Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 37. (Read 189668 times)

We will start the week with 2 matches.In the first match we will watch Monaco Brest.Monaco is of course the heavy favorite against Brest at home and in case of a possible point loss, the points difference between them and PSG will widen.I think they can defeat Brest decisively.
In the other match, PSG will host Toulouse at home.PSG will try a rotated squad as they have a match against Bayern Munich 4 days after this match.Toulouse has started to recover in recent weeks.Maybe they can make a surprise and get points.

2020/2021 season is the last time that PSG hasn't won the league and it was LOSC Lille that won with just one point. PSG also had a better goal difference than them that season, PSG also won more games than them that season but where they didn't do well was the numbers of games that they lost as the lost more games than Lille which made Lille to pass PSG with one point and that's how the season ended. PSG has a more chance of winning the league than any other clubs in all the league. When the odds are in favour of PSG and they always win without any challenges then you're right in calling the league a farmers league. The other clubs are no match for PSG in players and finances.

PSG is the only team in Ligue 1 that remains a candidate for the trophy this season, there are no other candidate teams in the fight for the trophy in Ligue 1. Because basically, other teams will only compete to finish in the best position in the standings, because they have no chance of overtaking PSG at the top of the standings. It does not mean that I underestimate other teams because that is the reality, PSG still managed to have a strong dominance this season after Mbappe left. Because after all, so far the reality is that only PSG is undefeated in Ligue 1, while other teams have at least suffered two defeats so far. Thus I think it is clear that PSG is still very strong in Ligue 1, and there is no other team in Ligue 1 that is able to provide tough competition in the fight for the trophy to beat PSG.

I do not think it's just PSG dominating, Bundesliga is fun but Bayern dominates too. While yes Leverkusen won last season, normally it was Bayern Munich winning Bundesliga for 10+ years in a row and that is what I am talking about with PSG too, we have seen Lille win here too, nothing changed. I think it's the inconsistency that is causing the trouble and making it boring.

Like for example at Bundesliga, Dortmund is almost always good and they try their best, whereas with Leipzig and Leverkusen they are trying hard as well, there are few teams like that which are almost always at the top, they may have bad seasons time to time but at least few of them at the top every year. Whereas, at Liguer One, we see Lille be good one season, Monaco another season, Marseille another season, we never have a proper consistent good teams there that could make us watch the league, like second place isn't even seen as an important achievement anymore and that's the issue.

Uncompetitive competition has occurred since PSG received large financial support from Qatar, so it is undeniable that the competition in Ligue 1 has been very boring with no more competitive competition in the struggle for the championship trophy, financial differences are of course the reason and main cause of PSG dominance over the years, so for us to change the narrative of Ligue 1 as a peasant league, of course other teams in ligue 1 must improve their finances so that they will have enough money to build a strong squad like PSG so far, if thats cannot be doing then it will be difficult for us to see other teams can break PSG dominance , unless maybe they have great luck to become champions in ligue 1.

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I have always said that the Ligue 1 is a famers league, PSG has every team in the league under their belt. Before this narrative will change, other teams in the league will have to step up their game. PSG have the advantage because if they are the most wealthy club in the league, the other clubs will have invest heavily in their squads, bring in quality players and experienced managers who can challenge PSG dominance.

Yes, I'm totally impress with the perform and strength of this player as he has work hard for his team to win.  If they have such experience players and team, they should not need to work hard. However the hard work should be done by the teams who win less matches and lose more. I don't think so his next matches may be difficult but he will play well in this round and stay in this list. If they are to play then they need score which should be at least 2 because if the opponent team score even one goal then the match will not be a draw.If Marseille play well and win all their matches in the coming weeks their record will be equal.

I keep telling you guys that the premiership is what it is today as a result of the massive investment of the British government on English football aside private investors. In the early 90s not many footballers wanted to play in England, they would rather prefer to play in Spain, France, Germany, Italy or the Netherlands or even Belgium but due to the growing popularity of the English football league as a result of the government investment, it began to attract people from all over the world, and this is where the other elite leagues failed, now if the French government makes a policy that would attract sports investors i think the investors would be willing to invest in french football as well.

Yes that's right PSG club is strong financially, even they spent a lot of money to buy the best strikers in the world including Lionel Messi, Neymar Jr. and Kylian Mbappe. The way this club built the team by buying the best strikers, many thought they might win the Champions League but despite having so many good players, they failed to win the Champions League. It is true that PSG always perform well in their local league and win most of the tournaments there.

The team is strong in local league but not so strong in UEFA Champions League. Maybe there's a lot of difference between the UEFA Champions League and PSG's local league. The best clubs from all over the world participate in the Champions League, making the league much more competitive and exciting.

This could be the main reason, but I also think there isn't a decent competition, that seems like a bigger reason as well. We have seen PSG do great for a while now because of the money they have since the takeover, but we haven't seen any other team try to do the same thing. No other team got a rich club owner and nobody is trying to spend a lot to match PSG so far.

Look at Leverkusen last year, they didn't had any good result at all previously but last season they ended up winning the league above Bayern Munich because they had a great season, Bayern didn't get that much lower points, Bayern had 72 points last season when Leverkusen won, they had literally 71 points previous season when Bayern won the league, so Bayern got one more point but ended up third place instead of first, why? Because Leverkusen did amazing. For PSG to lose the title, there needs to be some other team that gets a lot of great points and do very well, otherwise it will not be simple.

Even without Mbappe in the squad, PSG is consistently playing well. PSG is very strong in Ligue 1 this season. And this is possible because of Luis Enrique's mastermind. We have seen in the previous season that Luis Enrique has done various experiments with his squad. Even though Mbappe is fit, he has rested Mbappe. And given opportunities to young players. And this season, PSG's young players are able to perform well. That is why the top spot of the Ligue 1 table is still in the hands of PSG.

However, in the Champions League, we cannot see a better performance than PSG. So far, PSG has won only one match. The possibility of PSG winning against Bayern Munich in the next match is very low.



I thought that Monaco would compete with PSG for the title this season. But Monaco has dropped points in three of the last four matches. And at the moment, Monaco is 6 points behind PSG. It will not be possible for Monaco to regain the top spot of the table.

PSG remains the dominant force in Ligue 1 despite the nothing or presence of Mbappe in their squad so far, previously we thought that losing Mbappe would has a very significant impact on their performance, especially the front line, but what we see now has no impact at all on the sharpness of their attacking line, in my opinion the lack of competition in the league and also the difference in the quality of players with other teams so far has been a supportive factor their dominance and that's why they can still be very strong in the league even without star players like Messi, Neymar and Mbappe in their squad.

Monaco and Marseille, are the two teams that are considered to be able to compete with PSG this season after a huge increase in their squad, but in fact they are still not able to conquer PSG at the moment despite trying to provide stiff competition at the beginning of the season.

There is no doubt that PSG does have enough money to recruit the players they want and that is what makes it easy for them to continue to dominate League 1. But even though they can recruit good players they can only perform well in their own league while the Champions League PSG always struggles so I think there is nothing special about PSG other than winning League 1. This season alone PSG looks very struggling in the UCL and has only won 1 of the 4 matches they have played but this is not surprising to me.

If we talk about the feasibility I think Ligue 1 is still a decent place for some investors who are trying to invest in stocks with a fair price. I mean English Premier League is certainly more popular than Ligue 1 but to acquire shares of an EPL team I think it is much more expensive compared to a team from Ligue 1. If Investors want guaranteed profits I think EPL is better. But if Investors are trying to develop Ligue 1 to be better, or at least trying to invest in the beginning before Ligue 1 becomes more popular, I think Ligue1 is better.

Honestly what makes Ligue 1 a bit boring is because of PSG's dominance that has no competitors that can challenge them. PSG also has much better finances than other teams in Ligue 1. This makes things unfair. I think if there were some other investors who tried to acquire and give money to other clubs like Marseille, Lyon or Monaco then PSG would have a rival that would make Ligue 1 interesting to watch.

PSG have started to get used to the absence of Mbappe in the team who moved to Real Madrid even though overall his loss has made the front line a little affected. In Ligue 1 PSG is still the strongest team that is very difficult to beat by any team and we can see how PSG's dominance is still quite strong until now. Monaco tries to do their best to compete but to what extent they are able to survive and remain consistent until the end of the season.

If they want to compete with PSG, then Monaco or other clubs must have the same quality of players as PSG because otherwise it will be difficult for any team to compete for the title because PSG will definitely be the favorite.

Having to constantly finish as a runner-up in multiple seasons despite facing such financial crisis is a clear testament of how not much bad the team is but are just been  hooked in a financial disadvantageous position. Perhaps with some huge investors taking over they are going to be in a better fated position to winning the league's title than settling as runner-up. Consequently, if we're to use the instance of Manchester City that's now dominating the EPL currently, previously they never had to finish in the top four how much more as runner-up not until Arab investors took over the club and now see where they are in the EPL. So the case of Lyon is predominantly that of finance and not that the club is a weak one who can't compete for trophies even if taken over by bigger investors.

The popularity the likes of the English Premier League and the Spanish La Liga enjoys today is as a result of the magnitude of investors that are with shares in those league's clubs and provided the French leagu1 clubs could enjoy such influx of investors popularity isn't something that's gonna be hard to come by beca already the league has an already existing market hence expansion is what would be next on. Maybe if you're abreast with the unsuccessful mediapro deal you would have understood why the league1 clubs are struggling up with these financial issues which has really affected their popularity amongst Europe football leagues.

PSG have a lot of money and they have spent a lot of money on football but despite spending so much money they are yet to win the European crown of endeavors. Achieving Europe's crowning glory means winning the Champions League trophy. Some of the ill-conceived transfers that were costly and damaging for PSG. But now this team is not spending extra money anywhere. PSG is only spending money on players who can provide good service for the team if they buy them. If PSG spend as planned and build a good squad next season, I believe they can compete well in the Champions League again. As they did earlier though that season they were beaten by Bayern Munich. Despite the absence of significant transfers this season, the team is still at the top of the points table and PSG are expected to be champions of the local league again.

Mbappe was an important player for League 1, but we see that he can also fill the gap. In the French League, other teams than Paris Saint-Germain should strive more for the championship because Paris Saint-Germain has very talented and experienced people both as a squad and as a coach. If you are going to beat such a squad, you also need to have a squad consisting of very good players. For now, Monaco and Marseille are still in the race, but I think Marseille will be out of the race in the future.

Lyon is team that is doubtful and in the last 10 season its biggest achievement was runner-up, that happened in the 2014/15 and 2015/16 season because after that they became an unstable team that experienced lot of setbacks until now and of course this will be the answer why they are not like other team that are of interest to big investors.
On the other hand, Ligue 1 is not as popular as La Liga or the Premier League so there is no privilege or long-term benefit when investors acquire shares in team like Lyon, indeed there will always be opportunities but we also have to see first how the team is worthy of getting it or not and there are more team in La Liga and the Premier League that will be more attractive to investors.

But even so, in the end, the competition continues and for Ligue 1, it is not the top position that is always interesting because it is always certain to be obtained by PSG, but the competition in the Champions League and Europa League zones is always a good condition to wait for.

Talking about champions, everyone must know that the financial differences, player conditions and various advantages that PSG currently has always made them the frontrunners in the fight for trophies and no one can overcome or even compete with that. But for the competition and some surprise clubs that are always there every season in the fight for the Champions League or Europa League zone, it is still an interesting treat to wait for.

In the last 2 seasons, we have always been able to witness some unexpected surprise clubs that could achieve success like Lens or even last season Brest, so actually the main focus of Ligue 1 that is interesting is the fight for positions 2-5, not the top position that is always certain to be obtained by 1 club.