find but at least PSG is looking for a player with performance that is close to that so that PSG can continue to be the strongest club in league 1 and continue to dominate.

I think Mbappe's replacement at the club won't necessarily be like Mbappe and PSG knows that, but at least PSG has tried so that their performance doesn't decline when Mbappe is no longer at the club, they have to optimize the performance of the players they have and work together compactly to create solidarity between players so that the club can be successful and be at the forefront even though it is only in League 1, in the International League we don't know what will happen to PSG next season without Mbappe.

Yes, it is true that Marseille is reportedly very close to coach De Zerbi to make an offer to become coach and of course this news is very much discussed among football fans, especially for Ligue 1.
Seeing his performance with Brighton is actually not very satisfying, but for some reason Marseille has an interest in De Zerbi.
Marseille itself this season also experienced setbacks and they finished in the middle ranking, previously Marseille was strong enough team, they were able to show competitive competition and could compete with several big Ligue 1 team.
This season there are lot of changes, Ligue 1 has teams that were initially not that dominant and have been able to show an improvement in the quality of their play to the point of shifting down some of the top team that have always dominated.

Yes, the hope is that what each team does can really bring development in much better direction, making Ligue 1 league that has good competition and matches.

De Zerbi previously was linked to the several clubs such as Bayern Munich, Liverpool or even Barcelona this because those clubs is really impress what he was done in Brighton because without star players De Zerbi can bringing Brighton to playing at Europa League and actually after leave Brighton De Zerbi has received several offers from Premier League clubs but apparently he was not interested anymore to train the clubs from that league and it's quite surprised to me De Zerbi was accept the offers from Marseille because previously i thought after leave Brighton he will train big club and this is new challenge for him because we all know the conditions from Marseille is not really good they even have to change the manager several times during this season

If i am not mistaken this is the first experience for De Zerbi to handle the team from Ligue 1 and it says he will gets 3 years contract duration with Marseille and last season Marseille only finish at 8th place and failed to playing at European competitions so he has hard jobs in this team because i am sure Marseille owner will set high target to De Zerbi and probably top 4 or Champion League zone so this is interesting whether De Zerbi will be able to achieve the target set by Marseille's owner or he will be fired early for failing to meet the target

I don't think there's any doubt anywhere about the fact that Kylian Mbappe have been the biggest and most important Paris Saint Germaine player in the one decade but now that the Frenchman have finally left the club, I think we should stop thinking that the club will likely not continue to succeed without his presence because ro me, that disrespectful to a club like Paris Saint Germaine that are known for their financial strength and how they actively participate in the transfer windows.
Kylian Mbappe is out of the club for a truth but even without signing any other player, Paris Saint Germaine still possesses the strongest team France. The depth of the squad and the quality players in the team is still better than that of any other club in France.

because football is not an individual but a team, consisting of 11 people. So it is impossible to only rely on 1 super star player. Meanwhile, if the middle and back line that supports the star player is not that good, then it will definitely not be able to compete with other clubs which in fact are better prepared and stronger in all areas. Because of course the opponent team will be able to easily guard its opponent's main players, while the other players won't be able to do it very well. It wouldn't be fair to just blame the super star.

What is clear now is that PSG no longer has a football super star like before. So we can see how their performance will be. Will it be much different or not? However, I am sure that they will definitely become winners of the French League title for a long time if they look at the strength of the opposing clubs in the French League. 

So far, Mbappe has been a very important player for PSG in every victory they have get, even in some of the matches played by PSG so far, PSG has actually found it difficult to win without mbappe, so that indeed PSG dependence on Mbappe is very large and losing mbappe it will of course have the potential to make PSG weak, but we also cannot deny that other possibilities may also occur after Mbappe departure this season,  maybe we will see PSG next season have a better game and also performance, because so far we cannot avoid if the contribution of other players to the team is actually closed by the prestige owned by Mbappe at PSG.

Many teams actually get better when their star leaves and make the stability of the team more balanced, making it easier for the coach to implement a game scheme that is considered better without having to have difficulties in maintaining the ego of a star player in their squad, in my opinion, losing Mbappe will indeed affect PSG's performance, but Enrique of course should have had a solution to overcome this and make PSG still able to compete in the Champions League.

Having star players can't guarantee with one team easily for winning Champion League trophy such as face by PSG how difficulty become the winner although has most danger trio attacking line Messi, Neymar and Mbappe. Most of them have each ego and make manager difficult for playing as one team until PSG failure on 16 of round in Champion League, but interested with PSG achievement after leaving by Neymar and Lionel Messi success qualified until semifinal round in this season but defeated by Dortmund.

I see has any bigger potential for PSG get better performance next season after leaving by Mbappe and Luis Henrique get easily manage team without any players has ego. Since leaving by messi and Neymar PSG success qualified until semifinal round in champion league will possibility after leaving by Mbappe lead to final round?

Not only is it difficult, it seems impossible. Mbappe was PSG's biggest trump card on the way to the championship every year by smashing the statistics. They lost this trump card and Mbappe will continue to work wonders in Real Madrid. Mbappe's absence will leave PSG in a very difficult situation. No matter who is replaced by Kylian Mbappe, he cannot perform like Mbappe.

When PSG had the MNM trio in their previous squad but still failed to win the Champions League, so of course it will raise doubts about how Mbappe can bring PSG to win the Champions League later, isn't that so?
I think in this case of course there is something wrong and must be corrected immediately by Luiz Enrique in order to be able to achieve what they have been dreaming of all along, PSG has a qualified squad and no one even doubts if they can conquer European competitions when PSG had Mbappe, Messi and Neymar at that time, but in fact the highest achievement they got was only reaching the final,  Currently, losing Mbappe certainly opens up opportunities to enrique build a squad with his principles and also the philosophy of the game so far.

At this time it can be said that Enrique has a great opportunity to rebuild the PSG squad from scratch, so I think he can apply the same training pattern as when he coached Spain and Barcelona before, Enrique of course needs to make PSG a team that is indeed collective and get rid of their dependence on individuals so far, teams that rely on teamwork actually have a greater chance of winning and of course Enrique must be able to apply that the style of play to the team next season, apart from making tactical adjustments, improving the team mentality, and better preparing to face the big European teams later.