La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[ShowOff]

The match ended and Barcelona was declared a 1-0 loss to Rayo Vallecano. It's sad to see how Koeman's expression throughout the match where he couldn't do much for his men who kept trying to score goals through opportunity after opportunity. But unfortunately none of the players managed to do it even Memphis also failed with a penalty kick. I'd like to hear Koeman announce his retirement as Barcelona coach if he cares about this team and lets someone else destroy it rather than him doing it.

There is no other hope from the Barcelona side at this time other than being able to maximize the potential of second-tier players from their own Lamasia academy. There are a lot of players out due to injury while other important players leave the club simply because Koeman doesn't want them. Well, I just want to support them as far as I can. But I don't want to see Barcelona crumble and not be able to win more games in the future.

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[Cryptmuster]

I don't want to see them lose today at home to Rayo Vallecano because I don't think it will be as difficult a game as most people imagine just because Fati, De Jong are not around. De Jong has been a key player in midfield for some time, but I don't think it will be a problem just because he is not available in this match. I hope that Aguero can help Barcelona's attack today with his abilities and would like to see him appear more free than in the previous match. He has to score goals to gain more confidence in the next match.

Barcelona lost today away, Rayo Vallecano, and thus they flocked to 9th place. I don’t know what the reason is, because there are a lot of injured players, or because there is a crisis in Barcelona that no one can handle. I don't even know what Barcelona is capable of fighting for this season, for the Champions League zone..?

[poldanmig]

LOL, the first half was really not what I expected because Barcelona had to lose 1 goal to Falcao. Some of the opportunities that existed could not be utilized by the Barcelona players, especially when Dest and Gonzalez got those opportunities. The difficulty of scoring goals has been Barcelona's main problem this season as they don't have a goal-hungry striker at the moment who can help them win match. They were really depressed and haven't scored in 60 minute from the first half to this minute.

I think barcelona will need time to get back to their best, that's why in my previous post, i have said if barcelona and rayo will end in a draw and coincidentally or not, I really believe if falcao plays of course rayo will be able to beat barcelona and it turns out it happened , the performance of both teams this season is quite bad but at least Rayo has a slight advantage with Falcao who are quite diligent in scoring goals.

[CLS63]

Barcelona got another defeat against Vallecano this time. Vallecano managed to win this tough game by 1-0 thanks to Falcao's goal. He is in a really great shape that he scored 4 goals in 6 games in the league so far. And Barcelona are still in a troubling situation of course. They seemed a little good after having two good results consecutively. But firstly, they lost the El Clasico by 2-1 home and now they lost to Vallecano today. They are at the 9th place in the standings now.

[nikola22]

Barcelona lost today away, Rayo Vallecano, and thus they flocked to 9th place. I don’t know what the reason is, because there are a lot of injured players, or because there is a crisis in Barcelona that no one can handle. I don't even know what Barcelona is capable of fighting for this season, for the Champions League zone..?

now Barcelona looks like mediocre spanish team and I don't think something will change until Koeman in charge. in this match Rayo Vallecano looked even better than Barcelona.

[Doell]

Barcelona lost today away, Rayo Vallecano, and thus they flocked to 9th place. I don’t know what the reason is, because there are a lot of injured players, or because there is a crisis in Barcelona that no one can handle. I don't even know what Barcelona is capable of fighting for this season, for the Champions League zone..?

now Barcelona looks like mediocre spanish team and I don't think something will change until Koeman in charge. in this match Rayo Vallecano looked even better than Barcelona.

yes it's mediocre ,the glory of the Spanish giants was lost when the mainstay sticker came off ,I was very bad today when bet on Barcelona who were very sure of winning "just my stupid feel" but apparently team bad luck continued ,statistics are not wrong

[snipie]

now Barcelona looks like mediocre spanish team and I don't think something will change until Koeman in charge. in this match Rayo Vallecano looked even better than Barcelona.

You need to fix "now" since Barcelona already looks like a mediocre team from a while, I could say even from the previous season, and there isn't a sign this will change soon. Assuming Koeman will be sacked, who will replace it? Counte?
I think the problem is double, their gameplay which is Koeman's responsibility and the team itself, the players and their performance which is partially related to the staff and the exhaustion of some players / injuries...etc
Anyway, this is not the only bad result in La Liga since I see draws everywhere... Real Madrid, Sevilla, Bilbao, Villarreal. Sociedad could take the lead tomorrow if it will get 1 point at least and ATM still lacks 2 match. Interesting

[judas]

What a horrible day for Barcelona again! This time, their opponent was Rayo Vallecano. And we know how much good they were doing until this game. Falcao were having a really good period. And he scored another goal against Barcelona today too. And they managed to win by that only goal also. Barcelona are having many goal chances actually but their main problem is finishing. They got 1 shot on goal out of 16 shots. This is terrible.

[Harkorede]

Finally, "Barcelona sack Koeman as head coach following dismal start to season" - goal.com

It's official Barcelona have sacked Koeman as it's team coach, it's being a long time coming, but the question now is WHO would be the next manager, and I've been reading about Xavi being the next coach (till the end of the season.

[nikola22]

You need to fix "now" since Barcelona already looks like a mediocre team from a while, I could say even from the previous season, and there isn't a sign this will change soon. Assuming Koeman will be sacked, who will replace it? Counte?
I think the problem is double, their gameplay which is Koeman's responsibility and the team itself, the players and their performance which is partially related to the staff and the exhaustion of some players / injuries...etc
Anyway, this is not the only bad result in La Liga since I see draws everywhere... Real Madrid, Sevilla, Bilbao, Villarreal. Sociedad could take the lead tomorrow if it will get 1 point at least and ATM still lacks 2 match. Interesting

I don't know who will replace Koeman especially because of financial problems at Barcelona but definitely new coach may give some impulse for the team. as you see other leading teams also lose points and today's game of Real Madrid also didn't look good.

[LTU_btc]

Finally, "Barcelona sack Koeman as head coach following dismal start to season" - goal.com

It's official Barcelona have sacked Koeman as it's team coach, it's being a long time coming, but the question now is WHO would be the next manager, and I've been reading about Xavi being the next coach (till the end of the season.

This decision will cost a lot for Barca, but with such poor results it was simply inevitable.
I would like to see Xavi, but not now. For young coach without much experience, joining current Barca would be suicide. And I think he still have contract with current club.
Conte maybe? What do you think about it?
And honestly, I was sure that Solskjaer will be sacked before Koemann.

[coderben]

Finally, "Barcelona sack Koeman as head coach following dismal start to season" - goal.com

It's official Barcelona have sacked Koeman as it's team coach, it's being a long time coming, but the question now is WHO would be the next manager, and I've been reading about Xavi being the next coach (till the end of the season.

It is really funny that Laporta made a statement like they still believed in Ronald Koeman some time ago. But after a very little period of time, they have decided to sack him. First the loss in the El Clasico and this defeat today. This was the final straw I guess. I really don't know whether the problem is mostly about the manager. Because most of the players are quite new to this league and they are trying to adapt to play as the Barcelona we know. But of course, I'm curiuos about who they will bring to manage the team.

[LittleBitFunny]

Finally, "Barcelona sack Koeman as head coach following dismal start to season" - goal.com

It's official Barcelona have sacked Koeman as it's team coach, it's being a long time coming, but the question now is WHO would be the next manager, and I've been reading about Xavi being the next coach (till the end of the season.

It is really funny that Laporta made a statement like they still believed in Ronald Koeman some time ago. But after a very little period of time, they have decided to sack him. First the loss in the El Clasico and this defeat today. This was the final straw I guess. I really don't know whether the problem is mostly about the manager. Because most of the players are quite new to this league and they are trying to adapt to play as the Barcelona we know. But of course, I'm curiuos about who they will bring to manage the team.

It's not funny. Koeman should have been relied on when he was the team coach. And the president of the club should not say at least in front of the journalists that he does not trust the coach. This leads to internal strife in the club. Moreover we all know that the relationship between Laporta and Koeman was not good. Even then, if he had slandered the coach at the press conference, the coaches and players would have become more emotionally unprepared. After a long time the club management made a good decision. In my opinion, this is the best decision taken by Barcelona this year.

[AndySt]

Finally, "Barcelona sack Koeman as head coach following dismal start to season" - goal.com
It's official Barcelona have sacked Koeman as it's team coach, it's being a long time coming, but the question now is WHO would be the next manager, and I've been reading about Xavi being the next coach (till the end of the season.

This decision will cost a lot for Barca, but with such poor results it was simply inevitable.
I would like to see Xavi, but not now. For young coach without much experience, joining current Barca would be suicide. And I think he still have contract with current club.
Conte maybe? What do you think about it?
And honestly, I was sure that Solskjaer will be sacked before Koemann.

Barcelona may invite Solskjaer to the post of head coach after he is fired from the post of head coach of Manchester United And speaking seriously, I don't quite understand what kind of serious coach Barcelona can invite, because it will be necessary to pay 12 million compensation to Koeman, and Barcelona has the right to spend no more than 3 million euros on the new coaching staff under the terms of financial fair play. I really sincerely feel sorry for Koeman because he turned out to be an unwitting hostage of the difficult situation that has developed in Barcelona recently, but with his latest defeat Koeman left no choice for the club's management to somehow calm the fans and public opinion with this dismissal.

[laurenB7742]

Finally, "Barcelona sack Koeman as head coach following dismal start to season" - goal.com
It's official Barcelona have sacked Koeman as it's team coach, it's being a long time coming, but the question now is WHO would be the next manager, and I've been reading about Xavi being the next coach (till the end of the season.

This decision will cost a lot for Barca, but with such poor results it was simply inevitable.
I would like to see Xavi, but not now. For young coach without much experience, joining current Barca would be suicide. And I think he still have contract with current club.
Conte maybe? What do you think about it?
And honestly, I was sure that Solskjaer will be sacked before Koemann.

Barcelona may invite Solskjaer to the post of head coach after he is fired from the post of head coach of Manchester United And speaking seriously, I don't quite understand what kind of serious coach Barcelona can invite, because it will be necessary to pay 12 million compensation to Koeman, and Barcelona has the right to spend no more than 3 million euros on the new coaching staff under the terms of financial fair play.

Barcelona have already become a very weak club financially, with the dismissal of Koeman they will now have to spend an even bigger amount of money. Yet it was needed. Koeman has applied terrible tactics to the players since the previous season. But he did not succeed in any strategy. His tactics were even worse this season. Thus a team cannot move forward. However, now Barcelona may have to consider a bank loan again to hire an experienced coach.

[kro55]

I don't know who will replace Koeman especially because of financial problems at Barcelona but definitely new coach may give some impulse for the team. as you see other leading teams also lose points and today's game of Real Madrid also didn't look good.

Koeman's replacement is hard to find at the moment. Assuming money is not a problem for Barcelona, but where will they find an experienced coach now? The team is in such a bad situation now that it needs an experienced coach like Barcelona Guardiola or Klopp. Zidane is very experienced, but he is not interested in being the coach of Barcelona.

[kawetsriyanto]

Finally, "Barcelona sack Koeman as head coach following dismal start to season" - goal.com
It's official Barcelona have sacked Koeman as it's team coach, it's being a long time coming, but the question now is WHO would be the next manager, and I've been reading about Xavi being the next coach

I am not surprised reading this news because Koeman really deserves to lose his coach career in Barcelona. He has been given many chances to improve Barcelona but he never succeed to do it. Instead, Barcelona's performance is getting worse day after day. Regarding who will replace Koeman's position, Xavi isn't a bad idea. He is one of the legends in Barcelona that can make Barcelona very successful with tiki-taka style previously. However, the capacity of Xavi as a coach isn't proven yet, so we cannot expect much.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Finally, "Barcelona sack Koeman as head coach following dismal start to season" - goal.com
It's official Barcelona have sacked Koeman as it's team coach, it's being a long time coming, but the question now is WHO would be the next manager, and I've been reading about Xavi being the next coach

I am not surprised reading this news because Koeman really deserves to lose his coach career in Barcelona. He has been given many chances to improve Barcelona but he never succeed to do it. Instead, Barcelona's performance is getting worse day after day. Regarding who will replace Koeman's position, Xavi isn't a bad idea. He is one of the legends in Barcelona that can make Barcelona very successful with tiki-taka style previously. However, the capacity of Xavi as a coach isn't proven yet, so we cannot expect much.

Yes, the sooner the better no need to wait for another defeat as there is no improvement so far what we see today is everyone mocking Barcelona
Luckily the management took the right steps imagine what would happen if they kept it until mid-season

[KingsDen]

Finally, "Barcelona sack Koeman as head coach following dismal start to season" - goal.com
It's official Barcelona have sacked Koeman as it's team coach, it's being a long time coming, but the question now is WHO would be the next manager, and I've been reading about Xavi being the next coach (till the end of the season.

This decision will cost a lot for Barca, but with such poor results it was simply inevitable.
I would like to see Xavi, but not now. For young coach without much experience, joining current Barca would be suicide. And I think he still have contract with current club.
Conte maybe? What do you think about it?
And honestly, I was sure that Solskjaer will be sacked before Koemann.

Barcelona may invite Solskjaer to the post of head coach after he is fired from the post of head coach of Manchester United And speaking seriously, I don't quite understand what kind of serious coach Barcelona can invite, because it will be necessary to pay 12 million compensation to Koeman, and Barcelona has the right to spend no more than 3 million euros on the new coaching staff under the terms of financial fair play. I really sincerely feel sorry for Koeman because he turned out to be an unwitting hostage of the difficult situation that has developed in Barcelona recently, but with his latest defeat Koeman left no choice for the club's management to somehow calm the fans and public opinion with this dismissal.

You have already suggested Ole for Barcelona and yet you said you don't know the type of coach that Barcelona will hire
Koeman seems to be improving but I pointed out that if he cannot raise Barcelona to their initial standard, no matter how improved the team will be, it will not be noticed.
Barcelona amidst their financial crisis had the guts to their coach. That shows seriousness, but Manchester United without financial crisis is just unwilling to relief Ole of his responsibilities.

[blackened515]

What a horrible day for Barcelona again! This time, their opponent was Rayo Vallecano. And we know how much good they were doing until this game. Falcao were having a really good period. And he scored another goal against Barcelona today too. And they managed to win by that only goal also. Barcelona are having many goal chances actually but their main problem is finishing. They got 1 shot on goal out of 16 shots. This is terrible.

I literally thought they were going to draw the game and possibly achieve a point. But Barcelona ended up losing. Although, Rayo Vallecano performance this season have been impressive, they are currently at the 5th place with 19 points. But, Losing this match resulted to Koeman getting sacked from Barcelona. However, Barcelona is really in a bad shape, and needs a new and experience Coach who will boost the players morale.