Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 78. (Read 184294 times)

I disagree with Mbappe being a "problem" as well, it's just a different type of tactic without him, doesn't mean he was bad or a problem for them just means they are playing differently.

Back when they had Mbappe, he was the star and every team focused on him a lot and even PSG tried to pass to him as much as they can, whereas without him the attention is divided to everyone equally and because of that they can play a bit better team ball and do better right now. If the problem was Mbappe then Real Madrid would have been worse too but they are doing fine and he keeps scoring as well.

I think PSG just learned that they are good enough without him as well, they tried uselessly to keep him, would have been better if they could have sold him of course but they are still the best team in France without him. So, they are trying to play all together instead of focusing on a single player, which is why I think they will get an easy title this season.

That's what we have to realize as a rich club, PSG will easily dominate Ligue 1 every season without a tough opponent that can shift them and it's boring because the league looks uncompetitive.
However, as you said this season there is a difference and it is hoped that Marseille can maintain its consistency as a strong challenger to PSG as well as Mason Greenwood can maintain his performance. Yes, hopefully at the end of the season there will be a surprise.

I agree. I also don't expect much from PSG's participation in the UCL competition this season even though they have a strong squad, to be able to lift the big-eared trophy it will be difficult, there are still Man City and Madrid who are favorites.

Without saying PSG performed well at the beginning of this season, PSG will still end this season with the league 1 title. The dominance is still seen from the squad that is more qualified than other teams. But anyone who is very sure about PSG who still dominates this season, we also have to look at Marseille who currently get the best players from Man United who could destroy PSG dominance. Mason Greenwood performed perfectly with Marseille and this is a threat to Enrique.

And regarding UCL, I support your opinion if PSG can win the UCL title this season, we can say that PSG performance is very good. But unfortunately it will never happen because to beat Man City and Madrid in UCL is something impossible.

It is true that the Paris Saint Garmain team are doing great this season but this is not the right time to conclude a better season for the Paris Saint Garmain team because the season just started. Paris Saint Garmain team has been known for dominating French soccer league in the past years they have won the French league 1 3 times in a row. So since they haven't won this season league 1 trophy why then concluding that PSG is having a better season than that of last season for the Paris Saint Garmain team had a better last season than this present season since the league is still on and has never ended.

For it is when the Paris Saint Garmain team finally wins this year Champions league trophy that you should conclude that Paris Saint Garmain had a batter season than that of last season not just winning matches in the French league 1 because they have been doing so in the past seasons.

Getting a draw is a fair result for both teams even though Lens is favored in this match but Lyon is not a club that can be easily defeated, it is also a fairly respected club in League 1 even though at the beginning of the season Lyon did not perform well and experienced 2 defeats but in its last 2 matches Lyon was able to win 4 points, Lyon's performance is not yet completely stable and it seems difficult to win points in every match I just hope this club does not experience difficult times like last season.

For the next match I don't expect much from Lyon, maybe this will be a tough challenge for him to maintain at least 1 point at home, coincidentally the club he is facing is a club that has performed impressively this season so getting 1 point is enough.

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The bonding between PSG players is very good now. This is why the team is consistently performing well. And this is possible because of Luis Enrique's brilliant match strategy. And I would say PSG's performance this season is better than last season. The PSG team has been able to win by dominating all 5 matches of Ligue 1.

But whether PSG is strong this season will be understood after watching their performances in the Champions League matches. PSG will play against Girona in the first match of the Champions League and will face Arsenal in the second match. Since Girona is not in good form now, PSG will probably win this match. I am looking forward to watch the Arsenal vs PSG match.

Actually Lens is much more favorite and I thought maybe Lens would be able to beat Lyon, but the match was quite fierce so that both of them looked difficult to score goal and gain an advantage.
From this draw also shows that Lens is much more advantaged because they can still get points even though only 1, but at least Lens can still survive and still occupy good position and they only need to maintain their performance, but Lens biggest challenge is when they later meet strong team like PSG or Marseille.
For Lyon itself, it is clear that even though they also get 1 point, it is still not pleasant thing considering that Lyon will also face Marseille after this and it is likely that Lyon will fail to win or draw and share points again because Marseille is team that has very good performance.

I don’t agree Mbappe was the problem with PSG because in his departure the club has made a couple more additions that have improved the squad to be performing better. The current squad is yet to be tested amongst the best clubs in Europe so before we rush to conclusions let’s wait and see how well PSG will perform in the champions league this season.

The latest news reported several hours ago from Twitter fabrizio romano is that Marseille has booked a ticket for that central midfielder. He will do a medical test there. Furthermore, there will be a signing of a contract between Rabiot and marselie for a 2-year contract until 2026.


Source: Marseille have booked travel and medical for Adrien Rabiot

Since officially free transfer from Juventus 3 months ago, there were rumors of several clubs wanting to recruit him. But in the end, an agreement was made between Rabiot and Marseille. Now he will soon play with Greenwood and is expected to further complete the team to become one of the leading teams again in the French League.

Of course we all know that when there's a top class player like Mbappe, Messi or Ronaldo in a club much attention will be given to them and the rest players will not be given the opportunity to display their own talent because everyone believes that they are not better up to Mbappe. A top class player kills the chance of other players from being hot. It is only when they leave the club that you will be surprised at the other players performance.

I already know that Mbappe departure from PSG will give opportunity to other players to show the quality the are made of. When Ronaldo left Manchester united, Rooney took over and when he left Real Madrid, Benzema took over. PSG is improving their performance and with time they mighg win the champion league.

The victory was not at all surprising to me because from the start of the game PSG were in control and if not for the early penalty conceded that gave Brest the lead I doubt Brest would have scored a goal in the game at all. PSG reacted well after conceding to equalize before the half time whistle and went ahead to show their quality scoring two more goals to secure a win.

Another point loss by Lyon... Gift Orban pushed his luck to the end but he was unlucky at the end of the day. Because he scored two goals but both of them were disallowed.  

I'm curious about when this all will end for Lyon. They are back to the point at which they started. They showed progress last season but here we are now, seeing the same things again and again... They can't score many goals and concede many at the same time. They have many areas to find a solution for. What do you think? Will Pierre Sage be the next victim or will he keep his job during this season?

I hope the latter happens. Because considering the second part of last season, I believe he deserves a chance to fix things again.

Lens is the team who hard to beated while playing at their home and since last season Lens had good statistics at their home ground so that's why Pierre Sage has been confirmed this is hard match for Lyon moreover Lyon performance still not stable because before this match Lyon only able to gets 1 win from 3 matches in Ligue 1 but indeed Pierre Sage has been admitted that he hasn't satisfied to see Lyon performance but regardless all of it i think draw result is fair for both teams because i have to says whether it Lens and Lyon performance is quite impressive in this match but Lyon have to facing tight schedules because next weekend they will fight against Marseille

Reportedly currently Rabiot is still in the negotiation stage to be able to join Marseille soon, there are still several more documents that must be completed by Marseille to immediately complete Rabiot's transfer in the near future, as an experienced midfielder, of course Rabiot's arrival to Marseille will be able to improve Marseille's performance this season, especially since they have previously brought in many good players such as Greenwood and also Elye Wahi,  So I think the arrival of Rabiot will at least be a good support for the Marseille attackers later, but seeing the amount of salary that Rabiot got previously at Juventus, maybe the arrival of Rabiot will also break the record as the highest-paid player in Marseille later.  

In addition to PSG, Marseille is currently the second team that is quite consistent in ligue 1, so we hope to see the two teams can provide a tight competition in the title race this season, although it is difficult to beat PSG but I think if Marseille is able to remain consistent and can minimize the loss of points in every match, then it is not impossible for them to be able to be title contenders this season, especially since the possibility of PSG losing still exists remembering the busy schedule that PSG have.  

Mbappe was not the problem of PSG but he was a distraction. When a player receives special treatment from the club management and the coaching crew, it could bring disaffection among players. Other players might feel less important which makes them less motivated. Since his departure, the spotlight has moved to other players. We are seeing players like Ousmane Dembélé and Achraf Hakimi taking up responsibility.

I didn't expect Brest to beat PSG because both clubs are not in the same class. Don't forget that PSG is still the biggest spender in the Ligue One, so they are still expected to dominate the league. The main test for PSG will be when they meet Olympique de Marseille or Monaco. These teams have spent reasonably on players and coaches and can give the defending champion a good fight.   

Marseille would do something amazing if they could hire Rabiot, at this point transfers are done and only players they could get are free agents and Rabiot is by far that we are going to see this changing for a long time and could be something that would be great. This is a good move and they are going to cement that second place and that would be a lot better and should be something great. I believe that we are going to see this changing and should be doing something that could change and they could do great.

After all, passing PSG and be better is not something that would be great, so at the end of the day being second and be like that is something that would be great and should be something that will take a while, it has to be something very important. If they can be second place every year, eventually they will make enough money to do something that will get a lot better. We are going to see Marseille do a lot better in the future.

I agree with you, Mbappé was never the problem of PSG, even before Mbappé got to PSG they've been the most outstanding team in the league 1 so and as one of the richest club in the world the team is capable of maintaining a very good squad yearly, with or without Mbappé's presence,  you're also right to say the opponents in the Ligue 1 are not a very tough one for PSG infact their was a point before Mbappe's time in the team when they dominated for several years with many points gap ahead of other teams, and we could see that happening again this season cause this is Enrique's second season with them, he've understand his players and even adopted a better mechanism like you said to help them improve let's not forget that theirs an upgrade in that squad that should make them win comfortably without Mbappé and even though Mbappé didn't decide to switch to Madrid they'll still be doing better so let nobody center PSG's previous misfortune on Mbappé cause with our without him the squad of PSG is expected to do better this season.

Mbappe was Never the problem of PSG, that perception of yours isn't completely true, the fact that they are doing well even in his absence doesn't confirm he was or has been a problem to them in any way, its just a normal thing they adopted a new mechanism off survival even after his exit, and got to be able to win games which is showing they had almost no dependency on him but then, also the opponent wasn't a tough one when it has to do with contention against PSG, brest is but an average ligue 1 squad and PSG is an elite so the best they can get most likely would be a draw and many others foresaw it before now and added it to their predictions which probably turned out not wrong, the midfield of PSG at the ligue 1 level is doing great already and honestly is promising.

There were no goals scored in this match so both teams had to be satisfied with sharing 1 point. Lens tried hard to score a goal, but they couldn't do much because Lyon's defense was strong enough to ward off Lens' attacks. On the other hand, Lyon also played well after they had to taste defeat in the first 2 matches. At least this result makes them look better after having a bad start. For Lens themselves, this is their second draw after they also had to taste a draw in the previous week. They are still one of four teams that have not tasted defeat until week 4. Hopefully they will be consistent in being able to compete at the top of the standings to fight for the championship title.

None of us here doubt PSG ability to win the ligue 1 so far, what happened last season may not be different from what happened this season and PSG will certainly leave their rivals at the end of the season with a considerable margin, but even so if we pay attention there are several other teams that can actually give tight competition at the beginning of the season to PSG, but as the season progresses inconsistency becomes a problem main from other teams of those who have made PSG able to run alone so far in the league, this season we have seen how PSG can destroy teams like Lille and Brest who we hope can make PSG lose points but actually PSG is still too strong for them, the only team that we hope to give PSG trouble is Marseille this season, Although the probability of happening is very small, the quality of the squad currently owned by Marseille may at least be a stumbling block for PSG in winning the league this season.

Marseille this season has made a lot of improvements in their squad by recruiting de zerbi as a coach, in addition to the change of coach, of course we can see how they managed to recruit players such as elye wahi, Rulli, greenwood, holjburg, and even the current Rabiot who is getting closer to joining Marseille, in addition to PSG I think this season Marseille is a team that has a good squad depth and can be expected to break PSG dominance in league.