La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[CryptoBuds]

Finally barcelona sacked Koeman and barcelona they seem to have taken a risk by paying a sizeable compensation for the dismissal, currently there are 5 prospective coaches who are rumored to be coaching Barcelona namely roberto martines, Ernesto Valverde, Ralf Rangnick, Erik Ten Hag and Xavi Hernandez, the sacking of Koeman This was done after Barcelona suffered a defeat in the Rayo match and it is very likely that Xavi Hernandes who is now coaching the Al Sadd (Qatar club) will continue Koeman duties at Barcelona this season.

It is not the matter of dismissing Koeman and bringing new new coaches. It's not about Koeman. It's about the Barcelona team and the management. Even if you hire Pep Guardiola now they will struggle. I can't see any positive character in this team who can lead them, like Messi, Xavi and Iniesta did. Apart from few players they all are flops. Wonder how Pique still playing for Barcelona. He can't run, can't tackle. I watch the Match against Rayo Vallecano, and you don't expect Koeman to get on the pitch to score for that full team that missed lot of chances and can’t shoot on target. Dest wasting two golden chances from the last two games. They all play so how’s is it his fault . Go rest and rest Koeman and leave those flops alone. The new manager must have a lot of work to do.

^ I think I have to disagree with you. May I remind of that Real Madrid was somewhat struggling with Zidane at the end of the season and after they brought Anchelloti, their playstyle totally changed. If I just mention one stat-  Vinicius had 7 goals in the whole last season but this season he has already scored 7 in 11 games. This means that tactics are a huge thing. Yes, a new coach won't change the football in Barca overnight as they don't have quality players, but what the new coach can do is he can take out the best potential from the players he already has access to. What I'm saying is, Barca could be in at least a little bit of a better position than they were under Koeman.

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[maju69]

'Barcelona is a trash!' well that words coming from a friend of mine , a die hard barcelona fan and he really loved to bet against his club thesedays and it turned into a very profitable betting week for him lol.
since the first touch of the game everyone knows where they have to put the money on.. its a joke to see barcelona line up , its like a below standard  ... i'd say its a standard line up for bordeaux in ligue 1  

Barcelona heyday is over, they live foam in the ocean which is nothing but a club that no longer has the performance it used to be. I agree that after they were beaten by Real Madrid it added to the big disappointment because Messi at PSG was quite happy even though he had to understand Mbappe egotistical nature on the pitch.
But now it seems that Barcelona is no longer expected to be the scariest club.

[slaman29]

Barcelona? I said yesterday about Barcelona which seemed dubious, I can only say good luck to you. In fact, to bet on ML I'm not sure, but he actually bet with the option AH -1 for Barcelona, it's a risky bet I think. Now the result is visible and I'm a bit surprised too even though it's only 1-0, because I thought Barcelona could still score a goal even if it was a draw, but the reality is even worse that Depay failed to score from the penalty spot.

I've been quiet about my own team this week, but yeah, now we face another period without a coach, reading the game report, I feel so frustrated so I can imagine what it must feel like for the players. I'll never blame Depay this season, he's doing the best he can and he carried us for the early games. Everyone is doing their best clearly and I take forever to blame a manager but this time have to say Koeman is not doing his job in motivating players to the next level.

This is a team that's devastated by loss and injury. You can see their spirit is strong, but they need a rally cry from their manager and Koeman doesn't seem like it at all.

[cryptofrka]

So, Fabrizio Romano is reporting everything is agreed between Barcelona and Xavi. He's usually really well informed when it comes to Spanish clubs so I am almost certain this is true - especially considering Xavi was close to the position less than a year ago.

Barjuan is the interim coach and Xavi is in the process of terminating his contract with Al Sadd.

In my opinion, another horrible decision by the Barca board. If you are any good, you don't end up in Al Sadd.

[masulum]

No benefit in discussing Zidane. He was the coach of Real Madrid, he would not want to be the coach of Barcelona. At the same time, Barcelona fans do not want to see Zidane as the team's coach. The highest probability is to see a former Barcelona player as a coach. Because of the current state of the team, it is difficult to blend in easily with youngsters without former players. What do you think about Xavi? As far as the rumors I have heard, he is the most forward as the next coach of Barcelona. Will he be able to stabilize the team if he takes charge of the team at the moment?

I agree with you, indeed, Zidane doesn't have any contract with Real Madrid. However, being a former Real Madrid player and coach, maybe he will think twice before accepting Barcelona's offer. But, as a professional coach, he is still very likely to accept Barcelona's offer. The next problem is whether Barcelona have enough finances to agree to Zidane's contract or the purchase of players he hopes for? while Barca are currently still in a bad financial condition. Gattuso and Pirlo, it seems less suited to be coaches of Barcelona if they want a trophy.

Xavi, is the good choice i think

[alpamar99]

'Barcelona is a trash!' well that words coming from a friend of mine , a die hard barcelona fan and he really loved to bet against his club thesedays and it turned into a very profitable betting week for him lol.
since the first touch of the game everyone knows where they have to put the money on.. its a joke to see barcelona line up , its like a below standard  ... i'd say its a standard line up for bordeaux in ligue 1  

Barcelona heyday is over, they live foam in the ocean which is nothing but a club that no longer has the performance it used to be. I agree that after they were beaten by Real Madrid it added to the big disappointment because Messi at PSG was quite happy even though he had to understand Mbappe egotistical nature on the pitch.
But now it seems that Barcelona is no longer expected to be the scariest club.

this is the impact of the exit of their star players, starting from suarez after that messi and griezman followed next.
Barcelona's era is currently undergoing a transition period and it will take a long time to recover from their current state.
Maybe it would be better now to keep the top 5 even though it's tough and clear all their debts to the association.

it seems that their disappointment increased after the match a few hours ago they also lost to rayo valecano

[watergold]

Recently I saw a tweet from Fabrizio Romano saying that Xavi is the new manager for Barcelona. does this mean it is certain that koeman has been completely sacked after failing to win today's game against rayo today.
will the arrival of xavi barcelona improve its performance?
Currently it is reported that Xavi is waiting for the process of terminating his contract with Al Sadd

[kassex]

Barcelona fans need to be patient for the next couple of years, the team is in a very bad shape and won't be able to fix it right away. All words about new transfers are just rumors. First of all, Barcelona needs to deal with finances and then think about sports achievements. And this is a very long way. Milan is still dealing with its problems. I hope Barcelona has
this transition period won't last very long and Barcelona will return stronger than it ever was.

[hd49728]

Barcelona's decision to fire Ronald Koeman was a bold decision, considering Barcelona's poor financial condition because when they fired Koeman Barcelona had to pay compensation. Maybe one of the reasons why Barcelona wanted to sign Xavi as a coach was also due to budget constraints, where Barcelona only had a budget limit of 3.91 million Euros that could be used to sign new coaches.

I don't think it is a good decision from Barcelona. Any coach joins there will face with mountain of challenge and I am not sure that a new coach can do better than Koeman. This sack only makes things in Barcelona worse not better at any level.

Xavi is a good decision even though he has never coached a big team and competed in Europe but I believe Xavi has good discipline for Barcelona even I hope the tiki taka game can bounce back after Xavi takes over as coach.

I saw the news about Xavi but forgot about the source he has made the changes he is coaching now that has even improved the club for the better, so it is not impossible at Barcelona Xavi could be more for Barca if his move occurs.

Not sure about Xavi. He is smart but so far he has not achieved any big success in his coach career. If Barcelona can not find any other, Xavi can be the best choice for them but only if Xavi opens to agree with their offer. In the past, Xavi did not want to take this position.

I agree with you, indeed, Zidane doesn't have any contract with Real Madrid. However, being a former Real Madrid player and coach, maybe he will think twice before accepting Barcelona's offer. But, as a professional coach, he is still very likely to accept Barcelona's offer.

I don't think Zidane will take risk and accept offer from Barcelona if he receives it. He played and managed Real Madrid and got success as both a player and a coach. He won't wipe out his reputation to join Barcelona. Furthermore, is anything good in Barcelona for Zidane to join there?

Zidane tends to wait for the coach position of France national team.

[boltz]

Xavi to Barcelona are just rumors as you know that Nederlands national football team told Barcelona that if they take Koeman from them , at least keep him 2 years instead of firing him right now and ruin both Barcelona long time plans and Nederlands national football team as Keoman is the coach who made Nederlands what it is today after so many years of walking in the mist. All this factors makes me think that Koeman will indeed stay with Barcelona as even if they fire him , they need to pay 6 mil$ to Nederlands national football team and 6mil$ to Koeman itself and Barcelona doesn't have this money right now.

[DU18]

Recently I saw a tweet from Fabrizio Romano saying that Xavi is the new manager for Barcelona. does this mean it is certain that koeman has been completely sacked after failing to win today's game against rayo today.
will the arrival of xavi barcelona improve its performance?
Currently it is reported that Xavi is waiting for the process of terminating his contract with Al Sadd

Currently barcelona has officially appointed the coach of Barcelona B, Sergi Barjuan as the interim manager of Barcelona before xavi finished his contract with the Al Sadd club, I think xavi seems to be a good choice for barcelona at this time, even from some of the news I read, xavi managed to make al sadd as champions in their league and xavi also has a genius in strategizing every match played by the club he coached, I hope that with the return of xavi to barcelona as a coach, the tiki taka which has been the hallmark of barcelona so far can be shown again in the barcelona game.

[KTChampions]

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.

Agree about Solskjaer. I'm tired of waiting and hope that Tottenham and City will solve this problem.
As for the new coach for Barcelona, I see one big problem: the incompatibility of the club's roster with the ambitions of the management and the fans. It will be a big risk for any “big” coach to take Barcelona now - the result could be slightly improved, but the fact that this season will be a failure is obvious to everyone.

[condoras]

Xavi is a good decision even though he has never coached a big team and competed in Europe but I believe Xavi has good discipline for Barcelona even I hope the tiki taka game can bounce back after Xavi takes over as coach.

I saw the news about Xavi but forgot about the source he has made the changes he is coaching now that has even improved the club for the better, so it is not impossible at Barcelona Xavi could be more for Barca if his move occurs.

How disappointing it's to see big teams hire/ take inexperienced medium-weight coaches instead of solid experienced ones. Eventually, Barca decides to make the right move and fire Koeman (which was a mistake from day 1) but continues making mistakes by hiring Xavi! Just because Xavi is the easiest and cheapest solution he takes the sheat like Ole takes Man Utd's chair. You can't build a good team especially in a short time, without an experienced/ skillful manager and I'm sorry to say it but Xavi isn't (yet) one of those. Fully waisted season for Barca...

[ShowOff]

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.

Previously I thought it was not Laporta who wanted to sack Koeman as coach because in the last Barcelona match yesterday Koeman's face looked like he wanted to say he would resign before being sacked. But Laporta wanted something different. Thank you Koeman for his dedication to 1 Copa Del Rey last season and I hope he can also bring 1 or 2 Dutch players who are currently at Barcelona away with him especially Luuk De Jong.

Meanwhile, this figure will be the coach of Barcelona until they find a new coach to replace Koeman. Curious about what this coach can do even though he has coached Barcelona B all this time. I would like to see Xavi want to take over Barcelona this season, but I doubt he will agree.

[Raflesia]

Recently I saw a tweet from Fabrizio Romano saying that Xavi is the new manager for Barcelona. does this mean it is certain that koeman has been completely sacked after failing to win today's game against rayo today.
will the arrival of xavi barcelona improve its performance?
Currently it is reported that Xavi is waiting for the process of terminating his contract with Al Sadd

Currently barcelona has officially appointed the coach of Barcelona B, Sergi Barjuan as the interim manager of Barcelona before xavi finished his contract with the Al Sadd club, I think xavi seems to be a good choice for barcelona at this time, even from some of the news I read, xavi managed to make al sadd as champions in their league and xavi also has a genius in strategizing every match played by the club he coached, I hope that with the return of xavi to barcelona as a coach, the tiki taka which has been the hallmark of barcelona so far can be shown again in the barcelona game.

Only lost to Al Sadd once when Xavi was coaching, isn't this a good sign if Barcelona really recruited him to be his future coach? Even this is a good solution at a time when the financial crisis occurred in Barcelona so to sign Xavi is not so expensive if this agreement happens then Xavi's love for Barcelona is still attached to this day, I hope this will change after Xavi becomes coach.

Koeman was really humiliated after losing to Rayo narrowly, but it was his fault that he let off a starting player the first time he came on, it was a fatal mistake.

[Altryist]

Atletico today needs to defeat Levante, I think this task is within their power. It is very important not to let Real Madrid go in a big break on points from themselves. The rest of the teams are still difficult to take into account, I think that they themselves will be lost during the season. And the main fight will take place between Real Madrid and Atletico. Barcelona showed everyone that it is not capable of anything this season.

[Pulsar77]

Another interesting game of the weekend is Atletico Madrid - Real Sociedad. Real Sociedad are the current leader in the standings. And Atletico Madrid are three points behind them. Atletico Madrid lost their last game against Liverpool by 3-2 home in the Champions League. This must be a disappointing result for Atletico Madrid and they would like to win against Real Sociedad. And Atletico Madrid defeated them in the La Liga in their last home game by 2-1. I expect a competitive game again and Atletico to win also.

Yes this is another interesting match besides El clasico, Real Sociedad need only a draw to secure the standings but this is not easy especially playing away
La Liga is in a unique season where the leader of the table does not come from the top teams like Madrid and Barcelona. can Laliga make new history if Real Sociedad can win the title?

It would be a really unexpected result for all of us I think. Because it has not much difference than Leicester's dominating and becoming the champions in the English Premier League. Real Sociedad won the La Liga twice in the 1980-81 and 1981-82 seasons. And their last biggest achievement was ending at the 2nd place in the 2002-03 season.





https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/la-liga-winners

I think that it would be great to see a different team reaching the league title. But I don't think that Real Sociedad can make it in this season. But maybe they can end the league in top 3.

[tygeade]

It is not the matter of dismissing Koeman and bringing new new coaches. It's not about Koeman. It's about the Barcelona team and the management. Even if you hire Pep Guardiola now they will struggle. I can't see any positive character in this team who can lead them, like Messi, Xavi and Iniesta did. Apart from few players they all are flops. Wonder how Pique still playing for Barcelona. He can't run, can't tackle. I watch the Match against Rayo Vallecano, and you don't expect Koeman to get on the pitch to score for that full team that missed lot of chances and can’t shoot on target. Dest wasting two golden chances from the last two games. They all play so how’s is it his fault . Go rest and rest Koeman and leave those flops alone. The new manager must have a lot of work to do.

Koeman stayed way too long for such a bad result so far, it was obvious that from the first moments he was not a good enough manager for a club like Barcelona. Xavi will be a lot better not just because he is a better manager, which I believe he really is, but also because he was with Barcelona for 20+ years. Dude knows the ins and outs of that club better than anyone, and he will definitely bring the great tiki-taka back to Barcelona once again.

All these playstyles since pep left always left a bad taste in Barcelona fans mouths, even while winning they were not playing like Barcelona, they were playing like a team that had stars and that's it, base your style around your star and your star will be crowded with defense. Now Xavi will use what he played in Barcelona, what he managed in al-sadd as well, it will be a great improvement under one season, and much better later on.

[izsara]

In my opinion, it was the financial crisis that Barcelona went through that caused Barcelona to slump now. Barcelona had to let Messi and Griezmann leave due to salary limit issues and they had difficulty signing other players due to budget constraints, and currently, they only have a few limits on signing new coaches.

Barcelona finances are currently one of the problems that make Barcelona slump and Koeman's dismissal makes their finances even worse because they have to spend big money now.
So you mean Barcelona will have a hard time getting a coach this season after Koeman departure?
I think barcelona might have to make a bet by signing xavi as their coach, moreover xavi is one of the legends of barcelona of course he might be able to revive barcelona, ​​besides, maybe xavi will not burden Barcelona with a high salary .

This is a very difficult decision but for now I think Koeman's dismissal, even though it provides additional funding, I think this is the right decision for now.
at least they should now be able to get out of the declining performance.

btw, i heard the news that xavi has officially become the replacement of koeman according to fabrizio romanov and now xavi is waiting for the termination of the contract by al saad

[skarais]

This is a very difficult decision but for now I think Koeman's dismissal, even though it provides additional funding, I think this is the right decision for now.
at least they should now be able to get out of the declining performance.

I'm happy to hear this good news after so long having to see Barcelona like a team that lost its way with Koeman. It seem that Barcelona president Joan Laporta has lost patience with the poor results of Barcelona's many games during this season and sacking is the last resort although I believe Barcelona's financial burden will be even more severe when they experience a financial crisis like now.

btw, i heard the news that xavi has officially become the replacement of koeman according to fabrizio romanov and now xavi is waiting for the termination of the contract by al saad

Was it just a rumor or did they make a verbal agreement.