Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 367. (Read 194704 times)

You are right, Zidane is very selective when deciding which team he will work for, because in reality even now he is still without a team, but there could be other reasons why he is still without a team until now. For Paris Saint Germain, I actually doubt whether he will want to be part of them, because there is a reputation at stake. I mean he has made a record with Real Madrid, so he also has to be careful in choosing the team he will work for because maybe it will be a reputation gamble.
Actually, for me personally, even if he fails in a team, it is something that is very normal for a coach, after all, he also felt it when he returned to Real Madrid, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't better than before and that made many people say he wasn't as good. before or in other words he failed a little. Zidane is very difficult to predict, because in reality he has never said anything in front of the media that would create new rumors.

I agree to say Zidane is a talented coach after he led Madrid to La Liga and Champions League glory during his time in charge, but I don't think it can guarantee that Zidane will be able to repeat that feat at PSG, for the Ligue 1 trophy maybe Zidane will have no trouble getting it ,because after all PSG is a team that dominates in Ligue 1,  In addition, when PSG became the rich team they are today and continue to be the dominating team in the Ligue, of course, getting the domestic trophy is not a difficult thing for whoever PSG coach later.

I think we can't equate madrid with PSG when Zidane used to coach, at that time the PSG squad was not more complete than Madrid and at that time PSG only had a few star players they could rely on in the fight for the champions league, now actually the PSG squad has improved but still it will take time for Zidane to rebuild the PSG squad if he coaches,  In addition, the most difficult thing for Zidane to do is actually to build a strong mentality from the PSG squad and I think that is what has made it difficult for PSG to compete in European Competitions because the mentality they have is very soft.

Zidane to manage Marseille? I think it would be a pity. Because Marseille can't offer what Real Madrid offered him. They aren't a very rich team like Real Madrid and PSG. Zidane should definitely manage a rich team where he can build a squad according to his will. I don't think he can be much successful with an average team.

Maybe I said something before like I was curious about what he could do with an average team. But I assume it would be the best for him to continue with big teams.    When it comes to the Marseille - PSG game we never know. Marseille are on the rise with their new manager and maybe they could do something in this home game.

In my opinion, this does not guarantee that Zinedin Zidan will be able to make PSG perform well, especially in the competition that PSG prioritizes, namely the Champions League. If winning the League 1 title is a trophy that PSG has usually won over the years, what PSG wants is a change in a better direction. Indeed, so far PSG has tried to change coaches and quite a few PSG have appointed coaches who are talented and great in their fields but in reality PSG cannot achieve what they want and keeps changing coaches until they find the best coach according to PSG. Yes, Zidane is indeed a coach who has good experience in the Champions League, but managing PSG to win this big title is not an easy task for him.

Moreover, next season PSG will not have a star player because their star player Kylian Mbappe will soon leave PSG and I think if Zidane handles a club that does not have a competent composition of players it will be difficult for Zidane to provide the best strategy, but if PSG recruits great players to replace Mbappe, I think Zidane will take advantage of this opportunity, but if Zidane is willing to coach the PSG club, even though PSG is a big club in his home country but PSG is in a league which is not competitive.

Dude, I feel you. Zidane taking over PSG would be massive. The guy's a straight-up legend, and what he did at Real Madrid is insane; three Champions League wins in a row? That's unheard of. With PSG's money, he could build a similar monster like Pep's City. That would be terrifying for the rest of Europe. We could finally see PSG dominate the Champions League the way they've been wanting to

But I'm also with you on the hesitation. Zidane seems picky about where he coaches, which honestly, I respect. Makes him even more of a badass. That said, think about what he could do at PSG! Not just winning trophies, but changing their whole style, their reputation

I think PSG can maintain a title series in the Ligue 1 even after Mbappe leaves. Because they will still have a much stronger squad than the other teams. Mbappe has had a huge role in the success of this team so far. But when he leaves they should learn to stay strong as a team as well.

Mbappe's place would surely be filled with another player but it is really hard to predict who it would be.    Osimhen is the most speculated player for now. His play style isn't similar to Mbappe but he can contribute really highly with his scoring skills.

Moreover, Messi and Neymar also don't have very big influence on PSG performance, maybe there are several advantages that PSG has, but still the key to PSG success and strength lies in Mbappe.
It will be much more difficult for them to be in bad condition when Mbappe leaves and this is the reason why Enrique prioritizes all his players not to be too dependent on Mbappe because it will be very bad if Mbappe leaves, and I sure Enrique has already guessed that Mbappe will really leave.
What Enrique did was also quite the right step as coach, he wanted all his players to be able to play well without depending on just one player, but Enrique forgot that the trigger for PSG enthusiasm and strength was because of Mbappe with them.

If say loyalty then it is clear that anyone will not care about loyalty after they have received series of pressures just because they are required to survive and want to extend their contract longer.
Not only Mbappe but all the other players, if they experience conditions like this, when the opportunity comes, they will choose to go to another team that is much better and can give them what they want.
Moreover, Mbappe really hopes for the UCL title, this is the prestigious and most valuable title for all European football players.

I can see that it's definitely not the same as winning League One, but it's not that easy or difficult. They've been trying for the last 5 or so years to win it, and they've spent so much money and said so much and none of it does them, they've lost big.

Oh I don't think you fully understood the point I was trying to make. I do agree with the most part of what you have written, but do you remember that Ronaldo said the competition with Messi is what made both perform at this insane level for such a long time? Great teams and great players are pushing each other, they make you shift your own performance boundaries. PSG doesn't have opponents that put them under pressure, but then suddenly they need to play the best game of their life. Manchester City, in contrast, is playing against Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham, Manchester United etc. on almost a weekly basis. In my opinion this makes a huge difference because players have to be sharp nonstop. There is no negligence possible at any point in time during the season. PSG players can lean back 70% of the time during a season. Once they have a 6 points advantage, the season is essentially over.

Bradley Barcola's situation is not good at all now in PSG. It seems Bradley Barcola got injured hard while playing for France. FIFA Day made many players injured and Bradley Barcola is one of them. Bradley Barcola is a young talent who has good performance and considering his age he could shine in PSG for years.
Recently his life changed a lot because he was playing for Lyon before but Enrique asked PSG to buy this player.
They spent 45 million euros on him which is a huge amount of money.
So far in this season, Bradley Barcola played in 3 games, and in 19 games he was in the first squad, he also scored three goals and six assists. This can show how effective a player he is for his team.

Yes, they have really tried with the various efforts they have made so far. Even with their financial condition not being a problem, they have brought in many star players in the past few seasons. But in the end, it turned out that it didn't work, because they seemed to only focus on the front line. Meanwhile, football does not only depend on the attacking line because after all, all lines must be truly ready. And one more thing, the competition is very tight within the club itself and sometimes it's not good enough.

But yes, at least, PSG is still trying in that way. Even though now they only have Mbappe as their most talented main player. In the UCL, they will have to face Barcelona, where they should also have a chance, because Barcelona is currently not in their best position. However, it's just a matter of how they can make good use of this opportunity.

I get your point, but PSG is among the  elite teams right now. They have the players and they have what it takes to win the Champions League. They've just been run very poorly. It has nothing to do with the league they play in. A good team is a good team anywhere, the league doesn't matter. If they are very well managed they should be able to win the Champions League.
Manchester City is almost the same thing with PSG, the only difference is Man City won the Champions League last season which is about 6 seasons after signing Pep Guardiola.
My point is, that it takes time.

It's worse for PSG because they don't know how to manage the club. They don't know how to sign players. The fans decide a lot of the players they sign. When they had Messi, Neymar, and Mbappe, they had a very average midfield. Good management should know that the team needs to be balanced.
A well-managed team would have let Mbappe go last season instead of giving him such a huge contract. They keep building their team around one man and it has never worked.
They need to have a balanced team where the team depends on the team to succeed. One man can't carry a team except you're Lionel Messi. Even Messi needs support, to be honest.

I wouldn't want to really sound like I'm underestimating PSG because they can still get something done but then they are not in the best form and not strong enough to be able to get to the finals or win the champions league, they will even be lucky that by the end of this round one of Manchester city and Real Madrid will be leaving the champions league of which would reduce their fear of a strong rival knocking them out.

Even with the exit of either of these two teams PSG may still be knocked out at the semifinals most likely because they have not got the form a d strength to go beyond that stage and it very sad they have got all the experience in champions league but then even with all the experience they are yet to get that form that will make them more fit enough for the champions league enough to get that far but then if they can improve their performance and form it's still very possible they go beyond their current stage but then they currently don't look like they will be able to really get beyond the semifinals.

Looking at the fixtures you will agree with me that it really going to be even more fierce tough and after these stage because even the teams at this stage are very much strong and getting pass this stage will be a sieve of the toughest team so it's definitely going to be even more tough beyond this stage and PSG may not be able to stand the pressure ahead because they are not looking like they have the stamina to be able to resist the pressure that will come there after.

Before Manchester City won the Champions League title last season, Manchester City had also been to the final but failed to win the title because of Chelsea. Pep Guardiola once said, this team needs to get good experience in the Champions League and they have to learn from their mistakes and correct them in the next season. Pep Guardiola ultimately managed to win the title last season, so PSG may have a lot to learn from Manchester City's journey to the title.

Of course, Ligue 1 competition is not too tight compared to the English League, La Liga and other leagues, but PSG is a team that has improved in terms of the quality of its play but has not been lucky in terms of titles. They have tried to improve themselves and increase the depth of their squad every season, but success has yet to come. There will be a time later, but of course no one knows when, what is clear is that they might still get it this season.

I also agree with you that it will be hard for psg to reach the final stage in this ongoing champion league competition. It is not that psg is not in the good, but for the champions league, I don't think they have experienced players and a great manager that can manage the team to the final. Even in this quarterfinal, I don't think they will escape this stage because they are playing against Barcelona, and despite that, Barcelona is not playing up to your expectations. I think Barcelona will still be the favourite team to qualify in this quarterfinal to the next stage of the competition. psg is in great form in their domestic league, but turning champions league performances is not same.

The era of going a season without winning either the Ligue 1 or UCL leads to a coach getting sacked has to stop because most times, the coach isn’t always the problem here. Yes sometimes the teams in the league where the clubs participates is most times the problem. ⁠Currently you can’t rate PSG as a club with any chance of winning the league. Yes they’re on a very low standard and can’t be compared to better clubs like the likes of City and Real Madrid talk more of the likes of Arsenal and yes Bayern Munich even though they’re not in the best of their form this season, yet PSG might not be able to stop them. Winning the UCL is quite different from winning your league.

 In the Ligue 1, PSG have little or zero competitions and as such the league is more like their self titled especially as among all teams in that they seem to be the better amongst all. Winning the UCL doesn’t require you to have a billion squad and that will help you do it. No, it requires very extra work from the players and more especially from the league too as the clubs in the league need to also improve their way of play and as such it’ll automatically makes psg want to sit up and play in a better way as compared to how relaxed they’re now at least knowing they’re sure of winning the league and maybe the local cup.

 ⁠Luis Enrique won’t be sacked because he’s improved this team and I’m sure he can even take them to the final but even on any note that he’s sacked and a coach like Zidane is brought, I think he might not immediately achieve much success because this kind of team needs to build over a period of one or two seasons then they’ll be able to get their feet. The owners of the club should be patient with Enrique and see what he can do with the team without Kylian next season then they can make a decision if to keep the coach or change him.

Although PSG qualified for the quarterfinals of the Champions League this season but still, I believe there is still no chance for PSG to qualify for the Champions League final. It doesn't matter about Enrique still doing well so far at PSG in his first season but yes, that Enrique will also only be able to bring PSG to get a trophy in the domestic league but it is still difficult in the Champions League. After all, when PSG played in Ligue 1 without Mbappe, the reality is that PSG sometimes still get results that are not optimal. Therefore, this dependence on just one player could be a weakness for PSG to be able to advance further in the Champions League. With these factors, then I believe there is no chance for PSG to get the treble winner because obviously, PSG is still not good enough to get the treble winner as you said.

Currently PSG seems not get problem with their manager and Luis Henrique position keep securing in this season indeed what ever the result of PSG in Champion League match, I don't think Zidane will be manager for PSG in short term because not interested yet after leaving Madrid's manager position last several season still enjoying moment not as manager.
Luis Henrique achieved with PSG in this season very impressive, has chance with treble winner after existing in Ligue 1 managed top standings with many points gap and still on French Cup then PSG has opportunity lead to semifinal round in Champion League. Its great achievement for PSG manager with usually can't existing with three competition in one season exactly last several season PSG always eliminated on knock out round of Champion League.

IMO, what is actually the problem with Paris Saint-Germain is Nasser Al-Khelaifi and his sporting director.  yeah, they can't do as well as Manchester City.  at least, City is led by a competent coach. also, given the freedom to have players he likes in his squad. ideally, a coach knows which players they need to make their team stronger. different from PSG, several previous coaches were not very competent in handling a team as big as Paris Saint-Germain. Plus, the selection of players is under the constraints of club management. yeah, like when PSG was managed by Galtier. apart from having just managed a team as big as Paris Saint-Germain, he also doesn't have much experience in the international arena. the most crucial thing is, Galtier cannot control the conditions in his own squad's dressing room.
Finally, there are many rumors of disputes occurring within the PSG team. What's worse, Galtier only carried out his duties according to the instructions of Nasser Al-Khelaifi or the club management. That's also why PSG always fails to win the Champions League trophy. When PSG was filled with the MNM trio, this team was sharp in the front line but not in the midfield and defense sectors. PSG is just wasting money, even though they are under a competent coach. It is possible that the French League giants can win the Champions League trophy.

Now Paris Saint-Germain is managed by a coach who is quite experienced, especially in the Champions League. but still PSG is not yet the ideal team. next season, if Enrique stays with this team. There will be changes taking place, especially in the midfield and defense sectors. especially, if in the end Mbappe leaves. that means, Enrique will look for the ideal candidate. For Ligue 1, as we can see, it seems that this season their progress in defending their league title will not encounter any significant obstacles.

I can see that it may not be as easy as winning ligue one of course, but it shouldn't be this hard neither. They have been trying for the last 5 or so years to win it, and they have spent so much money and got so many great players and none of that helped them, they always lost.

I think it's quite important to realize that while it's hard to win UCL title, when you spend this much money on it, it becomes something more possible, this is why we should be considering the situation they are in right now as not normal. I believe if I built a team with that much money then I would definitely expect them to make it better, I would expect them to have at least one UCL trophy by now. Considering they have good players, I assume managers were the main problem.