Ligue 1 2023/24

OM have a real chance this year methinks

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sportsczy wrote:OM have a real chance this year methinks

Real chance to not win?

Doc wrote:

sportsczy wrote:OM have a real chance this year methinks

Real chance to not win?

We're in first place!

PSG starts with a 0-0... lol? So much for Enrique... he continues to like them little known young players it seems... will PSG be happy about that?

That player Simons who seemed very good for the beating of Bayern by Leipzig actually is a PSG product? What a joke of a club. Buys all these randoms when they already got good players but shift them out...

So my dreams are crushed.  Mbappe staying this season at PSG>

@barcalearning - the front 3 was Asensio, Ramos and Lee Kang-In for PSG in this game.  Literally zero bite and they had never played together.   Going to be far different with Mbappe-Dembele-Ramos.  They had 78% possession but the final 1/3 was stale.   Should be very different this game.

I saw a lot of good things.

Think so too Sports, anything pre the close of transfer window is prolly not near the final picture especially for PSG atm. I'll definitely try n watch games just for Mbappe n Dembele alone, n they still got other stars I guess, but Enrique can be weird as shown by his Spain NT days

Took in PSG Toulouse for reasons I don't understand. Sigh, it was not the best viewing and if this continues, we may really see a different winner in Ligue 1.

Very good mercato by OM.   Aubameyang, Ndiaye, Ismaila Sarr, Malinovsyki and Lodi an all play.   Mercelino is a good coach.

But what a market pulled off by PSG (those bastards).
-  Keeping Mbappe
-  Selling Neymar
-  Verratti headed to middle east (mercato isn't closed there)
-  All the loft players sold or loaned
-  Then you add Dembele, Skriniar, Lucas Hernandez, Ugarte, Kolo Muani, Goncalo Ramos, Asensio, Barcola, Kang-in-Lee and Ndour.
-  Net transfers of -208.5 million euros so far.  With Verratti, it will be at -168.5 million given rumor of 40 million transfer.  Really not that bad given everything they've done.  

Oof.

The crazy thing is that all these guys are young!
Hakimi 24
Marquinhos 29
Skrinia 28
Lucas Hernandez 27
Nuno Mendes 21
Mukiele 25
Donnarumma  24
Ugarte 22
Zaire Emery 17
Vitinha 23
Mbappe 24
Kolo Muani 24
Ousmane Dembele 26
Goncalo Ramos 22
Barcola 21
etc.

The best signing of all (by far) is Luis Enrique.   I really like this guy despite Barca... he just knows how to manage and get the best out of young players.  PSG is already starting to play beautifully.

@Bill - Just watch because of Enrique.  It's fun.

Lyon 0-4 PSG HT only, Mbappe a pen n a nice 1v1 goal... too easy. That Ugarte new midfield guy looks like a real workhorse... Dembele looks lost... Asensio with a goal, could Enrique really make him work as false 9? Some players are still not in the team yet... could get real interesting PSG this season

We will be relegated and it's ok.

What's going on with Lyon?

halamadrid2 wrote:What's going on with Lyon?

Textor is half broke i think
Aulas is being an asshole
Blanc basically doesn't want to coach
They didn't meet any of their needs in the mercato

Cherki also rubs me very wrong. He's the current best talent on Lyon but seems like total punk.

No way this team gets relegated. But Blanc needs to get fired.

Oh and Dembele looks like a beast. Frankly my only question mark is Vitinha... has all the skill but lacks vision. Not sure why Verratti is being ostracized.

Dembele is still the same from what I see, does some basic things so poorly n often misplaces simple passes to teammates, n doesnt even bother to defend nowadays... I guess Enrique seem happy to let the front 3 not defend much, which is strange since I thought thats proved to be unacceptable if u wanna win the CL for example. But then as usual he would suddenly make a potential game winning pass or shot by skipping past defenders from no where Weirdest player ever

But that midfield looks very hard working n have a larger coverage than b4, they are much younger, but not sure if they turn out to be just workhorses or can be creative also. Vitinha's quality of not losing the ball is pretty amazing, but he has his limitations so waiting to see how good the other 2 mids are... the defense is improved for sure so far...

Brazil forward Neymar said he "lived through hell" alongside former teammate Lionel Messi during their time together at Paris Saint-Germain.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/38326791/neymar-psg-messi-lived-hell

Horrible club.

Funny thing is, he chose to go there in the first place from Barca the heaven he was at with Messi ffs... cant anything but LOL @ Neymar tbh...

Harmonica wrote:Brazil forward Neymar said he "lived through hell" alongside former teammate Lionel Messi during their time together at Paris Saint-Germain.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/38326791/neymar-psg-messi-lived-hell

Horrible club.

He could've taken a paycut and joined another club. Hell at 50m per year is a stretch

BarcaLearning wrote:Funny thing is, he chose to go there in the first place from Barca the heaven he was at with Messi ffs... cant anything but LOL @ Neymar tbh...

And add to that he wanted to stay at PSG but PSG pushed him out to Saudi Arabia.

Same with Messi btw... PSG pulled the contract extension offer when Messi made the unallowed trip to Saudi Arabia (deemed a sign of disrespect to Qatar).  Messi was ready to sign it.

Sounds like sour grapes from both players to me.

Pretty simple:
Act professionally, show up ready to play for every game, and put in the effort = fans will support you.
Complain about practice times, take unapproved vacations, and play without inconsistent effort = fans will boo you.

What you did in the past means nothing to fans when you join a new club. The present does. Neymar was excellent than atrocious (due to partying and lifestyle). Messi was atrocious for all but 3 months of his 2 year stint at PSG.

Mbappe score again, according to the commentator, hes averaging 1 goal every 45mins this season with 6 goals... so basically not even at top form n the team not 100% hes performing...

Dembele on the other hand looking like a bit of a disaster so far... continues to miss 1 on 1s n wasting numerous chances per game or mostly just ineffective n giving the ball away n not defending... cant help but feel if he doesnt gel soon he wont make it at PSG?

Dembele 0 g/a since leaving Barca. Looks as clueless as ever, always lethargic and half asleep. Annoying player to watch and I'm not missing him one bit

This is his 3rd game from start. Calma!

Even Mariano made everyone look silly over there. Give him time he'll start scoring like never before.

0 g/a in 6 games if you count NT

He looks the same, keeps missing easy chances, don’t expect him to explode. Give him a few more games and he’ll get injured aswell, rinse and repeat

Fabian Ruiz gets a start... and was atrocious. Danilo Perreira as well. But really, Fabian needs to be sold or put on the B team. He brings literally nothing. Just passes sideways.

Other people were average... but it starts in the midfield. PSG tried to replace Ugarte and Zaire Emer with Fabian and Danilo. It failed horribly. They were playing the last place team in Ligue 1.

Pretty clear that Danilo cannot play DM, Soler and Fabian are useless and Kolo Muani is average at best right now.