Quote from: QueenVera on January 06, 2024, 01:26:41 PM

Quote from: len01 on January 06, 2024, 03:54:53 AM

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PSG are traditional winners of the French League and yes Nice this season have improved so well but I don’t think they’ll be able to overtake PSG. Yes the competition will be beneficial Nice but I don’t think they’ll be able to keep up for long. Monaco will be a better competitor than Nice, so I think that’ll be Nice’s major competition and not PSG who’ll sure get the league. Nice haven’t been so consistent and that’s one reason I don’t see them ending in the top 2 of the league.

Winners of a league will not find it difficult to get victory over smaller teams but we’ve seen Nice already struggle against smaller teams and that’s not the characteristics of champions. However I love their improvement in the Ligue 1, they've turned from a mediocre team in the Ligue 1 to one of the top challengers for the title race, Nice might not win the Ligue this season but participating in the UCL next season seems very likely.

as I said, if Nice has indeed had quite good improvements since several seasons, they can achieve runner up achievements but that will only be temporary and I also admit that Nice performance is really very good, a little more consistent at the start of the season and almost surprised everyone with what Nice has done is that they can have great strength at the start of the season and end up experiencing a decline in performance in the second half of the season and if we want to see Nice in the UCL next season that could happen but I'm really not sure if they can get past the round group stage if you are in a group with a stronger team.

no matter how strong Nice is, it will only be experience and will never be able to get the League 1 title, but all of that can be achieved if you consistently stay in the runner up position for several seasons, gain experience competing with big teams, after that you can find a way to win the title in league 1.
and if next time Nice gets a ticket to the UCL and fails in the first stage it won't be a big problem because it's a valuable experience for a team to know its mistakes.