Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 655. (Read 190683 times)

In the same opinion as you, Mbappe stayed at PSG to take advantage financially in the form of a large bonus. To win the UCL tournament, I think Mbappe himself really understands that his chances of winning it with PSG are still very small at the moment, at least it will take a little longer to build a solid squad. We'll see when the transfer window reopens, whether Mbappe will stay at PSG or choose to accept another offer to leave.

It's true that if Mbappe wants to win more individual titles, he should leave PSG and join a club like Real Madrid. It would be even better if Mbappe moved to the EPL, we know that the EPL is the league with the best rating currently in Europe. I'm waiting for the game against Newcastle, as usual Mbappe will again support PSG to get full points.

It is true that it is very impossible for Mbappe to win the UCL title with PSG and with the current squad it is still quite impossible for them to do so. The only title they definitely get is Ligue 1 every season and there is no doubt about that at all. I think the existing offer doesn't seem to inspire Mbappe to leave because he still feels pampered by PSG with abundant offers, so maybe he wants to be financially successful first before finally leaving to start working on getting the title he wants.

Moreover, if he stays at PSG, his name will be increasingly drowned out by other great players such as Haaland, Vini, or even now Bellingham, who has been increasingly highlighted by the media because of his greatness with Real Madrid. Mbappe must move immediately if he wants to have a better career and have the opportunity to win other individual titles such as the Ballon Dór of course. PSG's attacking trio has always been good, but the league's habits are not very competitive, so when they compete in a much more competitive competition such as the Champions League, they rarely get used to it and the percentage of failure is much greater.

Barcelona have signed several young players this season so I don't think Barcelona can sign Mbappe or Mbappe can leave PSG and join Barcelona. We have heard from the beginning that Mbappe is more likely to leave the club and move to Real Madrid. From where Mbappe is currently, every club will be interested in taking him but it remains to be seen which club Mbappe is willing to go to. Every time Mbappe was rumored to leave the club, Real Madrid came up.  
Real Madrid tried several times to take this star to their club but for some reason that attempt was not successful but still Real Madrid is still hoping that they can take this star to the team.  
Next season it will be confirmed which club Real Madrid will go to next.

Even though they had slumped at the start of the season, Lens is now slowly showing good performance, and the victory in the UCL over Arsenal can really raise the confidence of this team, how could they not be the favorites who managed to win over the strong Arsenal team.
Currently, after a series of bad results, Lens have managed to win 2 matches in a row in Ligue 1 and I believe in this team can be like last season again.

And regarding PSG, under Luis Enrique's coaching, this team is really getting worse with internal problems with Mbappe that are protracted, making the team's performance seem to be no better as the competition progresses, I am starting to doubt PSG this season in the UCL and in Ligue 1.

I have a difference of opinion with you regarding domestic league matches with other competitions such as UCL. of course, this match has difference, even though the performance in the domestic league is very bad, it does not necessarily mean that the UCL match will also be bad for reasons such as Lens performing a little badly in League 1. there is possibility that only maintaining the physical quality of the players to focus on the UCL match, even though in League 1, is also very important. but there a competition that must be prioritized first. If UCL manages to secure points, of course every time there is break in the match, UCL Lens has the right to chase points in League 1 even though they have to fight hard, but if they want to get a UCL ticket in next season, Lens must immediately improve the quality their performance.

Las season PSG had lesser competitors as they were more like the best team of the season as they played and climbed the standing so fast and remained up there till they won . But then it's gradually changing as they may likely loose that title this season if they do not try to play better as compared to their recent performance in the past few games although they had some of their players injured but then they should still look for a way to maintain their position as other teams are ready to take over at any time.

Lens last season was not as good as they are now although they are no very hot enough but they are gradually making it to the top but it still doesn't make them a better team tho so let's give them some more time and see if they will continue with their little progress or they will fall by the way. Lens may likely finish top four is they do not drop the energy they have now but it's not looking possible if they can win the title.

There are other teams who could pose a serious challenge to PSG this season if PSG continue with it's current form, it think some how the UCL could be a slight distraction for PSG so I will advise they should put in further energy into their local league as they have more chances there they don't have to reserve players for UCL and allow their position in their league suffer, or better still they could balance it, because I know how important the UCL title can mean to any team participating in the UCL

Lens have won three matches in a row all competition from Ligue 1 until UEFA Champion League, seems excited with Lens back to the top performing in this season exactly success defeated Arsenal on Champion League match. Current standings in Ligue 1 although still in few slip above relegation zone teams but winning over Arsenal make Lens more confidence upcoming match in Ligue against against Lille.

Both domestic league and Champion League are important for Ligue 1 team, if can't performing well in domestic league and finish on Champion League spot standings I don't think how come they will participate in Champion League competition. But PSG have an exception, winning Champion League is most priority for them after failure every season and Luis Henrique could give difference result for PSG in Champion League performance.

If Mbappe wants to achieve success in the Champions League, it might be appropriate for him to play at another club, because waiting for PSG to reach that stage will be impossible in the next few seasons. There were big offers from several EPL clubs in the last transfer market but no agreement was made, even Real Madrid, which is known for never failing to recruit the players they want, also failed to bring Mbappe there. I also want to see Mbappe playing in the EPL or in La Liga because there will be many things we might be able to see there, both individual achievements and for the club.

Mbappe's performance in Ligue 1 is quite extraordinary and he can always have a positive effect on his club, but when it comes to the Champions League they always fail to face clubs that are much more balanced. Even when the attacking trio they have are the world's top players, but they always fail to reach the final, even though if you look at the quality of the players they have, they can be said to be good and perfect.

Even though he seems to be the leader of Monaco, there is a problem. This problem is the fact that they concede too many goals. They concede goals frequently, and their problems in this regard have been revealed by conceding 10 goals so far. Their victory in the match against Reims this week is very important. For this reason, the matches they will play in the next few weeks are very important for Monaco.

Lens is slowly climbing up after it was getting struggle since the first match of the season. PSG may quite struggle to win league 1 again this season. This is caused by some clubs were performing so well like monaco. This is not the same like last season when PSG was not having serious competitor to win the league. PSG needs to work even harder now to make it happen. The club needs to focus in UCL caused by this is very important for the club.

PSG needs to put more effort into the league caused by it's starting to have strong competition. This season will be very strict season for PSG.

They've been brilliant so far and deserve to be in the position where they're, 18 goals in 7 matches is a very record and if they keep up with their good performance and continue scoring goals they could likely win the league this season,i feel they have to work on their defence by the winter window it needs to be well strengthened so as to maintain good performance and keeping consistency, else they'll be overtaken by Paris Saint-Germain when they get back in form.

 PSG are the rightful club to be at the top of the league currently cause they're the title defenders and got a more expensive and better squad than other clubs in the Ligue 1 but they're suprisenly underperforming and  are currently in the 5th position and 2points behind the league leaders, talking about Lens they're  in a very bad form and have started so poorly after finishing 2 last season, hopefully they'll recover their form on the long run.

Indeed, even though Monaco are currently at the top of the standings, they have also conceded so many goals in these 7 matches. But I think as long as they can win and have a winning mentality to keep winning then this is not a problem. On the other hand, maybe Monaco must be ready for the next match so that no points can be stolen from their opponents. This week's match will be against Reims and we know that Reims is currently in good form. So Monaco must be careful not to shift its position this week.

Monaco are doing really great this season. They are very productive when it comes to scoring goals as well - 18 goals in 7 games. But their defending is not as solid as their attacking side. Therefore Monaco should focus on improving their defending more from now on. Because it won't be easy to keep being consistent during the season.

You need to stay solid in multiple areas to play bigger. This would be the only way to benefit from PSG's inconsistency. Lens missed the chance last season but I'm curious about whether it will be the same for Monaco as well. Monaco or some other team it would be nice to see a different champion.

When you say about a player who is 25 years old that he does not need to prove himself, what is he still playing for? Guys like Ronaldo and Messi proved it to themselves every single season for over a decade, many years more than a decade. Messi proved to himself and to the world that he can be a World Cup winner. I agree that there is no obligation to prove anything, but Mbappe is 25 and he should not play his whole career in a mediocre league like Ligue 1. He is such a great player and everyone wants to see him in the Premier League or Real Madrid. Look at Bellingham, everything he did was perfectly well considered. 

I think Mbappe will not go to Barcelona. He joins the Real Madrid squad and if he has a choice, he will choose Madrid. Barcelona is still the same old, desirable, great Barcelona. They are still very prestigious, but they have problems with salaries and are in economically difficult times. If they were in a better economic period, then maybe they would have a chance with Mbappe. All we can say now is that Mbappe is still a big and powerful weapon for PSG.

We keep saying he will "surely" prefer to go there but we still do not know how much Real Madrid wants him. We think that we are going to be able to see this changing a bit and should be important to remember that if they do not want him all that much, I mean they may want him but not enough to pay him 60 million a year for example, that's more than anyone gets in double, the most anyone gets was like 20-25 if I am not wrong, so they may not want to pay 60 for a single player and if that's the case then I would guess that it is not going to be all that easy to handle for the negotiation talks for Mbappe as well.

Maybe getting 30-40 million from them may not be all that acceptable for him when he can get 50+ from another team. Just this summer he was offered 700, sure he rejected it, but it may not be all that easy to reject it when it is so real on the table this time around.

Joselu was originaly borrowed only as an option for Madrid so that his position was not vacant for their attacking line so that with the arrival of Mbappe it could be a good thing but for now there is still nothing that really becomes a benchmark apart from various speculations about Mbappe's future because we can only believe that Mbappe will definitely leave PSG as for where his next destination we will not be able to know for sure about that.
It's just that great expectations are in Madrid but actually there are still a few clubs that can still be rivals as before with the interest of Chelsea or Liverpool but of course with the money they spent at the beginning of this season it will obviously be very difficult for these two EPL clubs so Madrid is still at the forefront if we talk about speculation.

But that is often the difference between the rich top teams and a team like Lens that had a few good years. It is much harder for them to maintain success. Stil the season has a lot of games to go, but it doesn't look good for them and so far they haven't shown any of the game they are able to play.

I am very excited for the Newcastle - PSG game. That's a great game and Newcastle has a big chance to make a step towards the next round while PSG could show that nobody should write them off in international competitions.

As I said before, it will invite new problems to come to them. I totally understand that they need Mbappe, but what they're doing is a bit excessive and that's not good for a club like them. By doing something like that, then they will forget about other problems that they should solve. They are a big club that has a lot of money that they should be able to utilize more.
They can look at Manchester City in the Premier League, yes they have very good development as a club, and as a result they can realize something they dreamed of all along, namely winning the Champions League.