Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread

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Arsenal have Martinelli and Trossard as players available on the left wing. If they don't plan to make a big LW signing then I don't think they would let Martinelli go. Trossard is also getting old you know.

Rodrygo? As far as I have heard, Xabi Alonso wants to give him a place in his lineup. That's why he must have decided to stay.

Arsenal indeed have Martinelli and Trossarda in the left wing, but I don’t think they are good enough for Arsenal because Arsenal fans even prefer Trossard than Martinelli because Martinelli is a selfish player, and he is not creative enough for the team, he lack good finishing skills even though he have pace.

If Arsenal can get a better offer for Martinelli, they can sell him if they also have a player to replace him with.

If Alonso couldn’t give Rodrigo playing time, I don’t think the player will last in the team. Moreover, I personally don’t expect Alonso to give him enough playing time because they have enough wingers, therefore, he should just try and let him go because his parents and his agent went to ask if he is going to get playing time, which I will expect Alonso to tell them yes, but we all know that they can’t give him time when they are trying to bring in Arda Gullar fully and they have Mbappe and Vini Jr.

[Adbitco]

I'm expecting to see more progress in Leverkusen not leadership of Erik Ten Hag because you will start with a better team that already built with teamwork the work here is very easy compared to that of Manchester United when things are very rough and the expectation are very high. IT result to two things when they expectation are very high, it either the team improve with high chances or decline without any recovery easily, Manchester United problems is very complicated because even after Erik Ten Hag left the team they are still badly to make it to the top hopefully maybe this season something could we come out from their effort. Erik Ten Hag been in Leverkusen is going to be a great advantage for him because he met a team that is very strong and they are also named among the top team in Bundesliga, so only small effort is required to make a name shine again.

The kind of type of coach will really go a long way in determining how the club might go, Ten Hang has the autocratic kind of leadership style which may not really go down well with most players. It was really evident in his time at Manchester United, he wasn't successful in the club yet acted as though he's won everything with them. Bayern Leverkusen won't be as competitive as they were under Alonso with Ten Hang that's my opinion.

[ITExpert]

We all hope Ten Hag does well. The fact that United have struggled with several coaches who have been brought in other than Ten Hag proves that the problem is not only in the ability of the coach. But Ten Hag's challenge will actually start for the new season. If he does well, then the trust in him will increase and once again prove that he does have good ability. he may have to get full support from the existing team.

Eric Ten Hag is the coach who is facing a lot of criticism and a lot of motivation at the same time. Because the experience of Eric Ten Hag in Manchester United was not so good and the fans and the viewers were made responsible for all the failures of the Manchester United . But I think it's not compulsory that results will remain the same in both teams. Because there are a lot of things which are interlinked. So, players should also participate in the win of the team. Eric Ten Hag also cannot  afford his failure at Bayern Leverkusen. If the same records repeat in the Leverkusen then this will be a disaster for Eric Ten Hag's career. Bayern Leverkusen's experience with Eric Ten Hag should be admirable so that the coach can avoid further criticism.

[len01]

If the same records repeat in the Leverkusen then this will be a disaster for Eric Ten Hag's career. Bayern Leverkusen's experience with Eric Ten Hag should be admirable so that the coach can avoid further criticism.

When Ten Hag first joins a team, he usually does pretty well. But after a while, he starts making changes that I think mess up the good foundation he built early on. Like signing overpriced players who don’t really deliver and end up being a waste. Hopefully, he learns from that and just sticks to the original game plan to take the team to the next level.

[Kagaru]

We all hope Ten Hag does well. The fact that United have struggled with several coaches who have been brought in other than Ten Hag proves that the problem is not only in the ability of the coach. But Ten Hag's challenge will actually start for the new season. If he does well, then the trust in him will increase and once again prove that he does have good ability. he may have to get full support from the existing team.

Eric Ten Hag is the coach who is facing a lot of criticism and a lot of motivation at the same time. Because the experience of Eric Ten Hag in Manchester United was not so good and the fans and the viewers were made responsible for all the failures of the Manchester United . But I think it's not compulsory that results will remain the same in both teams. Because there are a lot of things which are interlinked. So, players should also participate in the win of the team. Eric Ten Hag also cannot  afford his failure at Bayern Leverkusen. If the same records repeat in the Leverkusen then this will be a disaster for Eric Ten Hag's career. Bayern Leverkusen's experience with Eric Ten Hag should be admirable so that the coach can avoid further criticism.

Ten Hag feels the heat and to be fair this turn of events will most likely shape his career to a great degree. The case of United demonstrated that a coach himself cannot rescue a club unless the whole structure and players coincide. But this time should he have a second chance with the appropriate support and following with people who believe in his type of style, then that is when I would truly like to see what he can do. Meanwhile, people may find themselves difficult to defend him in the event that things are spoilt once more.

[Lida93]

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Xabi was the reason why Leverkusen could compete with Bayern for the title. Losing him to Madrid gave no clarity about club's future. So Wirtz and Frimpong follows him. Leverkusen is officially back as a mid table team by losing those guys. Bundesliga seems to be a farmer league again by Bayern.

In my very opinion I think you're being too in a hurry to conclude what the future of Bayer Leverkusen and the bundesliga would be, just because one man as a coach left his team where he was doing excellent with competition in the league and which also includes a few of his players. We didn't know what Xabi could do when he first arrived at Leverkusen until the season went to a length with him, I think same should be extended to Ten Hag having taken over the job. No need for hasty conclusions yet.

[Dzwaafu11]

Losing Frimpong and Wirtz was a major part of Leverkusen with Xabi. Look at the stats of how they played. Frimpong starts a lot as a starter and it's the same with Wirtz. I think Ten Hag will have big expectations and pressure because Xabi has left behind good stats. Ten Hag now just needs to work and make Leverkusen better. The German league is also not as tough as the EPL I think Ten Hag has a great chance to succeed with Leverkusen. In addition to these two, there are 3 more players being sold including Tah, Gustavo Puerta, and Odilon Kossounou.

Xabi was the reason why Leverkusen could compete with Bayern for the title. Losing him to Madrid gave no clarity about club's future. So Wirtz and Frimpong follows him. Leverkusen is officially back as a mid table team by losing those guys. Bundesliga seems to be a farmer league again by Bayern.

Bayer Leverkusen sold their key players; they also left Xabi for Real Madrid, and as you said, it’s a pure fact, Xavi was the one who managed this team to be able to compete for the Bundesliga title. Now they have changed their 2 key players and also their manager. Things will totally be different from next season, and nobody knows if it will be for good or the other way.

I think by next season everything will look new for this club. I just hope Bayer Leverkusen won’t mess up things next season because their 2 key players are gone and the manager is new, which means their new manager, Ten Hag, will introduce a new strategy. They will get 2 players to replace the players. Things will definitely be different.

[ShowOff]

We all hope Ten Hag does well. The fact that United have struggled with several coaches who have been brought in other than Ten Hag proves that the problem is not only in the ability of the coach. But Ten Hag's challenge will actually start for the new season. If he does well, then the trust in him will increase and once again prove that he does have good ability. he may have to get full support from the existing team.

Eric Ten Hag is the coach who is facing a lot of criticism and a lot of motivation at the same time. Because the experience of Eric Ten Hag in Manchester United was not so good and the fans and the viewers were made responsible for all the failures of the Manchester United . But I think it's not compulsory that results will remain the same in both teams. Because there are a lot of things which are interlinked. So, players should also participate in the win of the team. Eric Ten Hag also cannot  afford his failure at Bayern Leverkusen. If the same records repeat in the Leverkusen then this will be a disaster for Eric Ten Hag's career. Bayern Leverkusen's experience with Eric Ten Hag should be admirable so that the coach can avoid further criticism.

Since Leverkusen won the Bundesliga trophy, their standards have been raised. Ten Hag will be faced with a tough task in his first season, namely maintaining Leverkusen performance so that they remain in the race for trophies. It is difficult to predict whether Ten Hag can live up to expectations, but he certainly deserves a chance. It is natural that some Leverkusen fans doubt Ten Hag managerial qualities, because his reputation was quite bad with Manchester United.

Winning the Bundesliga trophy means breaking Bayern Munich dominance, anyone will understand that it is not an easy task. The departure of several key players has clearly affected Leverkusen chances, and Ten Hag will certainly have to rebuild the ideal squad depth. If Leverkusen manages to perform consistently, Ten Hag will gain the fans trust over time. Leverkusen management current task is to find a replacement close to the quality of Florian Wirtz and Jeremie Frimpong.

[Baki202]

The kind of type of coach will really go a long way in determining how the club might go, Ten Hang has the autocratic kind of leadership style which may not really go down well with most players. It was really evident in his time at Manchester United, he wasn't successful in the club yet acted as though he's won everything with them. Bayern Leverkusen won't be as competitive as they were under Alonso with Ten Hang that's my opinion.

Ten might just be what they need because there is no one readier to work than a new coach. They know their job is at stake, so they will do everything in their power to actually make sure they are winning something because they will want to prove that they are the one for the job, because if the management is not getting what they want,, then the next thing is going to be on the next bus so satisfying the club is going to be there prority, lets hope that ten hag is going to bring hope to the club, and i feel we should not but balme for manchetser united for not succeding i think the club have a problem on its own.

[LUCKMCFLY]

actually I do not want Bayer Leverkusen to be under the care of ETH. he has a pretty bad track record with manchesetr united, and he left the club when the club was really struggling which resulted in man united finishing in a very bad position and in the next season Man United did not have a match in any European competition, while ETH and Bayer Leverkusen, in the next season they will appear in the champions league. Hopefully Bayer Leverkusen will be fine under the care of ETH.

I understand what you feel but things are actually different now , As I've said in previous comments, we have to give him a second chance Maybe this time he'll do well and he should do well He has no other choice, He's a person who at this point, should have improved many aspects If he doesn't, then I think things will get very bad for him Because who or what team will hire him? No one at all.

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When Ten Hag first joins a team, he usually does pretty well. But after a while, he starts making changes that I think mess up the good foundation he built early on. Like signing overpriced players who don’t really deliver and end up being a waste. Hopefully, he learns from that and just sticks to the original game plan to take the team to the next level.

This is very correct about Ten Hag, he did same with Manchester United and Ajax, but the most he has done was with Ajax,  at Manchester United it was only in his first season they got to see him perform well but by his second session he performed poorly yet he won a trophy.  Here he is in the German league,  knowing how competitive this league can be, I trust he is going  to learn from his past and try fixing a better performance with his new team and maintain a good track record that will last longer than he did with his former teams.Ten Hag isn't a bad coach by the way, he only had some rough edges with previous teams in that after his first seasons,  his systems begins to collapse of which in some cases,  players exit was responsible.

[LUCKMCFLY]

In terms of competition, the Bundesliga is indeed different from the Premier League but Leverkusen is a different team and it is not easy for Ten Hag to be able to continue what Xabi Alonso has done with the players he has.

That is the challenge and the double-edged sword that Ten Hag has, it is known that Xabi left the bar very high in terms of the required demands, everything would have been ideal for Ten Hag if he had taken a losing team and he turned it around, the difficult thing is to maintain the level and improve it at least they will demand that they have to be in the first 4 places of the UCL classification, for me that is the minimum, in fact they can demand even winning the Bundesliga that is how high I see the demands for whoever takes the mantle for Leverkusen.

[Pablo-wood]

If the same records repeat in the Leverkusen then this will be a disaster for Eric Ten Hag's career. Bayern Leverkusen's experience with Eric Ten Hag should be admirable so that the coach can avoid further criticism.

When Ten Hag first joins a team, he usually does pretty well. But after a while, he starts making changes that I think mess up the good foundation he built early on. Like signing overpriced players who don’t really deliver and end up being a waste. Hopefully, he learns from that and just sticks to the original game plan to take the team to the next level.

Ten Hag must have learnt his lesson from United and won't want to repeat those. When he was the head coach of Ajax he had good records, he won three Eredivisie titles and  two KNVB Cups even at United where he had a struggling career he won the EFL and FA cup. I believe he should have studied his predecessor Xavi and his tactics so he knows how to strategize for the coming season heading his new team Leverkusen.

[Minor Miner]

This is very correct about Ten Hag, he did same with Manchester United and Ajax, but the most he has done was with Ajax,  at Manchester United it was only in his first season they got to see him perform well but by his second session he performed poorly yet he won a trophy.  Here he is in the German league,  knowing how competitive this league can be, I trust he is going  to learn from his past and try fixing a better performance with his new team and maintain a good track record that will last longer than he did with his former teams.Ten Hag isn't a bad coach by the way, he only had some rough edges with previous teams in that after his first seasons,  his systems begins to collapse of which in some cases,  players exit was responsible.

Ten Hag may not be a bad coach. But Ten Hag is not a very experienced coach. Ten Hag was successful with Ajax. But he failed with Manchester City. Manchester united management was given big funds and enough time to Ten Hag. Even then he could not play much role in improving Manchester United's performance.

Leverkusen management has given ten Hag the responsibility as Xabi's replacement. We do not know if Ten Hag will succeed. However, His past record is not that good. He must learn from his previous mistakes. Otherwise, Ten Hag will fail in the Bundesliga as well. Leverkusen does not have a lot of money. So Ten Hag will have to try to stabilize Leverkusen's performance while keeping the squad almost unchanged.

[bitgolden]

One of the reasons for Ten Hag's failure with Manchester United was a lot of star players at Manchester United's squad. The bonding between the players was weak. It was also very difficult to control a bunch of  star players. ten Hag had not enough experienced to control  the squad with so many star players.

But Leverkusen's condition is different. The players here are very diligent. They want to do well. The relationship between the players is also very good. If Ten Hag gets a chance to work independently, and is able to create a stable match strategy, I think we will see better performance from Leverkusen next season.

They didn't really had any "star" players, look at the squad, who is a star among them? I would say Bruno is clearly a star, but aside from him, there isn't really one, all the others are expendable players. Maguire gets some chaps from everyone, even I did it, and wished him gone, but he showed up day after day so I respect that grind at least.

And in the end, ETH just made bad transfers, he could be a good manager or a bad manager and you can discuss that, but he was a terrible scout that is for sure, the players he wanted were mostly terrible ones and he made mistakes of playing them badly. If the players were hired without his knowledge, then I would understand, but reports dictate he wanted almost all of them himself.

[mv1986]

That is the same for every coach joining a new club, they start from scratch more or less although Xabi Alonso left a good portion of an intact team behind. It's not like all the players left. Losing Frimpong and Wirtz is tough though.

When Xabi Alonso is the colour white, ten Hag is the colour black. That is what I am curious about, I want to see whether someone managing a team like Alonso can be replaced by an egomaniac like ten Hag and still be successful.

Bayer Leverkusen and Manchester United are completely different places with now it's surely challenging time for Erik ten Hag because Bayer Leverkusen is currently had better situation then Manchester United, and he can bring better results as well.

Even lost of few players surely going to have impact, but now he can bring few those could be give better, and they can keep balance in this club too much negative hype about his arrival but still he is capable of giving good results as he has done at Ajax for me, he can be successful here. Xabi Alonso done amazing stuff but now it's also test case for Bayer Leverkusen because challenges are increased, and they are having hard time for staying into good place can they survive with ETH it's another big challenge like Vincent Kompany done at Bayern Munich.

It is the other way around in my opinion because Manchester United couldn't be any worse and now if Amorim reaches top 6 with them, it won't be considered a failure. Alonso hands over. team to ten Hag that won 3 out of 3 titles and reached the Europa League final in 2023/24 and became vice champion in 2024/25. Let's not forget that ten Hag is a personality who quickly has everyone against him, including the own club management and the public press. Alonso had good relations with important people within the club and outside the club. If Leverkusen played a bad game, Alonso wasn't publicly attacked as arrogant coaches usually get attacked. Unless ten Hag has great success with Leverkusen, he will be suffering from close scrutiny and comparisons with Alonso on a daily basis.

[Pandu Geddon]

We all hope Ten Hag does well. The fact that United have struggled with several coaches who have been brought in other than Ten Hag proves that the problem is not only in the ability of the coach. But Ten Hag's challenge will actually start for the new season. If he does well, then the trust in him will increase and once again prove that he does have good ability. he may have to get full support from the existing team.

Eric Ten Hag is the coach who is facing a lot of criticism and a lot of motivation at the same time. Because the experience of Eric Ten Hag in Manchester United was not so good and the fans and the viewers were made responsible for all the failures of the Manchester United . But I think it's not compulsory that results will remain the same in both teams. Because there are a lot of things which are interlinked. So, players should also participate in the win of the team. Eric Ten Hag also cannot  afford his failure at Bayern Leverkusen. If the same records repeat in the Leverkusen then this will be a disaster for Eric Ten Hag's career. Bayern Leverkusen's experience with Eric Ten Hag should be admirable so that the coach can avoid further criticism.

Criticism is inevitable, even a coach like Ancelotti also received criticism when coaching Madrid regarding young players who did not get proper playing minutes. I think Ten Hag is used to harsh criticism from the guards and also their fans. However, he has gone through a difficult season with United, and now they will build a new team with Leverkusen. There is no guarantee that the situation will be different, but we all hope Ten Hag succeeds with Leverkusen. If not, maybe his career to coach a big team in Europe is also threatened.

[asriloni]

Xabi was the reason why Leverkusen could compete with Bayern for the title. Losing him to Madrid gave no clarity about club's future. So Wirtz and Frimpong follows him. Leverkusen is officially back as a mid table team by losing those guys. Bundesliga seems to be a farmer league again by Bayern.

Bayer Leverkusen sold their key players; they also left Xabi for Real Madrid, and as you said, it’s a pure fact, Xavi was the one who managed this team to be able to compete for the Bundesliga title. Now they have changed their 2 key players and also their manager. Things will totally be different from next season, and nobody knows if it will be for good or the other way.

I think by next season everything will look new for this club. I just hope Bayer Leverkusen won’t mess up things next season because their 2 key players are gone and the manager is new, which means their new manager, Ten Hag, will introduce a new strategy. They will get 2 players to replace the players. Things will definitely be different.

I'm fine if Leverkusen only lost their key player, and Xabi still stay, but it's not what happening now. They lose everything that changed their team, especially their manager that helped them to win Bundesliga after a few decades.
This is my reason to be very skeptical about their future. How many times they changed their coach until they found Xabi? i could not even count it.  

[Promocodeudo]

I'm expecting to see more progress in Leverkusen not leadership of Erik Ten Hag because you will start with a better team that already built with teamwork the work here is very easy compared to that of Manchester United when things are very rough and the expectation are very high. IT result to two things when they expectation are very high, it either the team improve with high chances or decline without any recovery easily, Manchester United problems is very complicated because even after Erik Ten Hag left the team they are still badly to make it to the top hopefully maybe this season something could we come out from their effort. Erik Ten Hag been in Leverkusen is going to be a great advantage for him because he met a team that is very strong and they are also named among the top team in Bundesliga, so only small effort is required to make a name shine again.

Yea the work here will be very easy for Ten Hag because he met a good team just as you said but this will also expose many things about him if he is actually a good Manager or not, despite anything I think he didn't do much for Manchester United, he messed up in the club because he doesnt what to listen to may other person except the things he wants to do, yea at a time his former club was lacking players which we know and the ones present as at then was even confused in the football field but I will also say that Ten Hag ran out of ideas then too, now he is here in Leverkusen that has everything he needs definitely there will be expectations from the management of the club, less see what he can offer.

[Luzin]

Yea the work here will be very easy for Ten Hag because he met a good team just as you said but this will also expose many things about him if he is actually a good Manager or not, despite anything I think he didn't do much for Manchester United,

The condition of the team will always be different when there is a new coach. Even though they have a good history, it could very well be different. There are two possibilities: they will either improve or deteriorate. I feel disappointed with Ten Hag because he failed with Man United, so there’s speculation that he might fail at Leverkusen. But that’s just speculation. I feel confident that Leverkusen has chosen him and is ready for the risks. Leverkusen is also prepared with fresh funds after Florian Wirtz officially left. Reportedly, Leverkusen is preparing €70 million to bring in another star. It is said that he is the Monaco star Maghnes Akliouche.


Source: https://www.goal.com/en/lists/big-signing-erik-ten-hag-bayer-leverkusen-eur70m-monaco-star-rebuild-mega-florian-wirtz-sale/blt36c3b6d05349f64d#csfed62d8088537ae0