Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 351. (Read 175075 times)

For a player like Kylian Mbappe, he's tried all he could to make sure he wins the UEFA champions league trophy with Paris Saint Germaine but none of his efforts have actually worked and I think his best chance of winning the competition was even Neymar Jr and Lionel Messi were still at the club. Now that the other superstars are out of the club, he knows winning the European trophy with the club will be a very difficult task and that's why he's trying to leave the club.

Paris Saint Germaine are undoubtedly the best team in the French league but to Kylian Mbappe, there's more to just winning the domestic league. He wants to lift the UEFA Champions League trophy and that's why he's gonna leave the club in the summer.

PSG are doing perfectly well in their league as this league is already termed farmers league and we all know them to succeed well in their league. We must not also fail to recognize Kylian Mbappé who’s been a key to their success in this league this season. He's really help them in both their Domestic and major league competition.

 Yes, the boy is good but he needs to achieve an European title and PSG isn’t looking like a team that could give him that anytime soon and also Kylian doesn’t look like he wants to leave this club anytime soon. Well he must have some huge reasons that he loves the club probably because the club’s been build round him and also the financial benefits he’s having. Well I think the guy is young and need to get to a club where he can win trophies and get his name and self on limelight rather than being comfortable with mediocre performance of the club.

I'm quite surprised to see Luis Enrique not subbing Kylian Mbappe off already. I mean the Orleans game going on in the Coupe de France right now. We are in the last minutes of the game but still he is on the pitch. He has contribution in every single game PSG have scored so far of course. But I think it is better to rest your best player as much as possible in a game like this.

It is risky as well because your player can get injured and miss more important games too. Anyway PSG are just moving on. They couldn't win this cup in the past two seasons. Maybe they would like to put an end to this bad streak. 

If PSG is not champion again, I'll legit stop gambling lol. The only team that hasn't killed a single XFUN parlay I made this season so far.

IMO, sooner or later, Nice will experience a decline in ranking and perhaps its position will be taken by AS Monaco, which is only 2 points behind, as well as Berst, whose ranking could be overtaken at any time by a team below it. Moreover, the difference in points from Nice to Lille is not that significant. At least, for me, AS Monaco has made more real progress than Nice, even with Berst. So, the problem is not how Nice competes with PSG in the race for the League trophy in this competition. however, how will the Nice squad maintain the position they currently occupy?.

Because AS Monaco and Lille at least have a chance to overtake the two teams who are ranked 2nd and 3rd. For me, PSG's chances are too difficult for teams below their ranking to beat. so ideally, how can Nice maintain its position in 2nd place in Lique 1 as much as possible. Not much different from Berst, in the end these teams will experience a decline in performance or the ranking they currently occupy. however, if Nice is able to maintain their position until the end of this season, this team deserves to be appreciated because their hard work has produced far more results than last season. Well, since this competition still has matches remaining until the season ends, we'll just follow developments. because every week, the positions at the top of second to fifth can change depending on the team's performance when they play their matches later.

Every season we see a repetition of the same thing. Several teams performed well at the start of the season. And they fight hard with PSG for the top spot in the table. But gradually the performance of each team started to become erratic, on the other hand the performance of PSG became stronger. At the end of the season we see PSG team as champions of Ligue 1.

PSG is a very rich club. And they spend a lot of money on player purchases and player wages. Other teams in Ligue 1 are not interested in spending so much money. So they cannot strengthen their squad much. Can't add any star players to the squad. So naturally every season we see the dominance of PSG.

Injuries to key players could very well result in the team being inconsistent in winning matches so that teams like Nice and Monaco are often easily left behind by PSG, who are still kings in Ligue1. But if this is caused by player fatigue, I think we need to look at the playing schedule of the two teams this season in whatever league they are in. Because if both of them only play in Ligue1, I don't think their players will get tired easily because other teams' players do too, including teams that have high consistency in Ligue1.

Injuries and fatigues hits harder on the main clubs that are actively in the race for the Ligue One title. Not a fair run but most of these teams will managed to escaped the suffering long run without key players while the consistent team will continue having good scores in matches. Luis Enrique is happy to work with his players, they're dwelling on good results which have become a top priority for the club. They're first on the table and their opponents have tougher fights to win. Paris Saint-Germain have arranged the basic qualities and settings that would elevate their club.

But I never heard the name of Gift Orban during last summer and that's the first time I saw this player linked to a famous team. However it seems this player is young and talented and he can be a good player in Lyon if they know how to use this payer well, also I think Gift Orban took a huge risk after accepting the offer from Lyon because this is currently in bad form, and there's a high possibility for them to get relegated.

The same thing keeps repeating itself in Ligue 1, yes at the beginning of the season there are clubs that stand out that provide competition to Paris Saint Germain, but when entering the middle of the season and towards the end of the competition, the clubs that played well at the beginning experience a decline which in turn allows Paris Saint Germain to comfortably be at the top of the table without pressure.
I think this will continue to happen as long as the clubs in Ligue 1 can't raise their level to that of Paris Saint Germain. Paris Saint Germain with all their advantages can comfortably become champions.
This is what makes the league look monotonous because only that can compete at the top of the table. I am more happy when I see the competition at the bottom because at the bottom they can have quite an interesting competition.

Nice could be a great team but they are not consistent with their performance and results and it has really affected their form and position on the standing so far this season, apart from PSG, Nice happens to be another team in the french league (Ligue 1) who have got a good performance which if improved could contend strongly against PSG.

Last season Nice seemed to appear much better than they are now, but this isn't enough to consider Nice as an underdog team, Monaco could be seen in such perspective but NICE has got a performance that is considerable above average and they have finished to four on the table several times in the Ligue 1, currently they are at the second position on the table while Monaco is at the fourth position on the table even with their relatively average performance, if Nice have some level of consistency and improved performance it's very much possible they may turn out a threat to PSG soonest.

I don't think it was a specific tactic that Nice pursued intentionally. I think it is more due to their incapability to play a different game. They are very weak in their offensive game, but they had a strong defense for quite some time. But playing with clean sheets for a whole season is impossible and can't ever be taken for granted. It could be small changes due to injuries or whatever else that disturbs the defensive game. They would then get into trouble immediately and that is what happened to them.

A team like PSG doesn't need to be as good in their defensive game because they can always compensate for goals conceded due to being strong scorers themselves.

Yes, that's the problem experienced by underdog teams. However, PSG's dominance is still very strong in Ligue 1. No team in Ligue 1 has as good a squad depth as PSG. because they always have large funds to bring in top European players.
Ligue 1 might be more attractive when big investors come to invest in one or several clubs in Ligue 1. So PSG's dominance might be disrupted when they get an equally strong competitor.

Even though they can't be consistent, what Nice has shown so far has been very good. they proved that they can recover like the 2015 and 2016 seasons. At least they are always in the top 5 of the standings.

What Nice and Monaco lack is consistency in play. I think it is normal that underdogs rule the league at the start of last season then their results decline as the season progresses. This can happen because the underdog team usually does not have enough squad depth to maintain consistency in play. Injuries and fatigue are what underdogs suffer from and when that time comes, they will struggle in the second half of the season.

Nice has been giving us another false hope by performing so excellently at the early season but it's playing like a garbage club at the middle of season. The record from last five matches were enough to be considered as proofs.

LWLWL, that's bad result and IMO the chance for nice to get the trophy is zero now. It has 8 points gap to the PSG which is placing at the top. The winner for french league this season is PSG. Nice and monaco have gone out from the title race.

PSG is now dominating the competition with its very consistent performance. It was fucking crazy to see that monaco and nice were just declining so hard in matter of few weeks.

Not only that, because teams that are usually teams in the top zone in the standings, such as Marseille, Monaco and Lille, have also failed to consistently become title contenders every season in Ligue 1. Although ya, in reality teams like Lille and Monaco also previously managed to win the Ligue 1 trophy during PSG's dominance in Ligue 1 several seasons ago. Therefore, basically it is not correct if you still think that Nice will thwart PSG's dominance this season because after all, based on the quality and chances that PSG has, PSG are still the best this season. So ya, if Nice is still able to be in second place, that would clearly be a good result. But yes, however, Nice is still not able to be at the top of the Ligue 1 standings throughout the season.

PSG performance keep promising in Ligue 1 behind 8 points left from Nice and last winning match after defeating Nice make more confidence for PSG unstoppable on the first standings. Behind lead position standings with many points left, PSG attacking line performance very fantastic this season 44 goals of 18 matches and Kylian Mbappe success scored 19 goals and lead top scorer awhile have large gap with second top scorer standings Wissam Ben Yedder scored 9 goals.
But can't guarantee with Mbappe future will stay or not because his contract over end this season and not get done deal negotiation will extend his contract or not.

Nice already have 30 active players and they're not a rich club, signing a new player isn't worth it since they need to spend more money for nothing. Let just it be, Nice is Nice, you can't expect them become PSG v2.0 where they can freely sign a star or popular player.

In the end PSG will become a champion, this league is too easy for them.

A prominent coach accompanied by elite players will definitely bring home the trophy. Nice have jeopardize their chances of topping PSG long time ago, there's no instances where Nice will move closer to PSG on the table, first we look how complicated it is for the points difference on the table. Nice needs new players this season, they can't continue fighting for Ligue One title without having good changes in the team, none of these teams would welcome relenting results. Nice in second place and I don't see them overtaking Paris Saint-Germain basically not when they're inconsistent in their performance.

Soon we will be presented with a drama like the previous season regarding Mbappe's departure from PSG.
I slightly disagree if you say Mbappe with PSG couldn't help get the champions league trophy and that's not entirely Mbappe's fault even when there are other star players PSG also failed to get the champions league trophy so it's not entirely Mbappe's fault but there are other problems that make this club it is so difficult to win a title in the highest competition.
Regarding Mbappe who will leave, we don't know for sure whether he is also thinking about his career or just thinking about a very large salary, but if he is a professional player, he should think about his career in the future, whether he will only continue to get the League 1 title or also want to get a higher title in the champions league.
We just need to wait for the real news and this month it is certain that PSG will not leave, but in June we will see something surprising.