La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[Richbased]

I hope Barcelona finalizes the sale of Roque as soon as possible to raise some funds. If Nico Williams is really staying at Athletic Bilbao then they would look for another alternative. They just can't finish this transfer window without making a proper transfer to the attacking line. Raphinha isn't a reliable player. They need a more consistent winger to the left side.

But I can't see anyone else rumoured as a Plan B in case of not being able to sign Williams. Have you heard any? 

Hansi Flick has come in a really tough time so I'm really curious how good he will be able to handle this Barcelona.

Yes if Barcelona sells Vitor Roque they surely gonna raise funds to buy other players since Nico William is staying back at Athletic Bilbao, maybe Barcelona couldn't meet his transfer terms hence their inability to reach a concrete understanding with Athletico Bilbao for the purchase of the player. The attacking region of Barcelona really needs an extra player who will work with Raphinha who is not in much good form so that they can have a strong attacking force coupled with the ability of the right winger Lamine Yamal who is also in a very good form since the EURO tournament. They also need a left winger who will also substitute Ansu Fati who is not much in a very good form as well.

Already it's clear that Barcelona might not meet up signing Nico William again so even if they don't have plan B they should make use of the available players and manage them perfectly to be able to withstand the pressure of the new season. I know this is a very critical moment for Hansi Flick and he needs a lot of wisdom at this time to be able to achieve a favourable results for the team.

[AYOBA]

Barcelona is an ungrateful team because if not why are they treating players who left their club to play for Barcelona like they don’t want them again, let forget about Felix and talk about Victor Roque, Roque has offers from many clubs and he chose to play for Barcelona and he doesn’t have even 90 minutes to play last season, Barcelona needs to think before losing many players, Barcelona only focuses on Nico Williams and I’m very surprised that why Barcelona only focuses on a player that just has a good performance this season and they want to sign him, Barcelona should think very well before signing Williams.

The problem that the Barcelona is facing with in themselves nobody know what os their actually problems, accept there own coach to be honest it has been a while that Barcelona have a successful season and the most surprises things about the team is that, they will make sure that they star the season with better perform but once the league is almost to middle or finish they definitely change their playing pattern to become poorly.

Moreover, now they’re try to sign up the William instead of them to think well to know how far the guy performance be in his previous clubs, but they want to rushed sign him just to prove their self as better squad next season, and the competition now is not about having a star player if the teams is not maintained their consistent there’s not any way a team can progress.

[Jegileman]

Barcelona is an ungrateful team because if not why are they treating players who left their club to play for Barcelona like they don’t want them again, let forget about Felix and talk about Victor Roque, Roque has offers from many clubs and he chose to play for Barcelona and he doesn’t have even 90 minutes to play last season, Barcelona needs to think before losing many players, Barcelona only focuses on Nico Williams and I’m very surprised that why Barcelona only focuses on a player that just has a good performance this season and they want to sign him, Barcelona should think very well before signing Williams.

To be honest, Barcelona is not going after the wrong player and I don’t think they’ll regret signing him if they’re able to bring him to the club. There duo with Yamal is a clear proof that this players will do well when they play together in the same club. Nico Williams is a young player with big prospects awaiting him in his football career. If he can get to join Barcelona, I think his narrative being an upcoming young player will change quickly because he’ll be playing in a big club where most players easily makes name and fame. Nico William won’t be a bad signing and I urge Barcelona to push for him and not let him fall through off them in this transfer window.

Flick didn't come at the most difficult time, if you look at the situation in which Xavi came to Barcelona, ​​then it was much more difficult for him because he had to assemble a team when Barcelona's results were much worse. And now Barcelona looks like a team, and only a few positions need to be strengthened, so Flick has much less work to do. Xavi worked in exactly the same situation, when the team was going through difficult times, and there was no money. Flick said that he does not need new transfers, but despite this, they want to get Nico Williams.

Nico Williams is a necessity at this point for Barcelona. Even if Flick never wanted to sign any player, he should get Nico Williams in the club. Even if he had initially rejected the idea from onset, with what Nico Williams played in the Euros, the management can even tell Flick to go after him and have him play for them together with Yamal. It is going to be a rough season for them next season with the squad strength of Real Madrid, their main opponent, so they need all resources they can put together to stop Real Madrid from winning the trophy for the second time.

[Cookdata]

Against Barcelona I think it will be different, this is a match between two top European teams that certainly have prestige and what happened in the last 2 matches of Manchester City I think will not apply to the friendly match against Barcelona.

Pep Guardiola has built Manchester City with a strong enough character that he can do anything to make the team's performance rise in one match.
And on the other hand Barcelona with its new coach is certainly looking for its best performance.
So I think this will be an easy match for Manchester City to win if they field some of their main players.

There is different between need and want. Manchester City might want this match to happen probably for recognition and to show they run Premier League, they met Real Madrid many times than they met Barcelona and it will boost their confidence on how to handle top Spanish teams in every match but Barcelona need this match more than anything, people might see this as friendly but it's going to be an achievement for Laporta and the future of his new coach.

Pep has built Manchester City for long term but he didn't just work their, he has worked and help Barcelona win leagues many times without number, in fact most of his achievement were from that club but since his depart from there, they have not improved like that, it will actually be like leaving home after you have improved then come back to test home again.

[indah rezqi]

I hope Barcelona finalizes the sale of Roque as soon as possible to raise some funds. If Nico Williams is really staying at Athletic Bilbao then they would look for another alternative. They just can't finish this transfer window without making a proper transfer to the attacking line. Raphinha isn't a reliable player. They need a more consistent winger to the left side.

But I can't see anyone else rumoured as a Plan B in case of not being able to sign Williams. Have you heard any?  

Hansi Flick has come in a really tough time so I'm really curious how good he will be able to handle this Barcelona.

Xavi had a harder time than Flick. He made Barça champions after a terrible season. I don't know if Flick can perform like that because they are playing against the best Real Madrid in history. Barcelona must fight with extra effort this year under Flick's management, otherwise they won't be able to do it.

The new La Liga season has not started yet but the narrative that is developing seems to put Hansi Flick under heavy pressure, it is understandable that this is all due to the ideal squad owned by Madrid and the financial crisis experienced by Barcelona. We have seen Barcelona able to win the La Liga trophy despite experiencing difficulties, at the same time Madrid also has better squad depth, who knows Hansi Flick can be as lucky as Xavi. The possibility will still exist, even though we know the chances of it happening are very low. However, we must also admit that only Barcelona can be relied on to challenge Madrid dominance.

On the other hand, regarding Barcelona efforts to increase squad depth, I believe there are many ways to make it happen, including releasing several players who have not contributed much such as Vitor Roque and recruiting Nico Williams. I think Hansi Flick should prioritize overhauling the defense line first rather than the front line, because if we refer to last season statistics, the number of goals conceded by Barcelona in one season was quite high. Therefore, we will see how Barcelona management deals with difficulties while trying to increase strength to face next season.

[LUCKMCFLY]

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Barcelona is no longer the Barcelona with Messi or Ronaldinho. I want to be optimistic, but there seem to be so many problems. With the economic crisis, the players' situation, and the coach's process of adapting the team, I hope Barcelona will return to its old strong days. I would love this. We are used to seeing them as one of the 2-3 best teams in Europe.

Barcelona's golden era has ended and now they are in a new era. It is undeniable that Barcelona is now no longer the best competing team in Europe either in the Europa League or in the Champions League, even in La Liga they are really struggling to win a place in the Champions League zone. This kind of situation is not what they want by nature, but it has happened and they are just working to fix it.

Barcelona needs time to improve everything, but sometimes people expect them to be strong without strong financial support. Real Madrid is clearly in a period of glory, but it's not certain they can stay like this forever without financial problems. Even other top teams may still have problems in the future, but we don't know when.

I am interested in Barcelona getting stronger, I want to see a very strong Barcelona so that they can play with everything they have against Real Madrid, They have a great player like Yamal, he is good and has a lot of potential. I think that next to Lewa he can make the difference In this order of ideas, what they need is for people to believe in them. And why do I want them to be very good ? Easy, because only if Madrid beats them, the victory will be much more pleasant , than saying that they were beaten with the best players they have at the moment.

Those of us that are not Laliga fans, the beauty of football in Spain to us is the rivery between Real Madrid and Barcelona. The competition to win the Laliga, the face off in El Classico. All these have been possible because during these times that Real Madrid had beat players, Barcelona also had the likes of Messi, Xavi, Iniesta ie after the time of Ronaldinho, Eto etc.

But today we have an overload squad in Real Madrid but no balancing one in Barcelona. Although the Yamal is there, if Barcelona should bring Nico Williams, with Lewa at the top, Barcelona can compete with Real Madrid to an appreciable level.

And that is one of the reasons why I don't want Barcelona to ever weaken, because now I know that Madrid is very strong with its players, but I also want Barcelona to know that, it is better to beat a Barcelona with the best they have and not beat them because they were weakened, I think that a victory like that is not something that gives much dignity, it is much more gratifying when they do it with all their might and can do it against the best, also Girona is a team that should be Taken care of, they are very strong and play great football.

[Antotena]

The new La Liga season has not started yet but the narrative that is developing seems to put Hansi Flick under heavy pressure, it is understandable that this is all due to the ideal squad owned by Madrid and the financial crisis experienced by Barcelona. We have seen Barcelona able to win the La Liga trophy despite experiencing difficulties, at the same time Madrid also has better squad depth, who knows Hansi Flick can be as lucky as Xavi. The possibility will still exist, even though we know the chances of it happening are very low. However, we must also admit that only Barcelona can be relied on to challenge Madrid dominance.

I pity Flick for signing up with Barcelona, I'm not sure how he is going to deliver for Barcelona when Real Madrid actually have one of the best mix up players in Real Madrid right now, even Laporta cried of Real Madrid monopoly of trying to have all the best players citing reference to Mbape deal they made successfully. Now, Xavi did all his best and yet Barcelona wasn't appreciative for all he did and Flick think he can turn water to win in Laliga is going to hung on his neck very soon.

On the other hand, regarding Barcelona efforts to increase squad depth, I believe there are many ways to make it happen, including releasing several players who have not contributed much such as Vitor Roque and recruiting Nico Williams. I think Hansi Flick should prioritize overhauling the defense line first rather than the front line, because if we refer to last season statistics, the number of goals conceded by Barcelona in one season was quite high. Therefore, we will see how Barcelona management deals with difficulties while trying to increase strength to face next season.

I'm looking forward to how they are going to utilize Yamal, Xavi didn't used him like he performed in international games but a mixed up of him and Lewandowski will help the forward maintain a good record in many of their matches this season. Flick should also strengthen his hands to the midfield and not just the defenders and lastly a new goal keeper wouldn't be bad. Sometimes, you don't just go far by scoring goals alone, you need a good goalkeeper to help you maintain a clean sheet.