Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 387. (Read 194621 times)

Monaco used to be a force in the French and have always been a participant of the champions league. The club has produced some great players like Kylian Mbappe, Emmanuel Petit, David Trezeguet, Lilian Thuram and Lilian Thuram. The club is not doing badly under Adi Hütter because they have been able to make it to the top three and are just on point below second-placed Brest. Money might play a significant role is helping to reshape the Monaco side but only money will not bring success like we have seen in the German league where Bayern Munich is still second to a low spending Bayer Leverkusen. A good coach and some dedicated and selfless players could put up great performance.


The reason why the English premier league is the most exciting is because it is unpredictable. We already know the club that will win the League one title but nobody can predict who will be crown champion in the Premiership league. Clubs in league one need to attract more investors that can compete with the Qatari investors of PSG.

PSG tends to shift gears whenever he plays, doesnt it? His presence changed the game against Nice, and they're sailing into the semifinals versus Rennes. Mbappe in the lineup - who doubts PSG's chances? I dont. Rennes may have held them to a draw before, but with Mbappe on fire, Im betting on PSG reaching the final.

I understand about Goncalo Ramos. He's aggressive and skilled, but Mbappe's on the pitch makes him shine less. I think he's doing well considering he's new from Benfica and still adjusting. Though not spectacular, six goals is a good start. If Mbappe leaves, Ramos may step in. He may take time to fill such shoes, but PSG's future seems bright with him.

Once again, Nice played a very bad game and this time they had to be eliminated from the Coupe de France competition after being defeated by PSG with a score of 3-1. In fact, the results can be predicted easily and whether in Ligue One or other competitions, Nice still cannot produce different results. They are still continuing the trend of losing in various competitions and what will happen this week when they face Lens away from home.

It is possible that Nice will still lose and this cannot be avoided, especially considering that Lens are eager to get a place in the champions league next season, so they have to beat one of their competitors, namely Nice. I think it won't be long before Nice will fall further if they can't get a win and they can't stop that in their current situation without any significant changes. On the other hand, Marseille will replace Nice if they manage to win again this week against Rennes.

Monaco is also one of the clubs that often produces quality players, but in the last few seasons the club has shown a decline where they have almost never been able to compete with PSG. If Monaco does not sell some of the top players they have, maybe they can compete with PSG, even though the competition does not reach the point of fighting for the title. But unfortunately they need money to support the club so they need to sell players for the journey.

The league would be much more interesting if more clubs could compete with each other and maybe Ligue 1 needs to be handled by owners who have more money, so that a much more competitive competition will emerge. Seeing one team dominate will make the league unattractive and we hope that in the future Ligue 1 can be more competitive than now.

If I were you, of course I wouldn't expect more from a team like Monaco, Brest, Lens or any team in Ligue 1 other than PSG, so far we know how the strong dominance of PSG even confines other teams in Ligue 1 to develop, including Monaco, if you look at the history of the team, of course Monaco can give pride to its fans in the past but for now I think Monaco is like a shop that provides Quality players to sell to other teams, we know big names such as James Rodrigues, Thomas Lemar, Martial, Mendy, and also a player who is now in quite hot speculation namely Mbappe, if we saw the name of the name of course we think how stupid Monaco would be to sell their star player if all this time the championship trophy was their main target,  But in reality money changes everything.

We can't entirely blame PSG for their dominance in Ligue 1, but actually when a club like Monaco sells its players to a rival team like PSG doesn't that mean Monaco also has a hand in strengthening its rival team?
In addition, PSG's current dominance is not only because PSG is a rich team, but basically other clubs in Ligue 1 are more dominant farmers clubs by continuing to sell their star players for money rather than competing for trophies.

I think currently there are no players at Mbappe's level except for Haaland, Osimhen, Vini and several other world class players who play at big clubs. PSG should be able to find a replacement for Mbappe but I don't think they need to look for someone at Mbappe's level. That would be difficult and even impossible in my opinion. But I think they can look for another quality striker because they don't need a player at Mbappe's level to compete in Ligue 1. PSG are very strong in all areas. I think they will still be able to dominate Ligue 1 with another striker who is one level below Mbappe.

Monaco and Brest are only 1 point apart and it is not difficult to catch up if Brest suffers a draw in the next match, while Monaco itself does not seem to have any difficulties in the next match because the opponent is not as tough as the team at the bottom of the standings. Brest itself has to face quite difficult obstacles, namely against Lille who are ranked 4th, whose performance could be said to be not much different, but fortunately Brest is playing at home so this is a big advantage for Brest. Let's see have a league match in the 26th week, will there be any position shift in ranks 2 and 3.

I wish Monaco were in much better condition than this. I still remember their golden age with Falcao and many more really skilled players like him. It must be like seven years ago that they even won the Ligue 1 title.    It doesn't feel good to say "even" for this because of an enormous PSG domination as well but there is nothing we can do about it. 

I know being bought by very rich people is really good for that team but not the same for the quality of the league. But rather than seeing only one team dominating the league it would be better to see more teams being able to compete for the title in the Ligue 1. I know it wouldn't still be fair for the rest of the teams but at least we would see some real competition for the title.

I think mbappe has a great impact on PSG, the star has been doing absolutely well from his day one in PSG,I think mbappe leaving the team is going to affect the team a little bit, because they will still need to rebuild the team,and this can only be possible if PSG look out to buy quality player like mbappe that can fit the position.

In my opinion they should start building the foundations of their team, rather than continuing to chase expensive players because the fact is that up to now they cannot be said to have succeeded in recruiting star players who spent a lot of money. They haven't tried starting from the bottom, because all they do now is just look like they want to be instant. It's possible that if they start from the bottom to create a strong foundation it will take a long time, but they can try because so far they have never done that.
The money they spent seems in vain because there are no players who can get them to talk more in the Champions League, for example. They always fail and that makes us think that money alone will not be enough to bring them to a high level of success if they are not smart enough to utilize what they have. Now for me the choice is to do the same thing with the risk of the same thing happening again, or they try to have the courage to change their habits even though there is no guarantee for them.

Enrique said that PSG will have to learn to play without Mbappe, and it is obvious that without Kylian the team's attack looks different, this means that at the moment there is no striker in the team who could replace him, so I think that in the summer we will see new options, and knowing what PSG has the financial opportunity, I assume that these will be high-profile transfers.

And this will also depend on how far PSG can go in the Champions League, the further they go, the more money Enrique will receive to buy new players. Tomorrow we will find out who will be PSG's opponent in the quarterfinals.

Their opponents in the quarter-finals are the Nice team, who still cannot be underestimated even though they are not in very good condition, so it would be a gamble if they didn't play Mbappe, whose role is quite important in the team, and he scored PSG's first goal before the other players also scored to ensure a place in the semifinals.
PSG will face Rennes in the semifinals and PSG's chances of advancing to the final are wide open, while Lyon is facing a relatively weak team and has a very big chance of going to the final to face PSG if this Parisian team manages to overcome its opponent.
However, PSG must remain wary of Rennes because in the Ligue 1 match, they succeeded in holding PSG to a draw, so if that happens and the match must be decided by a penalty shootout, the chances will be the same and PSG fails in the penalty shootout might happen so that Rennes will go to the final, so PSG must win in normal times.

Since Luis Henrique leaving Kylian Mbappé in last several matches in domestic league, PSG can't performed well and failed to secure three points. But difference when putting him in the starting line up again and PSG success defeating Nice over 3-1 and he has contributed by scoring one goal, its not good scheme so far when Luis Henrique trying his tactical with Kylian Mbappé in last several macthes.
I think Luis Henrique try how to play well for next season anticipation when Kylian Mbappé leaves PSG next season, acceptable or not Luis Henrique have been usual without him next season and need to find right replacement on left winger position.

Indeed failed to secure three points in last several domestic league matches, PSG keep comfortable on the first standings position behind 10 points left from Brest, next match will face Montpellier and Luis Henrique must including Kylian Mbappé in the starting eleven if won't losses three points again.

With all the different clubs and negative situations he had as a player recently, I thought his career could probably be over. Taking into account that he is going to be 35 this June, interest in signing him would significantly slow down as well. But he is not too prone to injuries and his body composition isn't too taxing on the body either. So he had something to give still. Now the coach understands how to include him into the game in the best way possible and he is literally going through a serious revival. Speed is strong, work dedication is strong and he isn't egoistic at all. So far Aubameyang scored 23 goals and gave 8 assists in 37 games. That's really strong and it's known what Marseille has been going through. It is not that simple to score that much for a club that is having a substantial crisis. A nice comeback and I always liked him as a player during his prime.

Mbappe was never let us down because everytime he was played Mbappe always be bringing positive impact to PSG performance for almost every matches and it just happend today that he can able to bringing PSG to overcomes Nice and after this result PSG can advances to the semifinal match and they will fight against Rennes on that stage and if we talk about France Cup indeed Lyon too at semifinal will playing against Ligue 2 team Valenciennes and on the paper Lyon should be able to overcomes this team with easily and for PSG too most likely they will be able to beat Rennes without any problem and indeed the ideal final of France Cup is PSG vs Lyon

About Goncalo Ramos if i am not mistaken he was transfered from Benfica last summer this because when defend Benfica Goncalo Ramos was showing good performance which make  some of big teams has showing their interest to him and before summer transfer window closed PSG has win the race and buy Goncalo Ramos this because at that time PSG was look for the replacement of Neymar and Messi who leave this team but i couldn't says Goncalo Ramos performing well because apparently he still required more time to adapt with PSG and as a striker his goal records also not impressive because until week 25 Goncalo Ramos only able to scores 6 goals

It looks like Enrique is returning to using Mbappe and not using him on the bench anymore.
It is very clear that PSG this time has a very clear goal of winning the Coupe de France title and it is possible that in the final round it will be against Lyon.
when Mbappe started to return to being a starting player I was very sure that PSG would win against Nice even though Nice was not in a very good condition and in fact Mbappe was really influential here during several League 1 matches, Enrique used Mbappe on the bench but in the end he was used for another competition to try to get another title.

btw, I really pay attention to the playing style of Goncalo Ramos, who is rumored to be replacing Mbappe when he appears without Mbappe, of course Goncalo Ramos looks more aggressive and in terms of attacking is very good, but when Mbappe is used as a strat player, Goncalo Ramos doesn't look like usual so I I think that if Mbappe leaves it won't be a problem for PSG performance.

It's very sad to see your winning streak broken a UCL match.

Luis Enrique left Mbappe out of the squad for the last few matches as the matches were not important for PSG. Winning the Ligue 1 title is very easy for PSG. This is why Enrique rested Mbappe, the best player in his squad. And was trying to stabilize the team without Mbappe. Because Mbappe will not be with PSG next season. Because of this, it is possible that Luis Enrique is preparing in advance.

Yesterday's match against Nice was very important for PSG. Luis Enrique did not want to take any risk in this match. So he put Mbappe in the starting XI. And in just 14 minutes, Mbappe's goal gave PSG a 1-0 lead. PSG's overall gameplay was very good. PSG is going to face Rennes in the next match of the Coupe de France. It is expected that PSG will easily win this match as well.

PSG doesn't need to bring in big names like before, just look for a replacement for Kylian Mbappe because if he leaves PSG will lose a goal scoring machine for PSG, bringing in several star players will only cause problems like before when Neymar, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe were still there. The club has caused confusion because these players are the most prominent players and are also the same strikers, so PSG must learn from previous experience so as not to waste too much money just to buy star players but not achieve the target of winning the Champions League title.

Even though with the strength of many star players, PSG should be able to achieve that, but it turns out it is the same as now where PSG only has Mbappe but PSG will still win the league one title while in the Champions League PSG is still progressing well in the Champions League and qualifying for the quarter rounds final. Luis Enrique has clearly thought about Mbappe's replacement because if there is no one to replace Mbappe, it is feared that PSG will experience a decline in performance. Even though losing Mbappe is a big loss for PSG because it does not make money from this large investment, but PSG's struggle is still ongoing, after all, losing Mbappe should not affect PSG's finances to buy the players they need again.

Yes, only Monaco has the opportunity to compete with Brest for second place or runner-up in the Ligue 1 competition and of course this is really interesting competition because below them there are LOSC and Lens who have the same points namely 42.
Top 3 positions are at least hotly contested because they are related to UCL tickets, even though they have to go through the play-offs or qualifications, but for now it will be difficult to guess who can really defend it.
Currently, the standings from ranking 2 to 7 will have interesting competition because the difference in points from each ranking is quite small, I think shift in turn could happen in the future.
Even though they are not in competition for the top of the standings, they will still outperform each other and prove at the end of the season who can be superior to each other.

However, for the last few matches, Brest and Monaco have not appeared very consistent because they often experience unsatisfactory final results.
And of these two team I can't see who will actually come out as runner-up later, everything can be seen clearly if Ligue 1 only has the last two or three matches remaining.

PSG has enough money to buy other star players to replace Mbappe and I believe with their changing strategy, they will not replace Mbappe by another single player but will replace him with two or three attacking players. It will help they build up their squad better than buying another super star player and rely on him while their squad depth will not be improved.

Revenge Real Madrid by sending an offer to buy Vinicius Jr.?

Seriously it won't happen like this because Real Madrid know how world-class Vinicius Jr. is and he is important for them. They consider Vinicius Jr. as future of the club and will not sell him to PSG just because they want to have Mbappe.

Additionally, Mbappe will not join Real Madrid to replace Vini so there will be no direct conflict between two players in position on field. Mbappe will probably play as a striker at Real Madrid while the position of Vini will not be affected.