Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 713. (Read 189681 times)

Luis Enrique is an excellent coach. He will be at the top of my list of favorite coaches. First he did a great job with Barcelona. Has been able to dominate La Liga and Champions League. He is also experienced enough for the Champions League platform. And that is exactly what PSG need. PSG's long-standing aim is to perform well in the Champions League. But despite spending a lot of money, the team did not perform as well as expected in the Champions League.

Secondly, Luis Enrique has the experience of working with a youth-oriented team like Spain. He strengthened Spain's mediocre team. We have seen some excellent performances from Spain in the last World Cup as well. That's why I think Luis Enrique will be able to strengthen the PSG team as well.

The good thing about Luis Enrique is that he's got a very good experience in the Champions league coaching at Barcelona and that would be very good for PSG cause their coach got a winning mentality and knows what it feels like to lift the trophy so I believe he would work very hard with his team to try archived winning the Champions League which PSG as a team are really desperate for.
 Well even without those big  players they lost, the new signings are beginning to adapt and they had quite a very good performance so far and look like a team that would do well without them being involved, thank goodness they didn't lose Mbappe as well because currently he's he most outstanding player in the team and a key to them performing better in the Champions League.

They are parts of a club so they share responsibility with other players and other people in the club for the club success or failure. However, if blaming everything and all responsibilities on one or two star players, it is unfair.

First why the club board members decided to buy those players?
Second why the coach decided to use a very attacking-skewed squad that makes their defense weaker and more vulnerable to counter attacks?
Lastly did they make enough support to their team mates and did they get enough support from their team mates in return?

Player performances also are affected by support or protest of their fans. In PSG, latest seasons we can see their fans have very hatred attitude towards their star players. How can their star players play best with bad mood?

PSG just returned to winning in Ligue 1 that is not a good indicator for success of a coach in PSG. They want Champions League and hire Luis Enrique to win Champions League. They will wait for performance of their players and Enrique in Champions League and we should wait for it too.

The coach is experienced in Champions League as a player in the past and as a coach with Barcelona but he is assigned a big task in PSG. They have some big losses in this summer, Neymar and Messi left, and seems to rely on Mbappe for scoring goals.

I would like to call it worst rather than bad. The current situation is relatively worst when Lyon suffered defeats here and there. I saw that if lyon was just losing its chemistry. Desynchronization has become a major issue within the club and has been happening frequently.
The members of the club played individually, but unfortunately, the team is currently struggling with the worst defensive line. Lyon deserves to lose with huge scores against PSG caused by the quality from the club was just proving if lyon was not worthy enough to win the game against PSG.
I dunno how long needed by lyon regain its good performance but this is unlikely to happen in a short time. It has not even worth to watch the game play showed by lyon.

There must be a big evaluation to happen with the club. I must be honest if lyon played like a medriocre team. It is not even the same with lyon last season.
Everything become even worse for this club. I hope lyon will slowly changed its game play to be even better.

Messi and Neymar are not the problems of Psg, it's just that the club and other players expected too much from them and when they failed to perform or deliver they go angry immediately.
Magical Mbappe he has now scored three goals in the last three game he has played he has such a big influence in the club.
Also last session Psg lacked a good coach Luis Enrique has come to improve on the squad and for the squad to work as a squad not put expectations on a particular player to deliver. Psg has the coach now, they need sign important players now to win the Champions League.

I don't know why people actually want to blame Messi and Neymar for almost everything, it is not their fault. It is definitely not their fault that the authority was not able to bring a good coach while they were in the squad. It is also not their fault that the authority gave Mbappe power over other players.

The management was absolutely dogwater, and for some reason, people somehow find a way to actually blame Messi and Neymar. I just don't understand this, PSG fans need to take some accountability instead of blaming left and right. I believe if they didn't put Mbappe on a pedestal from the first and treated him as a normal player, this actually wouldn't have happened. I still don't think they will do well in the Champions League.

Basically I expected a lot more from PSG after they scored so much on the first half. But, apparently they felt like the difference was enough which they were obviously true about and they won the game. It was an easy one and we all knew that they would be the best team in the league anyway, this looks like it is going to not really change much and the result will be just normal situation.

I think it will become something that will become a bit more different on the long run and they will not just barely win this season, I think with all the transfers they had, it could end up being a big win without a doubt and that's the important part for them. I believe they could do it and they just need some time to show it.

If you look at PSG's game now, they are playing very freely after the departure of players like Neymar and Lionel Messi, they are playing without any burden at all and it's nice to watch. But if we're honest, PSG without Mbappe, they had a really hard time winning, we can see this when they failed to get three points in their opening match this season. I also see that of all the PSG players the opponent is most afraid of is only Mbappe. Mbappe can be likened to the heart of PSG. IMO

I also see that Enrique has no serious challenges to be able to win the Ligue 1 trophy this season, even though they are currently two points behind the Monaco team who are in first place. Enrique came to PSG with the mission of winning the UCL League, and this is a dream that PSG owners have always wanted.

Such an amazing effort it was in the first half from PSG! It was an interesting choice of Asensio as a centre-forward instead of Mbappe. But this still didn't prevent them from getting a very comfortable win. Mbappe is just maintaining his great performance. He is the most critical player for the team and I don't know what they will do without him in case he leaves next summer.

Asensio also impressed me in this game with 1 goal and 1 assist. It is good to see some new players getting used to the system here. Luis Enrique has a big responsibility. He came in a time period which PSG were dealing with contract issues with Mbappe. Now he has a responsibility to keep things under control and be successful.

There is a lot of potential but the problem I see is that Dembele is a player who is described as a talent for almost ten years now. When is he going to advance to the superstar everyone says he could be? It is of little help if you have this super talent and they play well every few games and then even worse are injured for three months, that is not a player you want to have as a part of your core squad. he should be able to play a least number of games for sure and then they can develop into a great attack line.

This match is very difficult for Lyon because seeing PSG's current condition starting to refocus after the Mbappe drama ended and surely they will exert strength in every match in order to re-occupy a decent position in Ligue 1 and this is clearly one of the complicated things for Lyon when they are currently having problems in performance facing a superpower club like PSG.
Lyon's defence is still very poor in this match which affects the attacking line which is forced to inevitably help their defence which makes their attacking line also empty.

Blanc must think about how they improve their defence because 4 matches they conceded 10 goals indicating they need something new in midfield and defence.

Did you forget PSG first two matches of the season which only resulted in draws? In fact, in those first two matches PSG did not include Mbappe in their squad, and that made PSG fail to win. After all, if for example Messi and Neymar were still in the current PSG squad, I'm sure that coach Enrique would have made PSG good even without Mbappe. But yes, because at this moment Messi and Neymar have left and of course, the spotlight will only be on Mbappe alone, that's for sure.

But regarding what kind of clause in Mbappe contract now, I personally not sure about what is in it. But if it's to keep Mbappe at the end of the season, I'm sure keeping Mbappe from leaving is a very difficult thing. Because after all, Mbappe contract will also expire at the end of this season, and it will certainly be difficult for PSG to give a new contract. Because anyway, the case is different from what happened in the transfer market yesterday, because in the transfer market yesterday basically Mbappe was still under contract so PSG could still keep Mbappe this season.

Very good for PSG dominating the match until the end of the match with a score of 1-4 but unfortunately I forgot to change my bet to choose -2 for higher odds which should have been @2.0 as I said before but no problem I used a multi bet to this bet.

Performances that amazed me saw the cooperation of PSG players who always provided very precise throughs for Mbappe, making it easier for Mbappe to get additional goals after scoring the first score from a penalty kick and I could also see a good contribution from Dembele even though it looked like it was not optimal because it seemed I don't have a strong chemistry with Mbappe yet, but in the long term I really believe that Dembele can become Mbappe golden partner on the pitch.

Lyon competed at home but looked very bad as if they didn't have the ability to provide a strong defense and we saw for ourselves that breakthrough passes from PSG players were always easy to do which means Lyon defense was really very bad and at first I believed that Lyon was not able to compete with PSG at least used defensive tactics but it's a shame Lyon doesn't understand what they have to do when they have to play against big clubs.

It's almost as if this team is performing better without Messi and Neymar playing together. Mbappe has certainly grabbed all the spotlight, and now it seems like Dembele is ready to shine too. If they continue like this, I wouldn't be surprised if they have a great run in the UEFA Champions League this season. It looks like the issues of misunderstanding have been resolved.

This was the most passive match after the first goal scored in Ligue 1 this season, the first goal came in the 2nd minute which was scored by Yusuf Yazici. I mean, how can the first goal come at the start of the match and then no other goals after that. I don't care what else is in this match because this is the match that cost me $70 on my bet.


Nice deserved the 3 points they got, based on full statistics in this match, Strasbourg only had 4 shot attempts and had no shots on goal. Nice also dominates possession of the ball with 63%, so it is only natural that Nice gets 3 points.

It's true, after the departure of Neymar and Messi, only Mbappe can be expected on the front lines. Dembele still seems to need time to be on fire, his closeness with Mbappe can be put to good use by Luis Enrique. I think PSG challenge was over when management announced that Mbappe was back in the squad, sure enough Mbappe was like carrying the PSG squad alone.

The most serious thing for PSG now is how to go further in the UCL, joining group F is Hell. However, I predict that Enrique can overcome this challenge thanks to his experience and flying hours in UCL competitions.

And as it was expected, it is Mbappe who makes the difference again after the drama calmed down. This is a difficult situation and I don't know what kind of clause Mbappe now has implemented into his contract because it is said that he has something which allows him to leave PSG next year, but I can imagine that we will see a drama similar to this year because Khealifi will again try to convince him to stay at PSG. But I was hoping that Mbappe wouldn't waste his whole career at that club.

PSG is on a positive trend after winning the last two matches in the Ligue 1 competition, while Lyon is only able to get one point after four games that have been played. The defeat to PSG left Lyon in the bottom position of the standings for the first time since matchday 1 of the 1995/96 season. One point obtained by Lyon from four matches is the lowest amount achieved by Lyon in the Ligue 1 competition.
Lyon fate is very different from PSG, Luis Enrique began to find a strategy that suited PSG after getting two draws in two matches since the start of the season. PSG is in second place with 8 points, they are only two points different from Monaco who is in first place.

Lille also achieved quite a good victory by beating Montpellier. Even though last week was such a bad result for Lille after being humiliated by Lorient with a score of 4-1. Now Lille is proving its renaissance and does not want to be slumped any longer by the previous defeat. Meanwhile for Montpellier this is a bad result because last week they also just lost to Reims. This result made Montpellier stay in 14th position again and Lille managed to move up to 6th position.

In another match, Nice managed to achieve its first win of the season by beating Strasbourg with a score of 2-0. Previously, we knew that Nice was also not optimal because they had 3 draws in their last 3 matches. This meant they could only collect 3 points from the previous 3 matches and with this first win now Nice has achieved a total of 6 points. Strasbourg, which has a fairly consistent record, had to stop against Nice in this match and they did not move from their position.