Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 98. (Read 184384 times)

The PSG we see now is not much different from last season and since the beginning of the season I am very sure that the pressure they received has disappeared immediately. The proof is before winning against Lille, they had already won 2 times and this makes them a productive team. It feels like sooner or later all the players are at the same level and don't have to rely on each other.

Barcola is a fantastic winger, not only fast but his dribbling to break through the opponent's defense is also difficult to stop. His achievements so far prove that his preparation is increasingly mature and he could be the top scorer for this season. It can be said that Mbappe will always be a team need but that is not visible now because all the players play like a whole family and no one is special.

Yes, this may be Enrique's greatness in making the team finally free from players with great influence on the team. we can see PSG with Mbappe, Messi, and Neymar. it was a great effort to realize PSG's ambition to win the Champions League. but it still failed. now Enrique is trying to build a team with even quality in all lines. it will make the team's performance very good.

We will see how Enrique will make a strategy to win PSG in the Champions League with a new match format. in Ligue 1 I think PSG's performance is unquestionable. 3 matches that have just been completed they won with extraordinary scores. they are favored there.

Mbappe scored a lot of goals with PSG's squad. Now Real Madrid's squad is more organized and stronger than PSG's. It can be hoped that Mbappe will be able to score more goals in the future if he can maintain a good relationship with the players in the squad. But it takes some time to adapt to this new squad and new tactics. Mbappe fans should be patient.

I agree with you that it is admirable that PSG are performing the way they are without Mbappe. Last season we saw Luis Enrique experimenting with this squad. And we can see the good results of these experiments in this season. PSG's performance has been very consistent and strong since the start of the season. PSG won all three matches and managed to score 13 goals. If this trend continues, PSG will be able to do well in the next Champions League.

Haha, don't worry it still early, I believe Mbappe will create many goal in the future and we can definitely witness many big surprises given by Mbappe with Real Madrid.
Previously when Mbappe was still here with PSG, he had shown how great he was and now he is with team that I think is much better than PSG, but we can see something different now where PSG without Mbappe can still play well.
I quite admire PSG at the beginning of this season because they were able to show the same strength where they managed to easily win even though in the pre-season match they were unable to show good increase in performance.
What Enrique did really came true, he made the players get used to it and not be so dependent on Mbappe and all of that had pretty good impact after Mbappe left.

In the past we have seen PSG management spending huge sums of money to add the world's best players to their squad to win the Champions League title. But despite having talented players like Messi Mbappe and Neymar, PSG can't do well in the Champions League.

PSG's squad lacks any big-name star players this season. However, PSG have performed well in every Ligue 1 match so far. With the help of Luis Enrique, the team has stabilized. And the players are also able to perform very well. It looks like we will only see PSG dominate this season in Ligue 1.

Ligue 1 teams are not interested in spending a lot of money to build squads. Every season we see PSG management spend the most money on building their squad, and dominate Ligue 1. And you are right that as long as no Ligue 1 club invests heavily in squad formation, Ligue 1 will likely be dominated by PSG squads.

PSG are like Manchester city that their investing funds are limitless as they are owned by Arabia rich owners that have lots of money to sponsor their transfer window. PSG is always going to dominate the Ligue 1 until another club gets acquired by a rich owner that'll be willing to spend money and have a competition with PSG in building players. PSG are looking more like a team to me now than when they used to be full of star players and high wages that gets them no victory in top competitions as the champions league. Right now that the club don't have a top star that gets all the attentions, maybe the team is going to be focused on playing more as a team and win.

Yeah true. Even though PSG is dominating Ligue 1, and even with Messi and Mbappe were with the team, they weren't able to keep a long winning strike and I doubt this will happen this year when PSG is playing without its classic stars.
I always say the problem of Ligue 1 isn't how powerful PSG is, but how weak the other teams are regardless of the investment difference. How could we expect Monaco to win the title when they miss points against Lens. Same goes for Marseille and Reims draw. I mean Reims and Lens are good teams but we cannot compare them to PSG, so why top teams like Monaco and Marseille fail to collect 3 points against them?
To say, I will not be surprised if PSG fail a game against a normal team by mistake rather than missing points in front of one of the classic top teams..

It was clear that PSG would win, while Lille did as good as they can and attacked and did not stay just scared, they tried their best, and it still was a loss because PSG is just that better, it's clear that they are better and we will not have any kind of confusion about this at all. I think we can say that it is going to end up with some issues on the long run, and we can't really expect anyone other than PSG to win this one, it should be clear and we can't make it change anytime soon.

We need to consider this as normal, it can't be really that big of a deal, and we can't make big changes. So, we should consider this to be normal and not a big deal at all. However, PSG can't keep this winning streak going, eventually they will fail, then it's going to be good to watch what happens, it will definitely have a good result without a doubt, it will be fun. I believe that the bigger income will be from knowing which game they will eventually end up losing.

Apart from Marseille, I think Lille is another team in Ligue 1 that can provide good competition for PSG. But unfortunately, Lille also had to lose to PSG like in yesterday's match for PSG's 1-3 win at the Pierre-Mauroy Stadium. Even though Lille also has a good performance with 2 wins in the first 2 matches, PSG is really strong and difficult to stop.

So far, only PSG has managed to win 3/3 wins until week 3. PSG has collected 9 points and scored 13 goals and conceded 2 goals. PSG's goal productivity looks good at the start of the season even though Mbappe has left for Madrid, but speculation will of course be there considering it is still early in the season. About Mason Greenwood, yes he is the most productive player currently with Marseille and so far he is the top scorer with 5 goals.

PSG has now managed to get away from its rivals again after successfully winning against Lille, previously, Lille was the closest team and was likely able to match PSG's current points tally, but now they have failed and have to admit PSG greatness after losing in yesterday match , for now of course we cannot deny that PSG is still the strongest team in Ligue 1, even at the start of the season they can leave other teams with a difference of 2 points so I think in the near future we will see PSG running alone in the standings again like last seasons, PSG toughness Without Mbappe are has tested in the ligue 1 at the moment, but not in Champions League, so I don't dare say that PSG will be able to go far in the Champions League this season considering their mentality, apart from that, when PSG still had Neymar, Messi and Mbappe, they failed to win the Champions League trophy, then how can we expect them to be champions now?
Several previous seasons, PSG managed to advance the furthest to the final round because they met relatively easier opponents in the group phase and round of 16, but when now their has to meet teams like Manchester City, Arsenal, Munich and Atletico Madrid, of course I will said that their chances of going far in the Champions League this season are very unlikely.

You’re right because Marseille have started very well and they’ve been able to win all of their matches from the start of the season just like PSG have also done so far. I have strong confidence in them, but until when they meet with PSG I can attest the level of their strength in the league matches and if they’re worthy of fighting for the league title with PSG or not. It will be interesting if we have another team that can at least give PSG a tough time in the league, they shouldn’t be getting those wins that easily. A league is more interesting when we have more number of teams fighting for the league title every season, but in the Ligue 1 it is not so. It use to be so in the Bundesliga but now that Bayern Leverkusen have broken that bond, every team can now fight for the same title as them with full confidence.

PSG is outstanding in their domestic league and there is no club that will be able to challenge them or be a threat to them from winning Ligue 1 constantly. This is because none of the team has the zeal to take over the title from PSG if not they will build a strong team that will be a rival to PSG.

PSG cannot win UCL which to me shows that they are weak if they are not playing with a club from their domestic league and this problem needs to be solved so that they can win UCL and become the strong club that they are claiming to be.

Le Havre won the match against Auxerre despite going behind.Auxerre, who were reduced to 10 men at the end of the first half, lost control of the match in the second half.Le Havre, who took the lead at the beginning of the second half, scored the third goal from a penalty in the last minutes.
In the most important match of the week, Lille hosted PSG at home.Lille did not give their opponent many chances, but PSG's squad is really strong enough to beat Lille.PSG managed to lead 2-0 in the first half and kept the score difference in the second half and won 3-1 as a result of the match.

PSG at last realized that acquiring a lot of superstars does not ensure trophies. They are demonstrating this season that, every day of the week, group efforts surpass individual brilliance. Though Mbappé is a beast, he is absent from Ligue 1 and they are still dominating. That is the team depth and cohesiveness lacking years ago

This new approach creates a sustained winning culture rather than only helps one save money. Will it bring about Champions League success? That is the central query. Still, the Champions League is an other animal. It is savage and unforgiving. PSG has skill; now, they also need mental tenacity and tactical adaptability to go all the way

There was no winner in the meeting of 2 teams that closed with a win in the first 2 weeks.Monaco and Lens shared the points with a 1-1 draw with a goal in the last 7 minutes.We can say that both teams played well.
Although Rennes took the lead against Reims, Reims managed to come back and win the match 2-1.Reims got their first win in the league and reached 4 points.
Nice was one of the teams that got their first win in Angers away from Angers by showering their opponent with goals. They defeated their opponent 4-1 in the away match and increased their points to 4. Even though they played with 10 men from the 65th minute onwards, they didn't give their opponents a chance and managed to maintain the difference immediately.

Lyon football team gave excellent performance in this match and that performance was surprising for the fans because they did not expect that kind of output from Lyon team but we pray for that team for next match because next matches will be tough for that team . They have to prepare well for next matches because  Lens team is good team and they have good strikers and they will attack on Lyon team and they will win next match one sided.  But I will appreciate  Lyon team for giving their best . In last match, that kind of performance was not an easy task but they executed well and now they are getting respect from the fans but they have responsibility to carry on this performance and if they will carry that performance ,they will be successful in the future matches.

After  three league games in the French league, the points difference between league leaders Paris Saint Germaine and 5th placed Monaco is just two points which means that the first five clubs at the top of the league are yet to concede a defeat with with Paris Saint Germaine the only club to have successfully won all three games. That's how competitive the French league have been so far in the new season and that I think is a very good way to sell the league to the rest of the world.
Mason Greenwood who you singled out from the other new arrivals in the French league have been in immense form for his new club Olympic Marseille and doesn't even look like who's going to slow down with his impressive performances any time soon. Great signing for Marseille

Another superb performance by PSG! They are really one of the teams to trust while betting these days.    Of course they won't win forever but I don't expect them to lose so many points in the Ligue 1 this time unlike the previous season.

Everyone is enjoying their game. For example Barcola completed last season with 4 goals and 7 assists in 25 games. But now he has scored 4 goals in 3 games already. That's an insane improvement! 

It seems like Mbappe's departure has affected everyone in the team positively. Because he was stealing the spotlight and this was a big obstacle for the other young talents in the team to show their skills comfortably.

An excellent performance from the french giant PSG as they overwhelmed losc Lille 3-1 making it 3 wins in a row in french ligue1 this season, coach Luis Enrique has really helped this team a lot by changing the way they play for the better, prior to this time PSG find it difficult to face some of these big sides in the ligue1 but now they beat these teams with so much ease, it is so lovely to see how the PSG midfield combines so well with the forwards to crack the opponents defensive line up with those massive counter attacks that the home side couldn't resist but still went ahead to pull 1 back to get a consolation goal.

You said they spent so much money and couldn't lift the Champions League, but they have a better team currently. We cannot determine how good the team is until they play in the Champions league. PSG has always dominated the French League, so their hundred percent performance is not strange. They also have the best and most expensive players in the Ligue One; they should be donating. The benchmark to grade players and coaches in PSG is their performance in the UCL. PSG got to the Champions League finals in 2020 when they lost to Bayern Munich, we will have to wait and see if the current players will be able to make it to the finals.