Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread

[EL MOHA]

He was fortunate to get his one hundred goals for Bayern Munich in ninety-eight games after finding himself on the scoresheet on Friday night.
All these win should be for the unbelievers, who went as far as branding him a curse during his first season with Bayern Munich. I can not even understand how football fans buy into everything said by the media. With all these numbers and stuff, my hot take is that the Ballon d'Or is his to win this time around and if Harry Kane doesn't emerge winner, I'll take it that the words of Cristiano Ronaldo are valid on how the Ballon d'Or has lost their credibility.

It was not only a bad analysis to say he was a curse to any club he plays it was also demeaning because let’s take a look at the club this man has played for before Bayern Munich, what did that club achieved before he came and what did they achieve after he left. Yes I know most people will point at the Europa league trophy they won but we all know Tottenham wasn’t a club to win trophies and there current performance is a testament to that.

As for England they are in same category with Tottenham always looking to bring it back home but they don’t do why the blame. It was even more frustrating when Harry Kane missed that penalty against France in the semi finals and people turned on him as being cursed, it’s very good he was able to shut the haters up.

As for the Ballon d’or I definitely agree with you because he has won trophies, had individual brilliance like the goals he scored and then he ticks the fair play rule to so let’s see what the voters come up with

[changaa]

It's obvious that Leipzig is no longer the team we used to know. After they won their first game of the season, I thought we were going to see Leipzig stronger than what they were last season. But they lost their second game against Weder Bremen. Leipzig also lost their first Champions League game against Como, and now they suffered their third defeat of the season across all competitions against Leverkusen who are also struggling with their league matches.

Leipzig need to improve their performance after the international break. This performance isn't going to take them anywhere, though it is too early to say whether they will improve their performance. They missed the Champions league last season due their lack of consistency last two seasons. This season that they are back to the tournament, I hope they pass through the group stage.

Obviously seeing a Leipzig team dominating the first match, winning by several goals, immediately gives the impression that they can play a season at a different pace and with a different desire.
But immediately afterwards there were several performances, performances that were not up to par which immediately caused an about-face in terms of enthusiasm and which made the team doubt whether they could aspire to first place in the rankings.

[Primark]

It's true, but you can't just give the victories of other teams considering the demerits of Bayern Munich, because in any case other teams deserved to win. Although Bayern were perhaps not at their best, they still did several things wrong and Leverkusen were able to take advantage of it.
I believe that the Bundesliga needs further changes to be defined as a balanced competition, because for now Bayern remains the only truly noteworthy team.

I believe everything all boils down to finance, in the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich is the team with the most money, they can afford to get almost any player both within and outside the league. This reminds me of the period Dortmund had stars in their team, Bayern Munich was one of the teams that disrupted that Dortmund team. They bought their players, I haven't forgotten of Lewandoski, he was at Dortmund, after that his successive season, Bayern Munich bought him over, several players from Dortmund were all purchased by Bayern Munich except Marco Reus who vehemently refused to go despite years of chasing from Bayern Munich. Dortmund won't have sold their stars of they had the funds, so also goes to other teams in the league. Bayern Munich either conscientious or unconsciously weakens other teams in the league.

Although I agree that Bayern Munich's financial strength gives them a big advantage over other teams in the Bundesliga, Lewandowski's case was different. Bayern didn't actually buy him from Dortmund for a transfer fee. I probably knew then that he joined Bayern for free after his contract with Dortmund expired. But there is some truth to the big point you made. Bayern also bought important players from Dortmund in the form of Mario Gotze and Mats Hummels.

[ndutndut]

It's true, but you can't just give the victories of other teams considering the demerits of Bayern Munich, because in any case other teams deserved to win. Although Bayern were perhaps not at their best, they still did several things wrong and Leverkusen were able to take advantage of it.
I believe that the Bundesliga needs further changes to be defined as a balanced competition, because for now Bayern remains the only truly noteworthy team.

I believe everything all boils down to finance, in the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich is the team with the most money, they can afford to get almost any player both within and outside the league. This reminds me of the period Dortmund had stars in their team, Bayern Munich was one of the teams that disrupted that Dortmund team. They bought their players, I haven't forgotten of Lewandoski, he was at Dortmund, after that his successive season, Bayern Munich bought him over, several players from Dortmund were all purchased by Bayern Munich except Marco Reus who vehemently refused to go despite years of chasing from Bayern Munich. Dortmund won't have sold their stars of they had the funds, so also goes to other teams in the league. Bayern Munich either conscientious or unconsciously weakens other teams in the league.

Of course, this is what happens in the Bundesliga and that's also why Bayern Munich always dominates every season. Even if there are other teams like Leverkusen that can win the Bundesliga title it only lasts for one season after which the dominance returns to Bayern Munich.

One of the reasons as you mentioned, is financial issues, but on the other hand it's also because of the history that Bayern Munich has. Teams like Bayern Munich have the potential to win the UCL, which makes it easier for rival players to join Munich like the players you mentioned. Besides the Bundesliga there are other leagues with similar situations like PSG. On one hand we can't deny why Bayern Munich and PSG insist on bringing in the best players in their leagues, because their target is no longer just domestic leagues but the UCL.

[Alex077]

Obviously seeing a Leipzig team dominating the first match, winning by several goals, immediately gives the impression that they can play a season at a different pace and with a different desire.
But immediately afterwards there were several performances, performances that were not up to par which immediately caused an about-face in terms of enthusiasm and which made the team doubt whether they could aspire to first place in the rankings.

Leipzig has the potential to perform well. And they proved it. They managed to secure 3-0 win against Gladbach and 5-0 win against Hamburg. But problem is that their performance is not consistent. And players are not confident either.

Leipzig played well in both home match and dominated to secure victory. But their performance in away match is very poor. New manager Demichelis needs to find out why. I think player are not able to maintain confidence in away match. They fail to perform well under extra pressure.

If Demichelis can solve this problem of players then it will not be difficult for them to qualify for Champions League from top 3 of the table.

[Agathamay]

Obviously seeing a Leipzig team dominating the first match, winning by several goals, immediately gives the impression that they can play a season at a different pace and with a different desire.
But immediately afterwards there were several performances, performances that were not up to par which immediately caused an about-face in terms of enthusiasm and which made the team doubt whether they could aspire to first place in the rankings.

RH Leipzig is a tough team and also an elite team. We know they're capable of competing for bundlesliga this season but the club is a selling club, they've trigger the sell clause of most of their players, we know what we're seeing in the club. They've brilliant players with stellar performance and this season, they're going try much harder than the previous season, it's just a matter of time before we can see them becoming competitive and ready for the big games after international break.

[Jegileman]

Leipzig need to improve their performance after the international break. This performance isn’t going to take them anywhere, though it is too early to say whether they will improve their performance. They missed the Champions league last season due their lack of consistency last two seasons. This season that they are back to the tournament, I hope they pass through the group stage.

Leipzig has already destabilized for a long time now and they’re still yet to get themselves back into the game. They’re a team that’s very much good and always make their way to compete for the top spot even though they don’t make it all long till the end of the season. Their champions league is a very competitive place for them, but losing to Como was not what was being expected from them despite their poor performance in all competitions this season. The group stage game is one which is full of surprises, so we should not be too surprised about it. I hope they get to perform better in the coming games. The Bundesliga is a no go zone for them, they’ll have it hard to win but competing for the top four spot will still remain their most important target by the end of the season.

[SmartCharpa]

Ever genuine football lover that's not sentimental can agree that it's Harry Kane's time to win the Ballon D'or, even if i were a Barca fan I'll still say same, that dude deserves it so it should be given to him. However it's only someone that doesn't watch Kane play that would say he's cursed at Bayern Munich.

If it were at Tottenham, i can agree cause he wasted his career being loyal to them, if Kane had left to a better club at more youthful age than this he would've challenged lot of top footballers back then but it's better late than never and i hope his hardwork is crowned with the Ballon D'or title.

I agree with you, Harry Kane is the right man to win the Ballon d’Or award this year. No one else deserves it more than him after his performance throughout last season. Other players are just shouting in the internet, thinking they had a better season than Kane last season. Even in the World Cup he gave it his best, but that wasn’t enough for England to reach the final. He won many trophies with Bayern Munich last season, that’s is enough to win the award.

Harry Kane is not cursed at all. A cursed person won the league title back to back, Harry Kane has been having a great performance since he left Tottenham, he only failed to win the league title on his debut season after Leverkusen won the league. But after the first seasons, he have won the league title for two seasons in row. I believe more are still coming this season.

[Dzwaafu11]

Obviously seeing a Leipzig team dominating the first match, winning by several goals, immediately gives the impression that they can play a season at a different pace and with a different desire.
But immediately afterwards there were several performances, performances that were not up to par which immediately caused an about-face in terms of enthusiasm and which made the team doubt whether they could aspire to first place in the rankings.

RH Leipzig is a tough team and also an elite team. We know they're capable of competing for bundlesliga this season but the club is a selling club, they've trigger the sell clause of most of their players, we know what we're seeing in the club. They've brilliant players with stellar performance and this season, they're going try much harder than the previous season, it's just a matter of time before we can see them becoming competitive and ready for the big games after international break.

Normally. Leipzig is not a weak team and they have the ability to.be one of the big clubs in the competition. But youve already stated their main problem they are selling their players and that is why they don't really boarder to even think of dominating the league like other team.

However, I seeing that they will be change this season, Leipzig may do everythihg in their powers to see that they keep a good consistency this season.

[Shineup]

It's obvious that Leipzig is no longer the team we used to know. After they won their first game of the season, I thought we were going to see Leipzig stronger than what they were last season. But they lost their second game against Weder Bremen. Leipzig also lost their first Champions League game against Como, and now they suffered their third defeat of the season across all competitions against Leverkusen who are also struggling with their league matches.

Leipzig need to improve their performance after the international break. This performance isn't going to take them anywhere, though it is too early to say whether they will improve their performance. They missed the Champions league last season due their lack of consistency last two seasons. This season that they are back to the tournament, I hope they pass through the group stage.

Obviously seeing a Leipzig team dominating the first match, winning by several goals, immediately gives the impression that they can play a season at a different pace and with a different desire.
But immediately afterwards there were several performances, performances that were not up to par which immediately caused an about-face in terms of enthusiasm and which made the team doubt whether they could aspire to first place in the rankings.

It's always like that most of the times, if you can remember last season Bayern Munich didn't start the season quite well, and I was believing that maybe since Bayern Leverkusen has once deprive them of a season and ended their winning streak, I was thinking it's another bad season for them, but as time goes by those teams that were doing just fine started declining and Bayern Munich took the lead, that was the end of the season, so Leipzig almost came with such spirit but was cut short of the glory.

[ArabBTC]

I agree with you, Harry Kane is the right man to win the Ballon d’Or award this year. No one else deserves it more than him after his performance throughout last season. Other players are just shouting in the internet, thinking they had a better season than Kane last season. Even in the World Cup he gave it his best, but that wasn’t enough for England to reach the final. He won many trophies with Bayern Munich last season, that’s is enough to win the award.

Harry Kane is not cursed at all. A cursed person won the league title back to back, Harry Kane has been having a great performance since he left Tottenham, he only failed to win the league title on his debut season after Leverkusen won the league. But after the first seasons, he have won the league title for two seasons in row. I believe more are still coming this season.

Am glad that you are seeing the glaring reality, Harry Kane was indeed exceptional last season and if any one should win the Ballon d’Or it should be him, his individual touches and character has been exceptional over the years, even though his country didn’t win the World Cup he was still exceptional, he has a very good record too at Bayern Munich, hopes are high, he is amongst the favorites for the ballon D’or and i will be so glad if he wins this particular one.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I think it's actually an extremely wise thing and something that all teams should adopt, so that there aren't excessively high salaries that they can't pay a player to play football.

It's fine that they are sportsmen, idols of many children, fans, but i also believe that they get very exaggerated salaries to do what they love. So the wisest thing would be for each team to put a cap on salaries.

I understand your point, but I'm not entirely sure that will work. If salaries are capped at the same level everywhere, top players simply won't be interested. Star players bring massive commercial value; they generate huge money just from their image, and if a club doesn't compensate them properly for that, they'll just sign elsewhere. This happens a lot in Germany. The philosophy there is to keep salaries more balanced across the board, which is fine, but it makes it harder to attract top-tier global stars. The most prominent stars end up in the Premier League, La Liga, or even Serie A because the financial packages are much more attractive.

Looking at the salaries in the Saudi League, it's on a whole different level, and I think that over time, those massive contracts will heavily influence where the new generation of stars decides to play.

[Ndabagi01]

It's always like that most of the times, if you can remember last season Bayern Munich didn't start the season quite well, and I was believing that maybe since Bayern Leverkusen has once deprive them of a season and ended their winning streak, I was thinking it's another bad season for them, but as time goes by those teams that were doing just fine started declining and Bayern Munich took the lead, that was the end of the season, so Leipzig almost came with such spirit but was cut short of the glory.

Bayern Leverkusen lacked consistency and that was what happened to them to not be able to battle for the title again after winning it with Xabi Alonso. The game here is very one sided with Bayern Munich always taking  the glory back home. Last season was another one that they showed a good performance and was never short of perfection from them. I think that Bayern Munich is a great team and no team currently in the Bundesliga will have a chance against them even in some years to come from now. I really see another season here for them because no any team has proved  to show them a challenge for the title fight.

[Dzwaafu11]

It's always like that most of the times, if you can remember last season Bayern Munich didn't start the season quite well, and I was believing that maybe since Bayern Leverkusen has once deprive them of a season and ended their winning streak, I was thinking it's another bad season for them, but as time goes by those teams that were doing just fine started declining and Bayern Munich took the lead, that was the end of the season, so Leipzig almost came with such spirit but was cut short of the glory.

Bayern Leverkusen lacked consistency and that was what happened to them to not be able to battle for the title again after winning it with Xabi Alonso. The game here is very one sided with Bayern Munich always taking  the glory back home. Last season was another one that they showed a good performance and was never short of perfection from them. I think that Bayern Munich is a great team and no team currently in the Bundesliga will have a chance against them even in some years to come from now. I really see another season here for them because no any team has proved  to show them a challenge for the title fight.

Bayern munich have dominated the league for a long time and they look nonstop, as long as the Bundesliga competition is concern I don't thing there is any team in the  Bundesliga at the moment that will give Bayern Munich any tough time in the league, they will definitely continue dominating and will continue winning their trophy easily.

Bayer Leverkusen wanted to be a challenge for Bayern munich buy only manageed to maintain that performance for one season, they couldn't maintain that performance for many season, We dont know how it's going to be anything can happen.

[HyperCodexV]

Obviously seeing a Leipzig team dominating the first match, winning by several goals, immediately gives the impression that they can play a season at a different pace and with a different desire.
But immediately afterwards there were several performances, performances that were not up to par which immediately caused an about-face in terms of enthusiasm and which made the team doubt whether they could aspire to first place in the rankings.

RH Leipzig is a tough team and also an elite team. We know they're capable of competing for bundlesliga this season but the club is a selling club, they've trigger the sell clause of most of their players, we know what we're seeing in the club. They've brilliant players with stellar performance and this season, they're going try much harder than the previous season, it's just a matter of time before we can see them becoming competitive and ready for the big games after international break.

Look you are right to doubt them because currently they are 9th on the table and that proves they are very unserious. They lack the consistency to challenge the top giants like Dortmund and Bayern. They might be playing fast and good counter attacking football sometimes, but i think they just care more about the business angle rather than winning trophies. Starting the season with hypes and noise every season is like the marketing strategy for them and when the transfer window comes, they just sell off their best players for cash.

[kennycryptoitalia]

Of course, if you want to win such prestigious awards, besides your individual talent, your team's success is also expected. Harry Kane became a strong contender for this award after his transfer to Bayern Munich. If he had stayed at Tottenham, his name probably wouldn't even have been mentioned. He carried Tottenham for a long time, but he made the best decision of his career by transferring to Bayern Munich. Hopefully, we can watch him at this high level in Germany for a few more years.

Harry Kane has always been a very strong and fearless player who is desperate to score. Together with him, from the moment he made his move from Tottenham to Bayern Munich, we saw a sensational improvement both in performance and in actual quality on his part and on the team's side.

[bastisisca]

Ever genuine football lover that's not sentimental can agree that it's Harry Kane's time to win the Ballon D'or, even if i were a Barca fan I'll still say same, that dude deserves it so it should be given to him. However it's only someone that doesn't watch Kane play that would say he's cursed at Bayern Munich.

If it were at Tottenham, i can agree cause he wasted his career being loyal to them, if Kane had left to a better club at more youthful age than this he would've challenged lot of top footballers back then but it's better late than never and i hope his hardwork is crowned with the Ballon D'or title.

I absolutely agree with you because Harry Kane is a player who over the years has always shown that he can make a difference on the pitch. The problem with the Ballon d'Or is that it is a competition that rewards the player not for what he does on the pitch but for what he achieves. And this is something that in my opinion is fundamentally wrong, because Harry Kane would have won a lot if he hadn't played with a team that has never won anything.

[martinom]

I don't entirely agree with you, you took as an example a player who is truly very talented and many talent scouts had their eye on him, maybe at Tottenham he couldn't express his maximum potential or at least not revive his abilities, but that doesn't mean he wasn't being calculated.
Besides, he didn't move but they bought him for 110 million euros, so they had already guessed his great abilities.
Bayern don't have a money problem if they spend that much it's because they really believe in it (that's a fact), so I wouldn't say they're "suddenly" a candidate for the Ballon d'Or, but let's just say they've made a lot of talk about whether in these 3 years at Bayern, obviously in a good way.

I believe that for the price they paid for it and the performance it had, it was money well spent, because Richarlison absolutely did not disappoint expectations, in fact he did much more than one could imagine. Because it is true that in the Bundesliga he manages to score more easily, but in any case he is a player who manages to score with a certain frequency even during European competitions.

[giorgione]

You're not wrong, Harry Kane is a strong contender for the award. He has really performed well throughout the season and I wouldn't be surprised if he wins it. Many people are of the same opinion that he deserves it and should win based on his performance. The only issue is that the criteria for the award isn't always clear. Sometimes achievements seem to carry more weight and other times individual stats are given more importance so it's difficult to know what the voters will prioritize this time. I don't think non of the contenders did better than him.

Even Kane, like Erling Haaland, unfortunately have the misfortune of not having won at national level, and this is something that penalizes the players a lot. In fact, i don't agree with the judging method used to win the Ballon d'Or, because if you were to actually look at the players' statistics, Haaland should have already won it the year in which he set the record for goals in the Premier League.

[banana33]

Indeed, it is no secret that the ability to score goals has put the attacker in a place where he is the most likely one to get the title. His constant successes on the field have removed any doubts about the special place of the greedy for goals striker among other contenders.

It is also true that the entire context in which a player actually plays is considered, because it is true that Kane scores an avalanche of goals, but it is also true that he plays in the Bundesliga, that is, in a championship in which scoring with the qualities of a player like him is not so complex, while Haaland is a player who manages to score many goals in the most difficult championship of all.