Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 413. (Read 194352 times)

It's really interesting how PSG's dominance in the Ligue 1 doesn't center only around their performance but also with their financial ability too, they have been able to dominate the whole of the Ligue 1 with their form, financial strength and team dept and that has always kept them ahead because most teams in Ligue 1 are yet to get to such a level or attain such height as PSG and they are not even looking like they would soon.

At some point it begins to feel like the Ligue 1 is becoming too small for PSG to probably participate in the league because they literally at this point determine their fate and not a situation of them having to play or work hard to get the kind of results that will give them a good position or win the League title, they literally get weak at some point and still get back in form again and will maintain their position at the table top with little to almost no threat from others who are equally in the league aswell, but in elite league such as the champions league, their strength becomes unequal as they are now able to compete with teams bigger than them or equal with their strength a s they don't get to enjoy to much of dominance just like that.

Yes, I agree with your opinion that Enrique should be smarter in rotating PSG players to maintain his position in League 1 and also be able to qualify for the next round in the Champions League and the 10 point difference from Brest should give Enrique a sense of comfort in keeping important players. like Mbappe who should be kept in the first half and will be used in the second half of every League 1 match to maintain his physical condition so he doesn't get tired when competing in the Champions League.
It seems like this method will work well if Enrique is really smart in managing his players but it seems like Mbappe doesn't want him to appear in the second half because he wants to continue making new history by scoring big scores and I have concerns if he is too enthusiastic about scoring in league 1 it actually has negative impacts such as injuries which will have a negative impact on Mbappe's future.

For the Champions League match, I won't worry because PSG will clearly beat Real Sociedad, even though they will be playing away from home, it seems like Mbappe is still capable of providing an even bigger aggregate score.

When compared to last season, the difference is very noticeable for Brest because they are able to be in second place even though their performance in the last few matches, especially 3 draws before their 2 wins, I think this is a little disturbing.
But for Ligue 1 it seems that this is not a surprise because previously we also saw Lens last season and Nice at the beginning of this season improved drastically but it was only able to compete in the top 4 not for the trophy hunt.

Clubs in Ligue 1 always play with great surprises and are competitive every season which makes it unexpected but this competitiveness only lasts for the Champions League (2nd place), Europa League and Conference League for the rest to compete with PSG for the trophy cannot happen. PSG is still too dominating and the competition from some surprise clubs will not make them falter until now because after all the situation is still the same where the location of the power is too different to make everything a little more troublesome which in the end PSG is always the same with its dominance and runs alone in the race for the championship in Ligue 1.

Brest played very dominantly when facing Strasbourg Camara on Fire, he scored a hat trick in this match.

In other matches, Lyon also managed to win narrowly over Metz, initially Metz scored first but they failed to repel the pressure put on by Lyon.

PSG will face Rennes later, on paper, PSG's chance of winning reaches 70%.

Yeah, Brest are doing just wonderful this season. It has been a long time since they last lost a game before anything else. Their consistency about it is helping them strengthening their place at the second position. Because Nice are really far away from their look at the beginning. They are in a really poor form which is risking their chance for the Champions League a lot as well.

Unfortunately there is no title competition this season but it is no surprise. At least it is nice to see the tight competition between quite many teams for the Champions League spots. Two more teams are joining the Champions League group stage directly together with PSG so let's see.  

Congratulation for Brest because they had successfully to resumes their positive result because yesterday Brest can able to overcomes Strasbourg with final scores 3-0 and Mahdi Camara has showing very impressive performance because he has made a hattrick on that match and this also being an his first hattrick with Brest for this season besides that this result too make Brest can collect 43 points from 23 matches and Brest has 4 difference points above to Nice

Today there is a big match between Lens vs Monaco and i have been discuss about this match before because both teams can be categorized as strong teams in Ligue 1 and it is hard to predict who is the winner of this match but as a host Lens is slightly the favourite but no wonder because although Lens performance is not good compared to last season but Lens stil very strong at their home ground because during this season in all competitions Lens only lost twice even in Champion League Lens can able to beat strong team Arsenal so beating Lens will be hard task for Monaco especially Monaco performance still not consistent and last week they lost from weak team Toulouse and for today too my predictions is Lens will be able to overcomes Monaco with narrow scores and Lens has good odds to bets @2.44

And least we forget Mbappe is still a PSG player until the end of the season so what's the argument again since he's pledged in his contract to give his best and nothing but his best to helping his team get all the wins and the trophies, currently PSG is sure of winning the French league the main focus of the team right now ia probably the Champions League which will be the most important trophy in the career of Mbappe right now so winning the UCL with PSG this season before joining his dream team should be his top priority that i think.

The opportunity to win the Champions League title is always there for PSG because they are also very experienced in playing in the Champions League every season depending on PSG being able to maximize their performance better than the competition in League 1, because if PSG has the same performance when competing in the Champions League PSG will not will be able to win this title because the competition in League 1 is not very competitive while the competition in the Champions League is very difficult for big clubs to fulfill. There is always room for PSG to give a big surprise in the remainder of Kylian Mbappe's final season and the coach provides a really good strategy. It's good for Mbappe to be more active on the front lines and also strengthen the defense at the back. I'm sure PSG can get through this and compete with big clubs like Real Madrid and Manchester City.

For now, Luis Enrique is calm a little because the difference in points with second place is quite far so that PSG can focus a little on the Champions League match. Luis Enrique can rotate his players and keep important players like Mbappe to use in the Champions League match. And that can save stamina PSG players can compete strongly with other fierce rivals. In the second leg PSG will only have to play a defensive strategy so that Real Sociedad will have difficulty creating goal opportunities because PSG has locked the aggregate 2-0, even if PSG loses with a score of 1:0 PSG can still qualify for next round and succeed eliminated Real Sociedad in this round.

It's not something that can't happen, for example last season Inter was able to reach the final round of the Champions League. Likewise with PSG, even though PSG's chances are small compared to several teams that are much more superior, what is certain is that Luis Enrique will do his job with his squad, to do the best they can. in the second leg, PSG will visit Real Sociedad's headquarters. well, we will find out how Luis Enrique's squad does their job when playing away from home. considering that PSG is in the Group phase, they are not very good when playing their away matches. that's why the second leg match is important to review PSG's current strength. even though Luis Enrique's squad should have been able to win the match with the system they are currently implementing. apart from that, PSG started to play impressively, as befits the style that the Spanish coach wants. even though in reality, in terms of strength or depth, there is a gap when comparing City and Real Madrid. Plus, PSG can't be said to be completely solid yet.

But, as you said. in football it is unique, sometimes things happen beyond our predictions and expectations.
In this competition, PSG has almost no competitors who are able to stick closely to the position or ranking they currently occupy. Luis Enrique's troops are comfortably at the top of the Ligue 1 standings with a 10 point lead over Brest. especially with the teams below it. today, PSG will host Rennes at the Park des Princess. but it looks like this match will be exciting, considering that Rennes performed quite well with 5 wins in the matches they played in this competition. well, let's just wait for the final result of the battle between these two teams, even though PSG has a high probability of securing full points.

If i remember that moment and that's enough to make me feel so upset with PSG fans, they were never respecting those GOAT that played on PSG. It's what the fans wanted to see PSG play without owning one of GOAT on its squad. Those players were leaving by themselves and so, the fans can't complain about that.
They were treating these players especially messi and neymar like they wre seeing them as their enemy, it's saddened me if mbappe will potentially leave from PSG at the end of season too. Nothing left in the PSG and enrique must be growing up without the help from a good player like mbappe soon.

Mbappe is very important caused by he was sometimes carrying the club alone. He was dribbling and scoring the for the club. No doubt if many people were valuing him so high but mbappe has rejected a new offer from PSG to make him stay even longer in the club. It's a good choice by him.
Mbappe deserves a better place and fans who can put more respects toward him.

So true. that's why this league really needs to have some big investors to put their money on it. PSG is the only strong club in this league and no doubt that it can reach a new record by keep dominate the competition till the end of season. Many people have been concerning this.
That's also the main reason french league was also very popular as a farmer league. PSG was the only one who is owning the trophy. The total domination by PSG in the french leaguei makes me feel so boring to watch this league.

There was no entertaining competitions caused by there was no competitive club that can compete with mbappe. Im still imagining how many fans will be gutted once mbappe will be announcing his leave from PSG at the summer transfer season.
Im still believing that if mabppe can still develop himself to be a better striker but it will not on real madrid.

Mbappé is the best player in the world at the moment. And he always gives his all to the matches. Currently, Mbappé is the scorer with the most goals in PSG history and is aiming for one of the biggest dreams of his career. Even though he is about to leave PSG, his sense of status has never faded. Mbappé took the field to shoulder the responsibility of bringing glory.
However, I don't think Mbappé is needed for PSG to win League 1. PSG existed before Mbappé and will continue to stand after Mbappé leaves. This tournament is almost destined to belong to PSG. Because this team is always much more robust in every aspect than other clubs. It is also difficult for him to help the team win the UCL championship. The success or failure of a team does not necessarily depend on one player. Like last season, they had a series of stars, but they also failed in the UCL tournament.

I admit that Mbappe will easily contribute to getting the title in League 1 but I am not sure that Mbappe is able to make a contribution to bringing PSG to get the title in the UCL because in this competition it is not just about mainstay players but also requires very solid teamwork whereas PSG are still not ready to become a solid team when competing in the UCL because they still rely on Mbappe, whereas a big team that has won the UCL title definitely has a very perfect line up of players, strong cooperation, even the mainstay players will not be able to determine the score in the final round but instead other players who can give good scores in the competition.

that's the reason I doubt Mbappe can provide help for PSG to get a title in the UCL because he won't be able to perform without strong support from other players but to get a title in league 1 I'm sure it will be the last title before he leaves PSG as a parting gift.

For a footballer that possesses the kind of intimidating football talents like Kylian Mbappe, there's no club in the world that'll not give him special treatments just to make sure he still delivers his best for the team but that doesn't mean that they also do not value other members of the squad.

The notion that it is  because of the special treatments Kylian Mbappe gets as a a Paris Saint Germaine player that makes the other players of the club to underperform because the glory will still go to Mbappe is a very wrong notion and doesn't in any way exist. The France international will be leaving the club at the end of the season to join Spanish giants Real Madrid and which will give the other players in the team all the needed space to shine but without Kylian Mbappe, I don't think the current Paris Saint Germaine team will achieve more than they currently do with Mbappe

What you convey is an honest fact, PSG management treats Mbappe specially, even many times more than other players. This will automatically create gaps within the team, both in terms of income and other aspects. We agree that Mbappe is the best player at the moment, but when a team emphasizes Mbappe influence too much in the team, this will sometimes backfire. In my opinion, this point of view gives us a comprehensive understanding, Mbappe is really needed by PSG, but with the wrong way of managing him he actually becomes an obstacle to achieving success.

PSG has to change many things to be able to achieve success in European competitions, especially in the Champions League. By building a good foundation in recruiting players and managing them well, you can increase your chances of winning trophies in the coming seasons. Efforts to keep Mbappe are wise, but when the club fulfills all his demands, no coach can completely control the dressing room.

Lyon started the season poorly and many thought they won’t be able to get over their poor form to achieve anything this season. Especially as most big teams aren’t performing on a great note this season. The way Lyon started the season was quite poorly and they looked like a team that’ll be struggling to survive the relegation zone. But not long ago this team got back on track and have now been able to maintain and have 4 straight wins in their last 4 matches ni the league. This great wins now moves their win tally to 8 in the league and now moves them to 10th position in the league though just 6 points away from relegation zone. Though 6 points looks so little but I’ve confidence that they won’t drop down below to that level again especially after seeing how they can perform in recent matches.

 In their match yesterday, they had a narrow win but that match showed their strength and determination and it also showed their weakness because you can see them conceding quite early which isn’t always good because If they were playing a very good side then they could have probably lost that match. Well kudos to how hard they fought and it earned them the 3 points which has moved them one position up on the log. Now looking at Brest who were able to move up to second place with the win over Marseille over the last weekend. That win was one that brought the job of Gatusso to an end at the club. Brest will be playing StrAsborg this weekend to cement their 2nd place.This match should be going Brest way but Strasborg shouldn’t be underrated as they’re one average team that show can’t be predicted as they could either be on fire or cold but what I’m very sure of is Brest getting at least a draw in this match.

This is so yesterday to think that Mbappe would underperform because he might have a pre-agreement or pre-contract signed with Real Madrid. How weird is it even to think that this could be the case?

This guy is equipped with hundreds of millions in his pocket and he is fully independent. He wouldn't give a *** if he plays against Real Madrid and destroys them. He wants to become the next best player in the world and he is tired of losing that competition and he wants that award. The only way to get there is to win the Champions League. Whether Real Madrid is his opponent or West Bromwich Albion, he doesn't care.

Mbappe is very likely not to betray his team mate in the Ligue 1 by playing badly due to the fact that he will be leaving the team soon so he wouldn't want to give his best and help the team win a trophy if they can , because doing that will not only be bad for the team but will aswell be a bad record for him too so I don't think he would be willing to do such a thing.

Real Madrid is now like a dream come true for kylian mbappe because he has always wanted to play in real Madrid a d the team aswell has always kept an eye on him ever since he has been a player in the PSG and at a much younger age than he is now, mbappe is a good player and striker which is what Real Madrid needs currently so he's definitely going to fit so well I'm his role as a player in Madrid as the position for him to fill is readily available for him to fill so I think it's going to be a really good one for his career and it's going to help him achieve that which he couldn't at PSG .

Mbappe is the main reason why they are not even winning the UCL. Now many people hate this point of view that I have and think that I am being a hater, and I am not Mbappe is one of the best players of his generation probably even the best player of his generation. However, unless you are a team like Real Madrid and have the funds to keep more players AND mbappe at the same time then you are not going to end up winning the UCL.

We have seen PSG try to distribute their funds to Mbappe and others, and they made many many mistakes so far, they couldn't build a good team around him, pampering to him cost them the situation. This is why I believe that it is not going to be all that easy, and we should look for them to do differently.

Isn't it curious that PSG fans wanted to get rid of Messi and then Neymar and finally Mbappe leaves the club too (PSG fans didn't want this). PSG lost three one of the greatest footballers of all time, what a pity. I think this club values marketing over building a perfect team. With such a huge budget, they can achieve many things but now it's only getting worse.

League 1 is a very weak league and PSG doesn't have worthy competitors. PSG's dominance won't end here and they have enough money to buy a new good striker, not someone of Mbape's level but there are many other good ones that don't cost a fortune and still play well. PSG will remain dominant in League 1, no one can acquire better players than them.

If, for example, Mbappe succeeds in bringing PSG to the Champions League trophy this season then ya, I think Mbappe will be able to stay at PSG. Because after all, Mbappe departure was aimed to getting the Champions League trophy . So, if for example PSG succeeds in winning the Champions League trophy this season, then of course Nasser Al-Khelaifi will again convince Mbappe to stay at PSG . But apart from that, it is clear that PSG will still win the Ligue 1 trophy this season and even though PSG managed to get the Ligue 1 trophy and Mbappe became Ligue 1 top scorer but yes, in reality Mbappe will still leave . But ya, I personally will just look forward to seeing how Mbappe will be in the transfer window later, because rumors about Mbappe are always there, whether it's rumors about Mbappe leaving or staying, it's always a hot issue every time the transfer window opens.