Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 290. (Read 195159 times)

The reign of Paris Saint Germaine's dominance in the French league isn't going to end anytime soon and I'll state my reasons for saying such. Of a truth, Paris Saint Germaine's best player of the last one decade Kylian Mbappe will leave the club at the end of the current season but that in my own opinion isn't going to stop Paris Saint Germaine from dominating the French league because even in the absence of Kylian Mbappe, the club is still the best team in the league. The quality of players in the Paris Saint Germaine set up is unmatchable when compared to the rest of the other teams in the league with or without Kylian Mbappe. Again, the financial strength of Paris Saint Germaine is also stronger than the other clubs in the league and that's why I expect the club management to sign high profile players in the summer transfer window to replace the outgoing Mbappe. Paris Saint Germaine in Mt own opinion will continue to dominate the French league till when another top investor that'll be able to match their financial strength takes over another French club

PSG has a very outstanding and Frim financial capacity tat others don't ans it's been a very solid advantage to them which they too have been abt to utilize well enough to their own advantage and has been able to maintain a long term dominance in the Ligue one which at some point is almost not been challenges by any one and it's most likely going to continue ina. Very long time.

Most of the Ligue 1 teams fail to understand that even with all the might of PSG they can still be challenged and possibly be won in the challenge especially if they are able to build a very well coordinates and organized team that will build a very solid stamina and strength such rhst whenever they get to meet PSG , the quality of players in PSG will not be of so much or great influence on them, just like we see in the bundesliga where we see that Leverkusen isn't the best with their depth or form but they were able to build a formidable team that even the best struggled in fixtures against them in the bundesliga this season.

The reign of PSG dominance in the Ligue 1 seem to be having a possible end soon because I can see that mbappe leaving is looking like something that's going to affect them Ina way and finding a good substitute around it is really going to be challenging and that alone is beginning to sound like a problem to them which may take awhile for them to tackle which will in turn be an opportunity for other teams in the Ligue 1 to take advantage and before the recovery they would have been able to set a standard ahead of PSG.

Basically PSG will always need Mbappe but indeed, because Mbappe will leave then of course PSG should play without Mbappe. Although at this moment PSG is still fine despite playing without Mbappe but anyway, basically PSG has also won the Ligue 1 trophy this season. Of course, the situation will be very different next season, because PSG will also start a new season and of course there will always be strong competition for titles. Therefore, I personally believe that next season PSG will not quickly get good results throughout the season without Mbappe. But yes, let's just look forward to what kind of players PSG will recruit in the transfer window, whether they will succeed in improving the quality of PSG next season or will fail.

First PSG were left without Messi, then without Neymar and now without Mbappe, in fact these are just forwards who can be replaced by new strikers who may be even more ambitious than their predecessors.

Remember how long it took Messi to adapt to PSG, was he worth the costs that were spent on him? Was Neymar worth the fees that PSG paid every year? If so, why didn't they win the Champions League?

I know that things don't work like that, you need to evaluate a team not by how a few players should bring the team the desired trophies, but how the team achieves its goal. And Enrique showed it that he almost reached the final, without Messi, without Neymar, and to be honest, Mbappe didn’t help much in the most important matches either. Therefore, I can say that Enrique can achieve the desired results with PSG, the most important thing is that he is given time to do this.

Brest has surprised us with their ability to be in the top 4 this season and even previously in 2nd place, but unfortunately slowly they began to be inconsistent and continued to drop points in important matches that actually made Brest have to fight hard enough to qualify for the Champions League next season, the draw obtained by Brest against Reims last week certainly made their position more difficult to qualify Automatically and better goal difference is their hope of qualifying automatically if they win against Toulouse in the last game of Ligue 1, indeed for now Brest can be said to get the opportunity to play in the Champions League next season but certainly it will be difficult for them if they do end the season in the playoff zone or 4th position.

The only way for Brest to qualify automatically is of course to be able to win against Toulouse later, but actually if we look at the opponents that Brest will face, Toulouse seems to be most likely to be a difficult opponent for Brest, as you said, Brest is currently in poor form while Toulouse of course now has greater motivation after they managed to beat PSG in the previous match,  I think Brest current situation is in a difficult and difficult condition seems to be difficult rise to rank 3 later.

Luis Henrique tried to adapt in the last few matches without Mbappe, when he won against Nice even without Mbappe he managed to get three points. However, Ligue 1 competition not too huge pressure than Champion League because PSG composition most talented than other Ligue 1 teams participants behind they have better financial condition. I think Luis Henrique will save Mbappe for next match against Mentz and play him for French Cup final match against Lyon.
Indeed he will leave PSG at the end this season but French Cup final match is most important for PSG after failure in champion league, Luis Henrique has chance to get double winner this season with PSG indeed fans expected have to win Champion league trophy.

It's not just luck but for me every PSG win becomes boring because so far no one has been able to beat PSG even though at first it looks like they are losing but in the end PSG will make a quick attack and end up winning.
Everyone will agree that without Kylian Mbappe, PSG remains the strongest club but is only in League 1 and we have never or cannot imagine how PSG competes with other clubs when competing in the Champions League.
PSG will not experience a bad time when Mbappe leaves, but PSG will look very different when they lose Mbappe while competing in the Champions League.

Getting used to without star players seems like it will be an easy task to compete in League 1 but to compete in other competitions, I think PSG will need a long time to adapt.

Brest still has a great chance to finish in the third position of the table if they are able to win the last match against Toulouse by a big margin. Because if they can get a better goal difference compared to LOSC they still have a good chance. But it is very situational because for them to finish in the 3rd position LOSC will have to perform badly in the next match that they have remaining.

And Losc will play against Nice and that is definitely good news for Brest. Because that means they genuinely have a chance. Brest has definitely brought this upon themselves. They have not been able to perform well recently. And that's why they are where they are. Only one win from the last five matches definitely doesn't look good from Brest.

Welll the departure of Mbappe from PSG is one that could probably be the dawn of new things to come for the club and you can be pretty confident of that with a man like Enrique in charge. This man is a good coach and I think he knows what he’s doing and as such I think the board should be confident on him doing his job effectively.

 The club has the finances and as such they feel with Kylian leaving, then they should be anle to get another big name player but I think this is wrong . Getting a big name player isn’t a bad thing to do but I think that shouldn’t be the main target now especially as they want to rebuild. ⁠They should rather get young bloods who are ready to play and win trophies and trust me they will prove to be better than the old blood that want to be aquired by the club.

 Well Enrique is still in charge and I think he has same notion, so I think when the issue if signings come up, he will be able to let them see things this way. This psg side will still be fierce and I think woth Enrique still in charge they will be a team to watch out for in the UCL mext season. I really wish them luck and want to see them win at least one European title next season.

Against Nice of course PSG are no longer aiming for victory in that game and I think Enrique is just trying to experiment by fielding the majority of their reserve players despite their victory in the match, at the moment it is reported that Mbappe is injured so indeed Enrique did not try to play him in the match especially indeed the victory in the match is not very important for PSG at this time after they managed to win the title since a few weeks ago,  the only priority left and being fought for by PSG this season is to win the French Cup after they have reached the final and will face Lyon later, maybe and most likely PSG who have indeed parted ways with Mbappe at the end of this season will field Mbappe in that match as Mbappe last game at PSG.

Mbappe has been a mainstay of PSG for the last 6 seasons, of course we cannot doubt his contribution to every PSG match and even he is able to become the top scorer in a row in Ligue 1 so far, but indeed PSG also should not be weak just because they lose 1 of their mainstay players next season, because after all PSG have enormous resources to easily find a replacement for Mbappe in the summer transfer market later.

Even though playing without Kylian Mbappe, PSG proved that they can still play well. I also agree that the PSG squad must be able to continue to maintain their performance even if Kylian Mbappe isn't with them.

Overall, PSG did not dominate the match, from some aspects such as possession of the ball, they just controlled it, I think PSG had a good performance but the win against Nice was not a win to be proud of and I personally think it was just luck.

In Ligue 1 they don't have competitors who can give them great pressure, that's because there is a difference in their financial situation with other teams, so that is an advantage for them, because Paris Saint Germain can do what they want easily with their financial situation. the good one. And currently there is no team apart from Paris Saint Germain that has good financial strength.
With Mbappe or without Mbappe they can still dominate Ligue 1 in my opinion. But the highlight for me was when they relied too much on Mbappe when they had him, so maybe that will have a little influence, because they will go through a transition process for the position left by Mbappe. But I hope they won't have any problems with it.

I think if want to secured one place on Champion League spot then there is no way for Lille to win the match later but unfortunately Lille has hard match because their opponent this weekend is Nice and indeed we all know for Nice whatever the result of this match it won't have any affect to Nice position on League Table because they still finish at 5th place or Europa League spot but i think Nice still targetting win result from this match so they potentially they can make Lille gets in trouble later

If we see based on the recent performance between these teams i can see Nice performance is slighly better than Lille and from head to head statistics too Nice is more good than Lille because in the last 5 meetings Nice can collect 3 wins and i think this is big challenge for Lille whether they can able to beat Nice and improved their meeting records from Nice or not so it's interesting to figure out

From squad condition Lille and Nice have similar problem because they will lost some players because of injured but Lille still rely on Jonathan David for their front lines and so far he is Lille top scorer with 19 goals in Ligue 1 and last week when Lille beat Nantes Jonathan David was performing impressive because he can make brace and according to the odds i can see Lille is the favourite because the bookmakers provide low odds for Lille win @1.62

Hopefully one day PSG can taste that sweet trophy in the UCL because so far they have continued to fail in their struggle in the UCL, including this season. I also quite agree with what you said that the second tier players should be given more playing minutes so that they can be more accustomed and balanced when playing several important matches. And this will also allow the second tier players to be more in sync with the main players on the PSG team itself apart from the new players that will be brought in by the PSG team next season.

That's right, if Luis Enrique doesn't do that then he won't have any additional strategy ahead of next season's matches. This is very necessary, especially for a team as big as PSG, which always dominates Ligue One every season and indeed its second tier players must also be given playing minutes so they can be more symmetrical with the other players.

PSG have forgotten about the champions league this season which they can't get back and of course they are not giving up one bit in bringing the trophy home someday. That dream is still firmly entrenched and PSG will not give up with countless failures. They believe they will win the title and with the squad they continue to build.

well, that's why it's time for Enrique to prove to the owners of PSG to show that PSG can be strong without Mbappe, even though they will only appear without star players in the following season, but still the League 1 title can always be dominated by PSG.
there is no doubt about PSG finances because they have large finances, but the problem is that the PSG owner's ambition is always to get star players without thinking about the long term.
I mean, if PSG wants to create a very strong future, PSG should prefer to bring in young players to build new talent and maintain it in the long term, but on the one hand I understand why PSG always wants to bring in star players because they want to get the UCL title instantly by recruiting star players but this is the wrong way.

I'm sure that as long as Enrique is retained, PSG will definitely have some positive changes and I know that Enrique will be wiser in recruiting new players to be able to compete in big competitions like the UCL.

We have been seeing how big the hype when messi and neymar have been announced by PSG to play there. I was also expecting PSG to win all of competitions with the help from messi and neymar but the reality totally different compared with what i have expected. PSG still played like a mediocre team.
It was only having final as the best achievements with those star players. Even there was a GOAT there and PSG keeps failed. it shows that winning UCL was not an easy task to be done but real madrid was the only club that can do that for 15 times. It's amazing record for sure by real madrid.

It must be starting from the management, scouting team and the team itself. PSG has recruited the right coach but i think that the composition of players didn't meet his standard. Many of them have been recruited during galtier's era.

This is why enrique needs to rebuild the team slowly. Missing mbappe is not a good thing considering the fact he has been the top scorer. It will be so damn difficult for PSG to find someone who can play as good as him.

PSG only needs to consider every team they play against in Ligue1 as a team with a lot of strength so that the PSG players can play with more enthusiasm and seriousness even though basically almost all the teams in Ligue1 still cannot surpass the strength possessed by PSG. But by thinking like that, it will at least make PSG feel pressure to continue to play better and won't lose easily when facing other clubs who are so extraordinary in the UCL competition. Because what PSG is targeting has not yet been achieved this season because PSG had to lose to the German team.

Losing points is not a big deal for PSG because you can see how last season PSG, who managed to secure the Liga title in Week 37, lost in the last match, so this might happen and Metz, who is their last opponent, will get an advantage by successfully beating PSG, but unfortunately for Metz, if Le Havre loses so their points are the same but Metz still has to go through the relegation playoff match because they will still lose in terms of goal difference to Le Havre, as well as for Lorient who have a chance to beat Clermont so the points will be the same as Metz but the goal difference is the determining factor so it is certain that Lorient and Clermont will be relegated while Metz will have to go through the relegation playoff and this will probably save them from being able to continue playing in Ligue 1 next season.
PSG no longer has any motivation at the end of the season in Ligue 1 other than finishing this last match and after taking a break to prepare for the French Cup match.

There is only 1 match remaining in League 1 and PSG has secured a lot of points and the point difference between PSG and Monaco is quite large, so even though PSG lost points in yesterday's match, it is not a problem because the point difference with Monaco is still large and PSG has also secured 1st league title this season so there is no need to worry that Monaco will catch up with PSG because no matter how much Monaco is chasing PSG, they will not be able to overtake them this season, but maybe because of prestige, PSG will continue to show maximum performance until the end and do not want to lose, the proof is that even though they have won the title, they will still don't want to lose against other clubs in league 1 even though playing without Mbappe will get PSG used to next season where Mbappe is no longer in their squad.

It's true that matches in League 1 are no longer interesting because we already know the champions, but for relegated clubs and mid-table clubs and club fighting for second place, it's no less interesting we can bet our money on these clubs, of course by first analyzing which ones are good for us. We bet before the season ends. It's a good idea for us to take advantage of profit opportunities through sports matches. If the season ends, we can no longer bet and have to wait for the new season to start.