La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Leviathan.007]

Girona continues undefeated in a very interesting way, I think this will change every week, but for some reason they never lose and they definitely play very well.

They could play as a solid team, they also have a high motivation to keep their dream for competing the title. This makes them to play very well and very difficult to beat by other teams. But we don't know how far they can maintain their good performance. I really hope that they don't start to drop their performance in the early of second half of the season.

Barcelona's savior Lewandowski was at work again today and became the player who scored two goals and brought the three points. I don't know what would happen to Barcelona when I think that this guy was injured for a longer time.

Lewandowski scored 2 goals today. It indicates Lewandowski played again with his good form. Barcelona relies on him to score goals, he is the main machine goal of Barcelona. If he gets injured a longer time, Barcelona is probably getting worse and may be out of the top 3 in La Liga standings.  

I think most people didn't understand the interesting thing about this match between Barcelona and Alavés. Lewandowski scored two good and he had a good performance but still, he was unhappy because of Lamine Yamal.
Lamine Yamal had the opportunity to pass the ball to Lewandowski this way he could have better goal opportunity but Lamine Yamal didn't do that and that was enough to make Lewandowski mad.

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[Rampagoe004]

Girona just needs to save energy as much as possible so as not to rush into the gas, because there are still 25 matches remaining so they have to minimize slipping. However, in my opinion, Girona is not really targeting finishing at the top of the standings, because being able to reach the top 3 or top 5 is already a very proud achievement. Achieving a trophy could be their second option because to become a club to be reckoned with requires several long processes and not only once won a trophy and then finally drowned. Consistency really needs to be maintained from now on because Girona currently has talented players whose abilities emerge after they are trained by the right coach.
Even though Barcelona was ahead of Alaves, Xavi felt that this victory was not enough to prove their game. Lewandowski just activated his goal again after a long time. Both Xavi and Gavi said the same thing, there was something complicated to improve from the results of this match.

When a team already has a positive record and a good ranking in the League, then the good things that will come to them are standings and sponsorship fees which will help the club to continue to develop and maintain their consistency. And then they will have the power in terms of negotiations to bring in the players they are targeting. This is what Girona will get when they reach the top 5 in the League. I'm not sure Girona will win Laliga this season but at least Girona can develop into one of the powers in Spanish football along with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Barcelona finished the first half trailing 0-1, 53rd. He scored two goals from Lewandowsky in the and 78th minutes and completed the week without losing any points. Barcelona had a difficult time against its opponent.
Girona team in La Liga attracts my attention. At the beginning of the season, they drew 1-1 with Real Sociedad and lost 0-3 to Real Madrid at home. Apart from these two matches, he did not lose any points. It is very difficult for them to become champions, but they have done a very good job so far.

Barcelona got a difficult time facing Alaves after receiving an early goal from them. It took them long time to score and get the draw. Lewandowski saved them today. I see the defence line is weaker right now comparing to the previous season.
Atletico Madrid kept winning and getting closer from them, they lack one more game by the way. Girona will face next Athletic club and they have a game against Barcelona next month. I think they will lose points in one of these two games at least.

Lewandowski was the biggest contributor to Barcelona's win against Alavés. Barcelona won 2-1 with both goals coming from Lewandowski. It was very important for Barcelona to get 3 points in this match because if Barcelona had gained a point in this match or if Barcelona had lost a point in this match, they would have been below Atletico Madrid. Due to winning the last match, Barcelona is one step away from Atletico Madrid with 2 points more, that is, now Barcelona's position is at number three in the points table. Two more teams are above Barcelona with Real Madrid two points ahead of Barcelona and Girona four points ahead of Barcelona. If Barcelona can perform consistently, they will definitely be able to compete with the teams at number one and number two in the points table.

Barcelona's most difficult task will be to surpass real madrid and girona. Real madrid is playing better than before. It means that if barcelona needs to play for real madrid and girona to lose the three points. I do like the competition since girona has entered into the title race.
This makes more pressure was coming to the barcelona and real madrid by having a new competitor that was competing for the title. Girona is more than a normal club. It is always being even better than before.
No doubt that if la liga fans are starting to consider girona as a very strong club at this moment. The chance owned by real madrid to win the la liga trophy is quite high at this moment. We may see many surprises to come soon.
Probably girona will able to keep sustain with its performance till the end of season.

[Oluwa-btc]

Alaves got to score very early in the game, that goal happened so fast, IIkay Gundogan bwas too soft and got the ball stolen from him easily. Alaves nineteen years old Samu Omorodion had chances to double and also triple bit I don't even know how he missed all of that great chance he had. Kounde's cross was perfect and Robert Lewandoski sent it into goal, he also should have made it three if he had scored with the pass from IIkay Gundogan. For the penalty, it was worth it, there was a clear foul on Ferran.

The Barcelona squad was caught off guard at the start of the match and the Alaves players took advantage of that opportunity to get a goal which surprised the Barcelona players.
Unfortunately, it couldn't be maintained, Barcelona dominated the match and it wasn't easy for the Alaves players to withstand the onslaught.
Lewandowski also proved that he can still make a big contribution to the team. because previously he seemed to be experiencing a decline by not scoring a goal in several matches. In La Liga this season he scored 7 goals. and if his performance can be better, he can overtake Bellingham who has scored 10 goals.

Fans should understand that Robert Lewandoski was Injured and coming back into the squad takes some quality time. What's with the rush if he jumps back into the squad only to be Injured once more wouldn't make sense.
I saw him refusing the handshake from Lamine Yamal. How can that yougin be so selfish in the eighteen yard box? Xavi Hernandez should should straighten him up. He plays with grown up's and won't pass the ball.

Seven League goals and he is gradually heading closer to the top scorer. Both Antonio Griezmann and  Alvaro Morata are also in line for the highest goal scorer award this season.

[Popkon6]

Sevilla has had five draw in their last matches so far, playing from home they had an advantage over betis and they did out performed betis as they dominated both halves of the game both in possession and total goal attempts but betis was stronger with their resistance.

Sevilla this season has not real been impressive they just struggle to gather points in bits by getting one from most of their matches ,last season they performed much better than they are now, they have played over ten league matches in the la Liga this season and ha so far got twelve points and at the thirteenth position on the table, betis is way ahead of them at the seventh position with twenty one points.

Sevilla team did not perform well in this game due to which most of the chances were missed in this game. Both teams had plenty of attacking today and both teams were on the attack for most of the match. Sevilla had 13 shots on goal, and Real Betis had 14 shots on goal. The two teams were almost evenly matched in attack and Real Betis had early success towards goal and managed to score a goal in the 72nd minute. Meanwhile, the Sevilla team then scored another goal to equalize the game. And despite a lot of attacks in the final stages, both teams were unable to score. The Sevilla team received the most corner kicks, but considering the different aspects, the Sevilla team players are stronger, and Real Betis defense was stronger, due to which the Sevilla team players could not score.

[Velvet78]

Girona are still maintaining their lead. They got another win this time against Vallecano away. Technically they did what Real Madrid couldn't against Vallecano.    It is such an insane form by them so far like I said before as well. They have games against Barcelona and Atletico Madrid later on too so I'm curious about whether we would see a similar scenario to their Real Madrid game before.

Because they didn't look strong in a really tough game. But even if they lose against them both as well they would still be doing a great job in the La Liga with this amazing form for sure. There is a really huge difference between this and previous season and I'm curious about how they managed to make such progress.

[Abu-Naim]

Sevilla has had five draw in their last matches so far, playing from home they had an advantage over betis and they did out performed betis as they dominated both halves of the game both in possession and total goal attempts but betis was stronger with their resistance.

Sevilla this season has not real been impressive they just struggle to gather points in bits by getting one from most of their matches ,last season they performed much better than they are now, they have played over ten league matches in the la Liga this season and ha so far got twelve points and at the thirteenth position on the table, betis is way ahead of them at the seventh position with twenty one points.

Real Betis were in better form this season than Sevilla; I was even expecting them to win Sevilla because Sevilla started this season very badly, and they are also not in good form in the Champions League; their getting a point in the match yesterday was as a result of them playing the match at home, and every team is a king at home in front of their fans. They were lucky the first goal scored by Hector Bellerin was canceled; if not, the early goal might have affected the match and might have led to a heavy defeat.

Sevilla has now played six La Liga matches without a single win, and they also lost their last two Champions League matches against Arsenal. I think this is a bad season for them because of their inconsistency in performance, and I am very sure they will not qualify for their Champions League group stage. As I predicted, they will end up at the bottom of the table because so far they are unable to win a single match out of the four group matches they have already played.

[ginsan]

There was no change in the top 4 after week 13, as the clubs that were there managed to secure 3 points, including leaders Girona.
Honestly, I still have a question in my mind, will Girona be able to consistently maintain their position? When I look at them, I am reminded of Sevilla two seasons ago. Yes, they also showed something extraordinary like Girona did this season. But when they entered the second round, and the competition was coming to an end, they lost their consistency and in the end they had to settle for 4th place. The same thing might happen to Girona.

Girona will not be able to maintain their best performance by leading the standings until the end of the competition because Real Madrid has already succeeded in trying once to shift Girona ranking and Real Madrid will continue to do so until the end of this season competition. Well, usually every team will try hard in the second half of the season and it could be that Real Madrid will take over the top of the standings in the second half of the season. Big teams have a strong enough mentality to win trophies, but teams that are rarely at the top of the standings will find it difficult to do that.

Indeed, this week all 4 teams at the top of the standing managed to secure 3 points. No shifts occurred at the top of the standing this week and for Girona they still lead the standing with a 2 point lead over Real Madrid. Barcelona is also sticking closely to Real Madrid so next week it will be more interesting to see who will swap places at the top of the standings.

[Docnaster]

Alaves got to score very early in the game, that goal happened so fast, IIkay Gundogan bwas too soft and got the ball stolen from him easily. Alaves nineteen years old Samu Omorodion had chances to double and also triple bit I don't even know how he missed all of that great chance he had. Kounde's cross was perfect and Robert Lewandoski sent it into goal, he also should have made it three if he had scored with the pass from IIkay Gundogan. For the penalty, it was worth it, there was a clear foul on Ferran.

The Barcelona squad was caught off guard at the start of the match and the Alaves players took advantage of that opportunity to get a goal which surprised the Barcelona players.
Unfortunately, it couldn't be maintained, Barcelona dominated the match and it wasn't easy for the Alaves players to withstand the onslaught.
Lewandowski also proved that he can still make a big contribution to the team. because previously he seemed to be experiencing a decline by not scoring a goal in several matches. In La Liga this season he scored 7 goals. and if his performance can be better, he can overtake Bellingham who has scored 10 goals.

Fans should understand that Robert Lewandoski was Injured and coming back into the squad takes some quality time. What's with the rush if he jumps back into the squad only to be Injured once more wouldn't make sense.
I saw him refusing the handshake from Lamine Yamal. How can that yougin be so selfish in the eighteen yard box? Xavi Hernandez should should straighten him up. He plays with grown up's and won't pass the ball.

Seven League goals and he is gradually heading closer to the top scorer. Both Antonio Griezmann and  Alvaro Morata are also in line for the highest goal scorer award this season.

Barcelona once again showed great spirit of resilience to grab another important win against Alaves yesterday in a game that the visitors scored first and posed big threats to the home team.
Despite his recent injuries, I've never doubted the quality and prolificity of Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski but surprisingly, many were thinking he was not gonna deliver as much as he used to do for the club because of the injury and the fact that he is now an aged player. Barcelona aren't back to their best at the moment but I think they capable of having a good season if they improve more in their performances.

[Jody.Drummer]

There was no change in the top 4 after week 13, as the clubs that were there managed to secure 3 points, including leaders Girona.
Honestly, I still have a question in my mind, will Girona be able to consistently maintain their position? When I look at them, I am reminded of Sevilla two seasons ago. Yes, they also showed something extraordinary like Girona did this season. But when they entered the second round, and the competition was coming to an end, they lost their consistency and in the end they had to settle for 4th place. The same thing might happen to Girona.

Girona will not be able to maintain their best performance by leading the standings until the end of the competition because Real Madrid has already succeeded in trying once to shift Girona ranking and Real Madrid will continue to do so until the end of this season competition. Well, usually every team will try hard in the second half of the season and it could be that Real Madrid will take over the top of the standings in the second half of the season. Big teams have a strong enough mentality to win trophies, but teams that are rarely at the top of the standings will find it difficult to do that.

Indeed, this week all 4 teams at the top of the standing managed to secure 3 points. No shifts occurred at the top of the standing this week and for Girona they still lead the standing with a 2 point lead over Real Madrid. Barcelona is also sticking closely to Real Madrid so next week it will be more interesting to see who will swap places at the top of the standings.

I honestly can't say the same as you, although I do agree that it's likely Girona will decline towards the end of the season, or even sooner than that. But we can't count them out or give them the chance to keep it up until the end of the season, because in football that can happen.
Maybe it's a different comparison, but I'm reminded of the Premier League where Crystal Palace won the championship, when realistically, who would have thought they would? It could happen in La Liga, but we'll see. For me personally it would be an interesting spectacle if they managed to do that.

[len01]

Real Madrid absolutely dominated the match against Valencia. The only downside that they might look at in this match is probably that they were not able to keep a clean sheet in this match. But still, it was a very impressive performance. I did expect Real Madrid to win in this match but I didn’t think they were going to score so many goals. Especially when they do not have a really good quality striker in the squad. But Real Madrid obviously proved me wrong. The next match of Real Madrid is also going to be very easy.

no one expected Madrid to score a big score whereas usually Madrid only scores no more than 3 scores and once scored 4 scores against Osasuna and at that time Bellingham also appeared in this match and yesterday Madrid appeared without Bellingham which means Ancelotti increasingly knows what to do he did it to win the La Liga title to get to top of the standings overtaking Girona and it will also be easier for Ancelotti to win UCL title this season.

I admit that as long as there are Vinicius, Rodrygo and key player Toni Kroos, it will be very easy for Real Madrid to win every match and after the international break they will face Cadiz, which is one of small teams for Real Madrid to beat.

[slapper]

Sevilla has had five draw in their last matches so far, playing from home they had an advantage over betis and they did out performed betis as they dominated both halves of the game both in possession and total goal attempts but betis was stronger with their resistance.

Sevilla this season has not real been impressive they just struggle to gather points in bits by getting one from most of their matches ,last season they performed much better than they are now, they have played over ten league matches in the la Liga this season and ha so far got twelve points and at the thirteenth position on the table, betis is way ahead of them at the seventh position with twenty one points.

The way Sevilla is playing right now worries me a lot. It seems like they're stuck in a rut because they keep drawing games, like the most recent one against Betis. They had the benefit of playing at home and had more possession and shots than anyone else, but those advantages don't help them win if they can't turn them into wins? This past season, they were so much better. They are now just randomly picking up points. They're in thirteenth place with only twelve points from ten games, which is disappointing. Meanwhile, Betis is doing very well in seventh place. If Sevilla doesn't want to end up in the middle of the table this season, they need to step up their game

[KTChampions]

Barcelona once again showed great spirit of resilience to grab another important win against Alaves yesterday in a game that the visitors scored first and posed big threats to the home team.
Despite his recent injuries, I've never doubted the quality and prolificity of Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski but surprisingly, many were thinking he was not gonna deliver as much as he used to do for the club because of the injury and the fact that he is now an aged player. Barcelona aren't back to their best at the moment but I think they capable of having a good season if they improve more in their performances.

Still, there is an element of luck in Barcelona’s results, as I understand from the text broadcast, the score after the first half could not have been 0-1 but 0-3 or 1-3. Omorodion scored only one goal, although he could have scored at least 2. But nevertheless, another three points in the treasury for Barcelona, and if in terms of the game it looks weaker than both Real and Girona (haha), then in terms of the number of points it lags just a little.

[rendravolt]

What Barcelona has been doing recently is quite risky because they often win late and that is not good for the team's health. Even though they won in the end, they are one of the big teams in La Liga and when facing a much weaker opponent they should have been ahead by 2 goals in the first half. But what happened was the opposite, Barcelona even fell behind Alaves, which made them have to work hard to make a comeback at home. Luckily this time Lewandowski was in good form and he recorded a brace in this match.

There was tension between Lamine Yamal and Lewandowski in the match and in the video circulating Lewandowski refused to shake hands with Lamine Yamal after he didn't get a pass from him. Lewandowski should have been more mature when facing the selfishness of a 16 year old child, but on the other hand, when the team was behind, Lamine Yamal should have understood that at that time the team's victory was what was most needed and he was willing to give the pass to Lewandowski. Apart from all that, I hope Barcelona can develop further in the future and can excel with lots of goals against teams whose level is far below them.

[shinratensei_]

Lewandoski hasn't been in his best of form and I feel age is also getting on him, with the fact that he just got back from injury, I feel he needs time to get back on track.

First of all, every team have its own ups and downs, in some matches maybe month or even bad seasons. Last season Barcelona was the one to take LaLiga trophy and this season also they took the first place for some time. So, for me it’s just a period where this team isn’t doing well.

Indeed, we need to admit that Lewandowski's performance was not as good as before during his first season at Barcelona. At first he really had high motivation and always gave his best performance. He was one of Barcelona's best purchases last season who was able to bring Barcelona up from its downturn. However, this season, the conditions are a little different. Moreover, after he was injured, he may not be able to play optimally in order to maintain his condition after the injury. But usually when a player returns from injury, they usually won't be as good as they were before the injury. And maybe because of other factors such as the age you mentioned earlier. Luckily, Barcelona currently has a pretty solid squad. So at least Xavi can still rely on and optimize his players well in various conditions.

He can at least still contributed to the club despite the decline on his performance. No lewandowski and no win for barcelona against palmas. Laporta needs to raise a lot of money to buy a good striker for barcelona. LEwandowski is very old as a striker and his performance will not be as good as before. Xavi needs to sell some players and used money raised from selling these players to buy the new striker. I have been remembering that some names being line up by barcelona like haaland or even mbappe. that's all depending on the club's decision. That's indeed having a pure striker is more suitable for barcelona.

Lewandowski was also one tap specialist. Barcelona needs also to find his successor while haaland has been linked to the real madrid even before he will be finishing the second season in manchester city.
There will be many surprises to come soon. Madrid and barcelona are still hunting the good strikers to filling the vacant spots on its club.
I think that madrid has more options compared to the barcelona at this moment which is still having financial trouble that has not yet fully solved. The salary cap is also become the problem for barcelona.


No good striker in the club means having more difficulty in scoring against its opponent. Striker has become one of crucial point owned by barcelona to win the game. Having no striker will make the attack will be far less effective.

[Oluwa-btc]

Girona are still maintaining their lead. They got another win this time against Vallecano away. Technically they did what Real Madrid couldn't against Vallecano.    It is such an insane form by them so far like I said before as well. They have games against Barcelona and Atletico Madrid later on too so I'm curious about whether we would see a similar scenario to their Real Madrid game before.

Because they didn't look strong in a really tough game. But even if they lose against them both as well they would still be doing a great job in the La Liga with this amazing form for sure. There is a really huge difference between this and previous season and I'm curious about how they managed to make such progress.

Exactly my man! 
Real Madrid failed to win Rayo Vallecano. Not that alone, Real Madrid failed to score against Rayo Vallecano. Girona did by scoring in both halves of the game. In the last five matches they've played, they've accumulated good points amongst underdogs like them and that's a good way to leave for the International games.

Now that's the main test, they could go down below to fourth position, if they loss both, I'd like them to draw both and not lose, they way they will keep a good head. But, I'll be super shockey to see them beating em both. They failed the test against Real Madrid, lest see if they would against the reigning Champions of La Liga and Diego Simeone's side.
I want them to at least qualify for one of the European Competitions next season, they deserve it.

[Ahli38]

There was no change in the top 4 after week 13, as the clubs that were there managed to secure 3 points, including leaders Girona.
Honestly, I still have a question in my mind, will Girona be able to consistently maintain their position? When I look at them, I am reminded of Sevilla two seasons ago. Yes, they also showed something extraordinary like Girona did this season. But when they entered the second round, and the competition was coming to an end, they lost their consistency and in the end they had to settle for 4th place. The same thing might happen to Girona.

Maybe we should wait until the second half of this season comes. If Girona can survive until then then they really deserve credit for their truly improved performance. But if Girona ultimately cannot maintain its position at the top of the standings for longer then Girona still deserves appreciation. Because there are not many clubs that can reach the top of the standings and compete with Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.

But on Matchday 14, it looks like Girona will have a more difficult test. Because they will face Athletic Bilbao. But in this match, Girona was the host. So it is very likely that Girona will still get full points again and maintain the points advantage they currently have at the top of the standings.

[QueenVera]

Real Madrid absolutely dominated the match against Valencia. The only downside that they might look at in this match is probably that they were not able to keep a clean sheet in this match. But still, it was a very impressive performance. I did expect Real Madrid to win in this match but I didn’t think they were going to score so many goals. Especially when they do not have a really good quality striker in the squad. But Real Madrid obviously proved me wrong. The next match of Real Madrid is also going to be very easy.

no one expected Madrid to score a big score whereas usually Madrid only scores no more than 3 scores and once scored 4 scores against Osasuna and at that time Bellingham also appeared in this match and yesterday Madrid appeared without Bellingham which means Ancelotti increasingly knows what to do he did it to win the La Liga title to get to top of the standings overtaking Girona and it will also be easier for Ancelotti to win UCL title this season.

I admit that as long as there are Vinicius, Rodrygo and key player Toni Kroos, it will be very easy for Real Madrid to win every match and after the international break they will face Cadiz, which is one of small teams for Real Madrid to beat.

Well, you're right cause I was surprised they got such a good scoreline without their star player Jude Bellingham, it's nice cause they've proved that without him the team could get good performance and have good scoreline against mediocre teams in the Laliga, kudos to Vini Jnr and Rodrygo, they both scored a brace to help Realmadrid secure the 3 points and also close the gap between them and Girona and I believe sooner they'll gap Girona and go back to the top of the league.

  Realmadrid's match after the international break is a very easy one, and hopefully by then Jude Bellingham must have recovered from his injury and help the team to make it more easier to win Cadiz, well asides Madrid I was impressed with  Girona and Barcelona's performance they both secured 3 points to maintain their position on the standings especially Girona that's at the very top of the league.

[Fuso.hp]

Real Madrid absolutely dominated the match against Valencia. The only downside that they might look at in this match is probably that they were not able to keep a clean sheet in this match. But still, it was a very impressive performance. I did expect Real Madrid to win in this match but I didn’t think they were going to score so many goals. Especially when they do not have a really good quality striker in the squad. But Real Madrid obviously proved me wrong. The next match of Real Madrid is also going to be very easy.

Real Madrid may not have quality strikers but the ones they have are very important for Real Madrid. As most of the players in Real Madrid are young and young, a main striker cannot perform as well as they are currently performing. Real Madrid has proved that we cannot consider a team to be strong only if it has a good striker. After the departure of Karim Benzema, there has been a lot of talk about who will be Real Madrid's finisher and we have also seen talk of a number of players being brought to the club to replace Karim Benzema, but Real Madrid have remained steadfast in their decision and have relied on their young players. Real Madrid is relying on young players and young players are giving Real Madrid one success after another.

[shogun47]

Real Madrid absolutely dominated the match against Valencia. The only downside that they might look at in this match is probably that they were not able to keep a clean sheet in this match. But still, it was a very impressive performance. I did expect Real Madrid to win in this match but I didn’t think they were going to score so many goals. Especially when they do not have a really good quality striker in the squad. But Real Madrid obviously proved me wrong. The next match of Real Madrid is also going to be very easy.

Real Madrid may not have quality strikers but the ones they have are very important for Real Madrid. As most of the players in Real Madrid are young and young, a main striker cannot perform as well as they are currently performing. Real Madrid has proved that we cannot consider a team to be strong only if it has a good striker. After the departure of Karim Benzema, there has been a lot of talk about who will be Real Madrid's finisher and we have also seen talk of a number of players being brought to the club to replace Karim Benzema, but Real Madrid have remained steadfast in their decision and have relied on their young players. Real Madrid is relying on young players and young players are giving Real Madrid one success after another.

But it is still not the time that Real Madrid got put to the test on the highest levels. I think that all the teams which won the Champions League 99% of the time also have a world class striker. It is just an incredibly important ingredient. This does not mean that Real Madrid has no chance to win titles because they don't have someone like Mbappe or Kane, but it would further raise their chances to win all titles if they had a world class striker. So far Bellingham was surprisingly able to fill the gap although nobody expected that, but how far can Bellingham take it? Can they win against Manchester City with Haaland? They can, but it may become more obvious that the game with a striker can be so much different than it is without a pure striker.