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Sounds like a league for eating competitions.They should win Ligue 1 Uber Eats this year.
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Sounds like a league for eating competitions.They should win Ligue 1 Uber Eats this year.
He'd barely get the ball.It's weird to me that Mbappe wants to leave, and not be part of a Messi / Mbappe / Neymar front 3.
I know he wants to be the main man but jesus christ you'd be mad not to get involved with those two for a year or two.
That's funny but they had Mbappe and Neymar last year and still lost the league. Sure they got Messi now but..Tweet
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They kept Ancelotti and Emery when they same happened. Managers there in last decade tend to get two chances to win CL and then owners lose confidence in them so really Poch has no excuses with Donnarumma and Ramos coming in to improve defence as they did miss Thiago Silva experience in the Man. City games.Why did they keep Poch when they didn't even win the league last year?
It's OK, nobody will be watching, generally speaking. Loads will follow the scores, but very few are going to start watching Ligue 1 regularly just because of Messi.Yawn! i can't get excited about Messi joining PSG...watching him play in the French league will be utterly meh!
Marquinhos is one of the most underrated CB in the world, and Kimpembe is usually good to very good in the CL. And I'm not even mentionning Ramos if he gets fit. So "mediocre at best" doesn't stick imo.Top heavy side, to say the least.
The front three is incredible, but the midfield and defence are, at best, mediocre.
Marquinhos is very good, but there's a decent chance he plays in midfield. Ramos is past it imo, Hakimi can't defend and who even is your left back? Not much depth in these positions, either.Marquinhos is one of the most underrated CB in the world, and Kimpembe is usually good to very good in the CL. And I'm not even mentionning Ramos if he gets fit. So "mediocre at best" doesn't stick imo.
I agree with the fact that the team is far from being an all star team, guaranteed CL winner or blabla because it's still pretty unbalenced. And your totally right, we need a decent left back since Bernat might be cooked. I'd go for a cheap, balanced left back like Tagliafico if i was PSG. We need to sell players first though.Marquinhos is very good, but there's a decent chance he plays in midfield. Ramos is past it imo, Hakimi can't defend and who even is your left back? Not much depth in these positions, either.
As I said, the front three is incredible and in comparison the defence/midfield just look very undercooked. It won't matter in Ligue 1, but might cost you in the CL (where you'll admittedly still be among the favourites by virtue of that front line).
This is not how Football works.You rise or fall to the level of your competition. PSG's problem in the CL is playing in a slightly weaker league, week in, week out. Of course they are always going to be a contender with their players but if they were tested like teams in the PL or La Liga then they would have already won a CL by now most likely. Then outside of that competition no one will really care, same as now.
Its exactly how it works. There is a balance to be struck, and the Premier League has been too competitive for its own good at times, but generally the teams in the best leagues win the CL.This is not how Football works.
City has been tested in EPL, still can't win the UCL, and they completely dominated England for a while, last season was the first UCL final they reached since oil money came in, they have the same UCL finals as PSG.
Winning UCL is hard, having the best squad doesn't mean shit, you need a bit of luck to win knockout tournaments.
You are exaggerating way too much.Its exactly how it works. There is a balance to be struck, and the Premier League has been too competitive for its own good at times, but generally the teams in the best leagues win the CL.
PSG always look to do things half a second too slowly in the CL because they can't step it up quickly enough, they play to the speed of Ligue 1. City's problem is Pep can't help tinkering. They would have won at least one by now if not for that.
What? PSG had the easiest possible route to the final and Bayern were the first decent team they faced, and they were easily outplayed by them. 61% possession and more shots. PSG's gameplan was give it Mbappe/Neymar and let them do everything. That's fine in Ligue 1 but for a team like Bayern it was easy to manage, it played straight into their hands. It makes PSG look good on a highlight reel but in reality it was a fairly comfortable evening for Bayern.You are exaggerating way too much.
PSG literally played a final and semifinal in the last 2 years, and dominated Bayern in the final, the german squad just managed to score one of the few that they had, while PSG wasted their chances and Neuer was immense.
You talk as if PSG can't even past UCL group stage or something like that, or as if playing football in France is another sport....
I don't expect people to praise France in an anglo forum, but chill a bit with the exaggerations.
Did you miss the part when PSG eliminated Bayern last year in a 2 legs game?What? PSG had the easiest possible route to the final and Bayern were the first decent team they faced, and they were easily outplayed by them. 61% possession and more shots. PSG's gameplan was give it Mbappe/Neymar and let them do everything. That's fine in Ligue 1 but for a team like Bayern it was easy to manage, it played straight into their hands. It makes PSG look good on a highlight reel but in reality it was a fairly comfortable evening for Bayern.
PSG's tactic of give the ball to Neymar and Mbappe works well in Ligue 1 but it's all too predictable for top teams. Neither of them pass when they should and will always try to take on one man too many, they don't play as a team. Every now and then one of them has an unplayable night (Mbappe v Barcelona last year for example) but they're not going to do that across every game in a Champions League campaign.
You mean the game where Mbappe scored 2 of the 3 goals and Bayern absolutely dominated them but had to play a Stoke City reject as their main striker? I remember that game well. Bayern had 31 shots to PSG's 6.Did you miss the part when PSG eliminated Bayern last year in a 2 legs game?
And thinking Psg won 4-1 against Barcelona because Mbappe had an unplayable night shows you either didnt watch the game or don't know how to analyse. PSG totally controlled the game, Verratti and Paredes had a field day, Mbappe was just the tip of the iceberg.
Yeah that one, when PSG had to play with players like Bakker, Danilo as a CB, Diallo or Dagba, how convenient of you to forget that part.You mean the game where Mbappe scored 2 of the 3 goals and Bayern absolutely dominated them but had to play a Stoke City reject as their main striker?
They'll have to turn the switch on for big CL games, that's for sure, at least 2 of them will need to. We've seen Neymar doing it, Mbappe rarely and it's going to be hard for Messi.PSG‘s main problem will be that none of their 3 strikers has a great workrate. You can get away with 1 or 2 lazy forwards, but 3 is more than pushing it.
Having watched Messi play in the last few years, the contract on / off the ball is massive. On the ball he continues to be a genius but off the ball, you are more or less defending with 10 men.PSG‘s main problem will be that none of their 3 strikers has a great workrate. You can get away with 1 or 2 lazy forwards, but 3 is more than pushing it.
Messi won’t be doing it. Neymar seems to be more willing then Mbappe but overall it will be an issue against better teams. Maybe you get „lucky“ and there are never all three available at the same time.They'll have to turn the switch on for big CL games, that's for sure, at least 2 of them will need to. We've seen Neymar doing it, Mbappe rarely and it's going to be hard for Messi.
slick comment thatBarrel of laughs, you ore.
Messi can press high a bit but yeah, he won't do match.Messi won’t be doing it. Neymar seems to be more willing then Mbappe but overall it will be an issue against better teams. Maybe you get „lucky“ and there are never all three available at the same time.
Not even Bayern fans think that it was a comfortable win, as they were thanking Neuer for the saves and Mbappé for missing two sitters.What? PSG had the easiest possible route to the final and Bayern were the first decent team they faced, and they were easily outplayed by them. 61% possession and more shots. PSG's gameplan was give it Mbappe/Neymar and let them do everything. That's fine in Ligue 1 but for a team like Bayern it was easy to manage, it played straight into their hands. It makes PSG look good on a highlight reel but in reality it was a fairly comfortable evening for Bayern.
I think I it was Lille’s 2nd game, they drew their 1st. But awful startSeeing as Lille were thumped at home today, I fully anticipate PSG walking the league again.
Is that the worst opening round home loss by a defending champion in any league history?
Not just thumped, but thumped by the manager that led them to the title last year. Such a weird story, Galtier leaving them for Nice. Maybe he just fancied living on the Côte d’Azur..Seeing as Lille were thumped at home today, I fully anticipate PSG walking the league again.
Is that the worst opening round home loss by a defending champion in any league history?