La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Xxmodded]

Defense has been a problem for Barcelona for the past few years.

They have a problem in Defense line after Puyol retired many years ago. But now, they have problems in all lines, defense-midfield-attacking. In my opinion, Barcelona has bad planning in player regeneration. After Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi are no longer in the squad, Barcelona management cannot find proper players to replace their roles. They have a serious problem in player regeneration.

They have bought Luke de Jong but he is hardly visible on the pitch, he has not been able to make an impact so far.

Luke de Jong didn't contribute well to the team. He seems to have difficulties adapting with Barcelona players and its game style. Personally, I don't know why Barcelona sign him, I don't see something special with this player.

Bad choose made by Barcelona sell Grizmann and buy Luke De Jong, not any contribution yet for Barcelona although success made first goal last week when played with Levante but on champion league he missed many great attempt. Barcelona need to get new player on forward position and not enough only with Luke De Jong, Aguero still injury and Barcelona only can get signing with player have free transfer.

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[Luzin]

They have a problem in Defense line after Puyol retired many years ago. But now, they have problems in all lines, defense-midfield-attacking. In my opinion, Barcelona has bad planning in player regeneration. After Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi are no longer in the squad, Barcelona management cannot find proper players to replace their roles. They have a serious problem in player regeneration.

Plus they threw out some important players, apart from Messi. I don't know if this is also a result of the financial crisis. Letting Griezman go was stupid. Other transfers are failures except Depay. Aguero hasn't been seen yet. Koemen got really bad, plus UCL bad results in 2 matches. I think it will take a long time to build the team again. Or they have to look for fresh funds to spend half-season players. For this season being in the top 3 is already very good for barca, maybe from this time real sociedad, villareal, and sevilla will become champion candidate clubs outside of Barca, Atletico and Madrid.

[hahay]

They have a problem in Defense line after Puyol retired many years ago. But now, they have problems in all lines, defense-midfield-attacking. In my opinion, Barcelona has bad planning in player regeneration. After Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi are no longer in the squad, Barcelona management cannot find proper players to replace their roles. They have a serious problem in player regeneration.

Plus they threw out some important players, apart from Messi. I don't know if this is also a result of the financial crisis. Letting Griezman go was stupid. Other transfers are failures except Depay. Aguero hasn't been seen yet. Koemen got really bad, plus UCL bad results in 2 matches. I think it will take a long time to build the team again. Or they have to look for fresh funds to spend half-season players. For this season being in the top 3 is already very good for barca, maybe from this time real sociedad, villareal, and sevilla will become champion candidate clubs outside of Barca, Atletico and Madrid.

Griezmann returned to Atletico only as a loan option which means, Barcelona really have a serious crisis. Also, Barcelona are only five points adrift of the leader of the table and Barcelona are unbeaten so far in La Liga, which shows that Barcelona still have hope of ending the season in the top 4. Barcelona only needs to focus on La Liga at the moment, because then they may still have a chance to return to the UCL next season with changes that might work.

[rozak]

Griezmann returned to Atletico only as a loan option which means, Barcelona really have a serious crisis. Also, Barcelona are only five points adrift of the leader of the table and Barcelona are unbeaten so far in La Liga, which shows that Barcelona still have hope of ending the season in the top 4. Barcelona only needs to focus on La Liga at the moment, because then they may still have a chance to return to the UCL next season with changes that might work.

although on loan, it means Barca has serious problems. If they don't fix this soon, it might also affect the team's game performance.
the opportunity to stay at the top is still open. but a tough opponent to face this weekend. if Barca managed to win from Atletico Madrid, of course, Barca will go into position 3 shifting Sevilla maybe. it will be an uphill battle for Barca.

[CryptoBuds]

Griezmann returned to Atletico only as a loan option which means, Barcelona really have a serious crisis. Also, Barcelona are only five points adrift of the leader of the table and Barcelona are unbeaten so far in La Liga, which shows that Barcelona still have hope of ending the season in the top 4. Barcelona only needs to focus on La Liga at the moment, because then they may still have a chance to return to the UCL next season with changes that might work.

although on loan, it means Barca has serious problems. If they don't fix this soon, it might also affect the team's game performance.
the opportunity to stay at the top is still open. but a tough opponent to face this weekend. if Barca managed to win from Atletico Madrid, of course, Barca will go into position 3 shifting Sevilla maybe. it will be an uphill battle for Barca.

I don't think Barcelona is in a position to win against Atletico Madrid at the moment. They are also playing defensively against weaker teams and are not able to score goals. How will this team score against the powerful Atletico Madrid? Atletico Madrid's defense is strong. You have to attack a lot to score against them. But Koeman is now doing importance the defensive game. The match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona is more likely to be a draw.

[rahmad2nd]

Griezmann returned to Atletico only as a loan option which means, Barcelona really have a serious crisis. Also, Barcelona are only five points adrift of the leader of the table and Barcelona are unbeaten so far in La Liga, which shows that Barcelona still have hope of ending the season in the top 4. Barcelona only needs to focus on La Liga at the moment, because then they may still have a chance to return to the UCL next season with changes that might work.

although on loan, it means Barca has serious problems. If they don't fix this soon, it might also affect the team's game performance.
the opportunity to stay at the top is still open. but a tough opponent to face this weekend. if Barca managed to win from Atletico Madrid, of course, Barca will go into position 3 shifting Sevilla maybe. it will be an uphill battle for Barca.

I don't think Barcelona is in a position to win against Atletico Madrid at the moment. They are also playing defensively against weaker teams and are not able to score goals. How will this team score against the powerful Atletico Madrid? Atletico Madrid's defense is strong. You have to attack a lot to score against them. But Koeman is now doing importance the defensive game. The match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona is more likely to be a draw.

Different results achieved by Barcelona and also Atletico Madrid in the champions league will be very influential in the big match duel and it is very likely that Atletico Madrid is far superior to be able to get three points from Barcelona, ​​the crushing defeat of Benfica with a score of 3-0 greatly worsens the condition and mentality of Barcelona players at this time, not to mention there are rumors about Koeman will be sacked which makes the burden on players to be able to appear more freely.

[kassex]

Too much dependence on Messi in recent years has played a role. Also, the lack of a good coach also greatly affects the team. Barcelona is currently eating a good team. But there is no coach and leader who could lead the team. Barcelona needs a captain like Puyol.

Barcelona defeat to benfica, really shows that barcelona is no longer a team to be afraid of in europe, in the last few matches, barcelona looks to be playing quite badly and it seems the effect of losing messi has really destroyed barcelona, ​​I agree with what you said, if now barcelona need a leader in the team who can really lift the morale of the players.

Leaving the team of the main player motivates the opponent and allows them to play more risky. Moreover, there are no strong players in Barcelona now. Barcelona may need at least 2 years to regain its former glory. It will be very difficult as there are great financial difficulties.

[Kusman]

Real Madrid are going to play against Espanyol in an away match on this Sunday. After a chain of great victories, Real Madrid finally were stopped by Villarreal as the match ended in a 0-0 draw. And Real Madrid lost their last Champions League match which was against Sheriff Tiraspol by 1-2 home also. This is very bad for them and they need to pull themselves together soon. This match might be a good chance for doing it. Espanyol are one of the strong teams in their home matches in terms of defense. But still, I believe that Real Madrid can beat them.

[DU18]

Bad choose made by Barcelona sell Grizmann and buy Luke De Jong, not any contribution yet for Barcelona although success made first goal last week when played with Levante but on champion league he missed many great attempt. Barcelona need to get new player on forward position and not enough only with Luke De Jong, Aguero still injury and Barcelona only can get signing with player have free transfer.

This season barcelona has lost its prowess along with messi's departure to PSG, looking at the current condition of barcelona, ​​it looks like it will take a lot of time to be able to restore their form going forward, now barcelona are experiencing strikers, although they managed to get some strikers in the transter market last, but it looks like it doesn't really help at the moment and Ansu Fati who is actually predicted to be the next Messi, clearly doesn't have enough experience for a competition as big as the Champions League. I started to think, has Barcelona or Messi which great so far?  

[Woodie]

What do you think of this....

Barcelona receive £1.2bn offer from Dubai company to write off club's debts

FC Barcelona have reportedly received a £1.2bn offer to stabilise the Catalan club and write off their substantial debt that has caused havoc over the summer.

The La Liga giants had to part with one of the all-time greats over the summer, as financial issues at Barcelona ensured that under league rules, they couldn't afford to re-sign Lionel Messi.

In an attempt to lower their wage bill, the club also let Antione Griezmann return to Atletico Madrid, with Emerson Royal and Junior Firpo heading to the Premier League.

The club has been in a terrible state, but a company from Dubai could revive the club.

Source https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/barcelona-joao-laporta-financial-debt-25087553

So everything happening to Barcelonas poor performance is tied to its financial stress but having a helping hand is this financial fair play?? This isn't any different from the proposed European league cup we heard about.

[Spack17]

The first match of this week is Athletic Bilbao - Alaves tonight. Athletic Bilbao were out-of-form in their last a few matches. They drew with their competitors two times and lost one match also. Alaves had a terrible streak like 5 losses in the league until being able to defeat Atletico Madrid by 1-0 in their last match. This was a very surprising result for everyone. Alaves might play better against A. Bilbao. But they couldn't win here against A. Bilbao for so many years. I think that A. Bilbao will win this and start having a decent form again.

[KTChampions]

Agree. It seems to me that this match is easy money for betting. Due to the combination of factors, I do not see even a chance for Barcelona to play a draw. If this happens, it will only be due to some internal failures of Atletico. Bookmakers also believe that Atlético will be the clear favorite in this match:
1,99 - 3,55 - 3,90

I can't believe that we are living in a world where ATM is getting 1.99 odds against Barcelona while Barca is getting 3.90 odds in return. Normally that would be exactly the other way around and yes there were periods Barcelona played amazing football but even on their "bad" years it was obvious that Barcelona would still be the favorites. Now ATM is clear favorites in this game.

I still think that people are overreacting and there is a chance that Barcelona could still win this game, not like it would be impossible for them to get a win out of this, but I believe that we should be careful as well because Barcelona may really end up losing as expected too.

Yes, if you remember the past, then such chances would seem shocking. But right now I think that even 1.99 is too favorable coefficient for the victory of Atlético, most likely if we discard the "historical" component of this confrontation, then the coefficient for the victory of Atlético should be in the region of 1.5-1.6. Barcelona has too large a fan base (and therefore bettors on it), so this distorts the odds of the bookmakers in relation to the real balance of strength.

[dwminer1]

In the game Athletic Bilbao - Alaves I bet on the victory of the hosts. Athletic, especially in their stadium, is always a threat to any opponent. Team Alaves showed a week ago that they can make a surprise, and after five defeats in a row they unexpectedly defeated Atletico Madrid. However, I believe that today they will leave the field defeated.

[baeva]

Bad choose made by Barcelona sell Grizmann and buy Luke De Jong, not any contribution yet for Barcelona although success made first goal last week when played with Levante but on champion league he missed many great attempt. Barcelona need to get new player on forward position and not enough only with Luke De Jong, Aguero still injury and Barcelona only can get signing with player have free transfer.

Now it is almost impossible to sign a player, do you think someone worthy will be found for the position of a striker as a free agent? I don't know, that sounds unreal to me. Agüero probably got injured on purpose, everyone knows that he wanted to leave Barça after Messi left, so.

[Ratash]

In the game Athletic Bilbao - Alaves I bet on the victory of the hosts. Athletic, especially in their stadium, is always a threat to any opponent. Team Alaves showed a week ago that they can make a surprise, and after five defeats in a row they unexpectedly defeated Atletico Madrid. However, I believe that today they will leave the field defeated.

Yes i agree bilbao are really tough to beat at home they are a solid balanced team and against alaves who are struggling at the bottom in my opinion the last game against atletico was just a lucky win since atletico players missed many opportunities.

[tyz]

I think it's fair to say that the game against Atletico is a fateful game for Koeman. Should Barca lose the game clearly, like the last two CL games, then Barca must fire him if they do not want to fall behind so early in the season.
I am then only curious who they want to sign instead. At the moment there are hardly any good coaches on the market, and if there were, they would probably be too expensive for Barca.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Bad choose made by Barcelona sell Grizmann and buy Luke De Jong, not any contribution yet for Barcelona although success made first goal last week when played with Levante but on champion league he missed many great attempt. Barcelona need to get new player on forward position and not enough only with Luke De Jong, Aguero still injury and Barcelona only can get signing with player have free transfer.

Now it is almost impossible to sign a player, do you think someone worthy will be found for the position of a striker as a free agent? I don't know, that sounds unreal to me. Agüero probably got injured on purpose, everyone knows that he wanted to leave Barça after Messi left, so.

The lack of a good striker is so visible on the pitch for Barcelona after Messi left. Selling Griezmann was not an ideal decision, as I personally think Griezmann has a far better striking ability than Luke de Jong. The guy is old and is hardly been noticeable on the pitch. Pretty bad signing in my opinion. And I don't think Aguero would get injured intentionally. I think he is more professional than that. Barcelona would be hoping so much that Aguero returns as soon as possible. And after the wage restriction, I doubt they will be able to sign a big player in the next transfer window, that seems pretty unlikely.

[ShowOff]

What do you think of this....

Barcelona receive £1.2bn offer from Dubai company to write off club's debts

If Barcelona accept this offer, it mean they have agreed to pay the loan + interest to the lending company within an agreed period of time. The amount of money offered will help Barcelona pay off their old debts to other parties, but that does not mean they are no longer in debt because this offer is also a debt. But it would be nice to temporarily improve the club's finance and open up opportunities for Barcelona to build a better team. It would seem like a good thing if Barcelona is taken over by new owners from Arab or Dubai who have great financial strength.

[LGD2Business]

Bad choose made by Barcelona sell Grizmann and buy Luke De Jong, not any contribution yet for Barcelona although success made first goal last week when played with Levante but on champion league he missed many great attempt. Barcelona need to get new player on forward position and not enough only with Luke De Jong, Aguero still injury and Barcelona only can get signing with player have free transfer.

Have you ever compared Griezmann's salary to De Jong's salary? Do you know that Barcelona is in big debt? Write some sensible comments here. Do you think Barcelona sent Griezmann on purpose? Would they have sent their most important players to their biggest rivals without this financial crisis? Barcelona is trying to recover by making an economy this year, be aware of that. Also, Luuk de Jong plays well for his salary. Now find a better player that accept to play for his wage, I bet you can't.

[lixer]

Suarez has been making a great effort really for a long time. He literally saved his team by scoring the penalty in the last minute. He is a much more valuable player than Griezmann for Atletico Madrid now. Griezmann is on loan too and it is not clear whether Atletico would think of paying around €80m to sign him. But I don't think so. It would be a waste of money for them as he is not young anymore.

No one have any doubt in abilities of Suarez because he is one of the best strikers in world. But, after arrival of Griezmann he is going to do something more as both are in good touch and have some good partnership if Atlético Madrid is going to be winner in this season which is possible then surely they will try to hire Griezmann from Barcelona which is already on loan because any amount for this player is still good he can serve for many years in future. On other side, Barcelona is in some serious troubles like financial and Koeman strategies not working most chances he is going to be down in next few days.