La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[AndySt]

well, I wonder which coach would bring good results if he were in barcelona? jose mourinho would bring a style of play completely different from barcelona. I only see guardiola return to be able to recover barcelona, but guardiola would not leave the city

Guardiola might return to Barcelona if he achieves something with City or if everything went to choas there. Dunno about other coaches but he seemed to be the best one to pick Koeman spot.
BTW, nice Villarreal! 4 goals in 30 minutes and up temporarily to the 3rd rank, we will see tomorrow if Barca will claim it back or not

I am not sure that Guardiola will immediately return to Barcelona even if he does not succeed in achieving what he wants in Manchester, rather Messi will go to him in Manchester this summer During his coaching career, Guardiola has established a reputation as a man who does not like to work very long in one place and does not want to return to the old place. I am also not sure that Barcelona's playing style is suitable for a specialist like Mourinho. Most likely, Barcelona will arrange an experiment and after Koeman will invite Xavi.

[boltz]

well, I wonder which coach would bring good results if he were in barcelona? jose mourinho would bring a style of play completely different from barcelona. I only see guardiola return to be able to recover barcelona, but guardiola would not leave the city

Guardiola might return to Barcelona if he achieves something with City or if everything went to choas there. Dunno about other coaches but he seemed to be the best one to pick Koeman spot.
BTW, nice Villarreal! 4 goals in 30 minutes and up temporarily to the 3rd rank, we will see tomorrow if Barca will claim it back or not

Will he return ? Right now they still need to vote for the new president of Barcelona and if that vote is kinda in the favor of Guardiola that somehow the new CEO will make him a good offer beyond what he signed with City.  As a personal opinion, I doubt that he will return to Barcelona and most likely Messi will join with him at City...but we will see.

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well, I wonder which coach would bring good results if he were in barcelona? jose mourinho would bring a style of play completely different from barcelona. I only see guardiola return to be able to recover barcelona, but guardiola would not leave the city

Guardiola might return to Barcelona if he achieves something with City or if everything went to choas there. Dunno about other coaches but he seemed to be the best one to pick Koeman spot.
BTW, nice Villarreal! 4 goals in 30 minutes and up temporarily to the 3rd rank, we will see tomorrow if Barca will claim it back or not

Will he return ? Right now they still need to vote for the new president of Barcelona and if that vote is kinda in the favor of Guardiola that somehow the new CEO will make him a good offer beyond what he signed with City.  As a personal opinion, I doubt that he will return to Barcelona and most likely Messi will join with him at City...but we will see.

City vs PSG actually since PSG is trying to convince Messi to join them. I didn't hear anything from City after Messi decision to continue in Barcelona this season. I am pretty sure they are willing to pick him but PSG has the money, his friends and remember who Messi voted for as the best goalkeeper. It is complicated right now

[LTU_btc]

Draw of Copa del Rey 1/16 final was made and Barcelona will face 3rd division team Cornella, who surprisingly eliminated Atletico in previous round. This result was big surprise, but I wouldn't be surprised to sacrifice Copa and focus on La Liga and Champions league only. Meanwhile, Real will face Alcoyano from 3rd division:
https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/cornella-face-barcelona-in-copa-del-rey-after-stunning/1r4lmxawy24cx1etrhgo6uw1wj
Plenty of good games on Saturday - Sevilla - Real Sociedad, Atletico - Athletic. Granada - Barcelona also should be interesting to watch, maybe Barca can have 2 good games in a row.

[MCobian]

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Will he return ? Right now they still need to vote for the new president of Barcelona and if that vote is kinda in the favor of Guardiola that somehow the new CEO will make him a good offer beyond what he signed with City.  As a personal opinion, I doubt that he will return to Barcelona and most likely Messi will join with him at City...but we will see.

City vs PSG actually since PSG is trying to convince Messi to join them. I didn't hear anything from City after Messi decision to continue in Barcelona this season. I am pretty sure they are willing to pick him but PSG has the money, his friends and remember who Messi voted for as the best goalkeeper. It is complicated right now

We are all curious about Messi's future, we are all still confused about whether Messi will stay at Barcelona or move to another club. As we know
Manchester City and PSG are most serious about signing Messi, but I believe Messi has a very strong attachment to Barcelona. Moreover, the reason
Messi wanted to move in the summer of 2020 was because of a dispute with Bartomeu, but now Barcelona will hold a presidential election on
January 24. I think Messi wants to know who will be the new Barcelona president, after which he will decide whether to move or not. I also can't wait
to see who will be Barcelona's next president.

[Yudhisthir]

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Will he return ? Right now they still need to vote for the new president of Barcelona and if that vote is kinda in the favor of Guardiola that somehow the new CEO will make him a good offer beyond what he signed with City.  As a personal opinion, I doubt that he will return to Barcelona and most likely Messi will join with him at City...but we will see.

City vs PSG actually since PSG is trying to convince Messi to join them. I didn't hear anything from City after Messi decision to continue in Barcelona this season. I am pretty sure they are willing to pick him but PSG has the money, his friends and remember who Messi voted for as the best goalkeeper. It is complicated right now

We are all curious about Messi's future, we are all still confused about whether Messi will stay at Barcelona or move to another club. As we know
Manchester City and PSG are most serious about signing Messi, but I believe Messi has a very strong attachment to Barcelona. Moreover, the reason
Messi wanted to move in the summer of 2020 was because of a dispute with Bartomeu, but now Barcelona will hold a presidential election on
January 24. I think Messi wants to know who will be the new Barcelona president, after which he will decide whether to move or not. I also can't wait
to see who will be Barcelona's next president.

Messi had clearly expressed that he wants to leave the club. He wanted it before this season but Barcelona raised some issues with the contract and told that they'd require a large transfer fees. Messi didn't wanted to create unnecessary trouble with the club so stayed quite. Messi's contract with Barcelona ends in June 2021, after that, Barcelona would have no rights to stop other teams for acquiring Messi. Messi is desperately waiting for June 30, 2021.

[kassex]

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Will he return ? Right now they still need to vote for the new president of Barcelona and if that vote is kinda in the favor of Guardiola that somehow the new CEO will make him a good offer beyond what he signed with City.  As a personal opinion, I doubt that he will return to Barcelona and most likely Messi will join with him at City...but we will see.

City vs PSG actually since PSG is trying to convince Messi to join them. I didn't hear anything from City after Messi decision to continue in Barcelona this season. I am pretty sure they are willing to pick him but PSG has the money, his friends and remember who Messi voted for as the best goalkeeper. It is complicated right now

We are all curious about Messi's future, we are all still confused about whether Messi will stay at Barcelona or move to another club. As we know
Manchester City and PSG are most serious about signing Messi, but I believe Messi has a very strong attachment to Barcelona. Moreover, the reason
Messi wanted to move in the summer of 2020 was because of a dispute with Bartomeu, but now Barcelona will hold a presidential election on
January 24. I think Messi wants to know who will be the new Barcelona president, after which he will decide whether to move or not. I also can't wait
to see who will be Barcelona's next president.

Messi had clearly expressed that he wants to leave the club. He wanted it before this season but Barcelona raised some issues with the contract and told that they'd require a large transfer fees. Messi didn't wanted to create unnecessary trouble with the club so stayed quite. Messi's contract with Barcelona ends in June 2021, after that, Barcelona would have no rights to stop other teams for acquiring Messi. Messi is desperately waiting for June 30, 2021.

Messi will not go anywhere. Two clubs - PSG and Manchester City can pull his salary. In PSG, Messi will not go because of the low level of the championship, and in Manchester City he is essentially not needed. And the new president of Barcelona will try to leave Messi in any way. in a team.

[slaman29]

well, I wonder which coach would bring good results if he were in barcelona? jose mourinho would bring a style of play completely different from barcelona. I only see guardiola return to be able to recover barcelona, but guardiola would not leave the city

Guardiola might return to Barcelona if he achieves something with City or if everything went to choas there. Dunno about other coaches but he seemed to be the best one to pick Koeman spot.
BTW, nice Villarreal! 4 goals in 30 minutes and up temporarily to the 3rd rank, we will see tomorrow if Barca will claim it back or not

He just extended his contract, and he probably knows it's not going to be the same job as when he left it, plus he is a guy who wants new challenges and he hasn't completed his challenge with City (win the Champions League).

He probably doesn't feel as confident with his skills now as he was before with us at Barca.

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Messi will not go anywhere. Two clubs - PSG and Manchester City can pull his salary. In PSG, Messi will not go because of the low level of the championship, and in Manchester City he is essentially not needed. And the new president of Barcelona will try to leave Messi in any way. in a team.

Nah I agree with you about the low level of France League one comparing to EPL but not about his service is not needed in City. There isn't a single club in the world which doesn't want Messi to join it. City isn't that consistent and Messi could boost the club performance without doubt. I remember a club in Russia joking when Messi are authorised to negotiate with other clubs about his contract, they wrote "Hi Messi", he answered "no" (obviously this didn't happen, just a joke)

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Messi will not go anywhere. Two clubs - PSG and Manchester City can pull his salary. In PSG, Messi will not go because of the low level of the championship, and in Manchester City he is essentially not needed. And the new president of Barcelona will try to leave Messi in any way. in a team.

Nah I agree with you about the low level of France League one comparing to EPL but not about his service is not needed in City. There isn't a single club in the world which doesn't want Messi to join it. City isn't that consistent and Messi could boost the club performance without doubt. I remember a club in Russia joking when Messi are authorised to negotiate with other clubs about his contract, they wrote "Hi Messi", he answered "no" (obviously this didn't happen, just a joke)

Messi clearly stated that he was staying with Barcelona just because he don't want to start a legal dispute. Messi's contact with barcelona would end at the end of this season and he can transfer as a free agent which would make it easier for most of the teams to acquire him. And with a better tax rates for foreign players in Italy, Messi could get more salary while the club spending less if he moves to an Serie A club. New York City FC also has shown it's interest in Messi. And there's always an option for Messi to return to Argentine club for retirement.

[ampere]

Atletico Madrid are going to play a home game against Athletic Bilbao tomorrow. A. Madrid are the leader with 38 points and A. Bilbao are the 9th with 21 points. A. Madrid have been winning for 4 matches in the league. They got a shocking 1-0 loss against Cornella in Copa del Rey two days ago. But I don't think this will affect their league performance. A. Bilbao haven't a good form lately. They lost to Barcelona 2-3 home on their last match. On the head-to-head matches, we see A. Bilbao haven't got a win here since 2011. I think A. Madrid will get a clear win here.

There are reports that Atletico Madrid match against Bilbao will no longer hodl due to bad weather conditions that has restricted travels for the Bilbao team. I think Atletico Madrid would prefer the match to be played tomorrow or Monday, to enable them free up congestion later in the season.

Atletico remain top of the log with 2points and 3 outstanding matches

[gadado]

I read that too. That might not be bad for Atletico, take a break. You will have another match at a later stage. It is quite special what Atletico is showing this season. But yes, they now also have Suarez. A lot of experience and still a top striker. Much better than Griezman. In any case, a lot more decisive.

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There are reports that Atletico Madrid match against Bilbao will no longer hodl due to bad weather conditions that has restricted travels for the Bilbao team. I think Atletico Madrid would prefer the match to be played tomorrow or Monday, to enable them free up congestion later in the season.

Atletico remain top of the log with 2points and 3 outstanding matches

Bad weather with snow and very low temperature hitting a record this century as described. It prevented Bilbao from coming to Madrid and delayed Real Madrid plane for 3 hours and a half afaik!
I am seeing stats for the game between Sevilla and Real Sociedad and it seems crazy 4 goals (2-2) in just 15 minutes! Incredible

[Ratash]

Today barcelona team will be facing a good team granada and we have seen that they are having difficulties winning their last matches but they are getting points and if they win today they will be able to get the third position so i think they will win.

[Smartvirus]

Who knows why the Athletico Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao game was postponed and any news on the rescheduling of the match?

For the Granada Vs Barcelona match, I have no doubt that, Barca would be winning all 3 points over, either they are facing a difficult time winning games or not. They need this point considering their position on the table and with the fact that, the UCL will be coming up soon so, this is the only game they don't have to rest players against a match ahead.

It's also going to be a win for Real Madrid as well.

[Daniel91]

Today barcelona team will be facing a good team granada and we have seen that they are having difficulties winning their last matches but they are getting points and if they win today they will be able to get the third position so i think they will win.

It seems Ronald Koeman has finally decided to give new, young players a chance in this match.
Ilaix Moriba, one of the best talents at La Masia, will play in this match.
''The youngster's goalscoring ability stands out as he demonstrated in 2018 during a match against Real Madrid, where he bagged three goals from midfield.''
Is he a natural successor to Messi?

Source: https://www.marca.com/en/football/barcelona/2021/01/08/5ff8a2c4ca47414c6b8b461e.html

[Iranus]

Today barcelona team will be facing a good team granada and we have seen that they are having difficulties winning their last matches but they are getting points and if they win today they will be able to get the third position so i think they will win.

Although Granada are seventh in the points table, I don't think Granada is a very good team. Granada has not won against any renowned or strong team. Although Barcelona's performance is unpredictable, I think Barcelona will win today's match.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Sevilla played a home game against Real Sociedad today. It was really an enjoyable match. Sevilla beat Sociedad 3-2. The first half was quite balanced and it ended 2-2. In the second half, Sevilla were better and managed to get the win by scoring in the 46th minute. En Nesyri made a hat-trick and I think he was the man of the match.

[MonaLeeTracy]

The Sevilla and Real Sociedad games cost me a chance to slip. in 15 minutes more than 3 goals have been created. I find it strange and funny about this. as it was clear that it was a score setting Lol. what do you think about this match?

[jaberwock]

Today barcelona team will be facing a good team granada and we have seen that they are having difficulties winning their last matches but they are getting points and if they win today they will be able to get the third position so i think they will win.

It seems Ronald Koeman has finally decided to give new, young players a chance in this match.
Ilaix Moriba, one of the best talents at La Masia, will play in this match.
''The youngster's goalscoring ability stands out as he demonstrated in 2018 during a match against Real Madrid, where he bagged three goals from midfield.''
Is he a natural successor to Messi?

Source: https://www.marca.com/en/football/barcelona/2021/01/08/5ff8a2c4ca47414c6b8b461e.html

This is why Barcelona will never end, and it will always be a great team. Doesn't matter if the star is disgruntled, doesn't matter if there is a problem, as long as there is La Masia they will always be fine. I believe 100% that if Barcelona never ever gets a player from another team, and only plays with players from La Masia from now on, they will not be this good obviously, but they will stay in La Liga and not go down. That is how good La Masia is, and if you can give players from there a lot more chances in this scenario, they will get even better because they will be forced to play all the time.

This is why I think Barcelona is the best team in La Liga, sure Real Madrid wins championships too but most of it is with money and a lot of it, Barcelona raised a lot of their own stars and didn't get them with money which is why they have a lot better base level.