La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[tokeweed]

With Messi's current age, it's just a matter of time before he decides to retire from the game and i think Barcelona were wise enough to think of the team Post Messi era and that's why they are re-signing Neymar and have brought in younger talents like Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele to ensure the future of their team.

As  for Ousmane Dembele, that kid is a loss for Barca. He will be loaned out a couple of times, and then he will leave after Barca realize he is just a liability

Too much too soon for the guy.  He's too young to be playing for a mega club imo.  From BVB he could've moved to the EPL and get more experience.  

Watch Pulisic (another former BVB currently at Chelsea).  He'll develop into a better player and be shipped to one of the Spanish mega clubs.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Just noticed the pool and it's surprising to see team like Barcelona is not ahead. Barcelona does not have the past glory then had anymore? I understand they are heavily depends on Messi but there are other good players as well who can win match for them.

[Trofo]

Barcelona would meet Osasuna today. I heard the Barca team traveled without Messi and Valverde don't want to take the risk upon Messi. However, Griezmann, Suarez, Dembele will be on the pitch and I expect Barca would make an easy win over Osasuna   

Aren't Suarez and Dembele injured as well? Only Griezmann available to start from first choice attackers in Barca tonight.

Actually I think Dembele is the reason Neymar won’t return to Barca - simply because nobody wants Dembele...

From what I read PSG were interested only in Dembele from Barca offer, but the player didn't want to go to PSG. So it is more like Dembele doesn't want to go away. But who knows what is actually happening in those negotiations. We can only speculate from the bloated stories media feed us.

[Harkorede]

Barcelona would meet Osasuna today. I heard the Barca team traveled without Messi and Valverde don't want to take the risk upon Messi. However, Griezmann, Suarez, Dembele will be on the pitch and I expect Barca would make an easy win over Osasuna   

Aren't Suarez and Dembele injured as well? Only Griezmann available to start from first choice attackers in Barca tonight.

Of course, they are all out injured.
quoted below is the team's squad for the match

The squad
Ter Stegen, N. Semedo, Piqué, I. Rakitic, Sergio, Arthur, Rafinha, Lenglet, M. Wague, Griezmann, Jordi Alba, S. Roberto, F. De Jong, Vidal, Umtiti, Iñaki Peña, C. Pérez and Ansu Fati.

Todibo and Aleñá have been left out and Suárez, Messi, O. Dembélé, Neto and Junior are all injured.

BTW, Has the prediction pool kicked off already ? It was supposed to start last night, IIRC.

[Astargath]

Just noticed the pool and it's surprising to see team like Barcelona is not ahead. Barcelona does not have the past glory then had anymore? I understand they are heavily depends on Messi but there are other good players as well who can win match for them.

Barcelona always loses like 2-3 matches at most during the whole season, however, this year they have started with the wrong foot it seems, 1 loss already and they are losing 0-1 right now in the match against Osasuna.

[Trofo]

BTW, Has the prediction pool kicked off already ? It was supposed to start last night, IIRC.

Sure thing, it was set automatically to start with this game week. It is only 7 of us unfortunately, but we shall see if there is some extraordinary tipster among us. Good luck to all participants.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

So Barcelona dropped points again... this time against Osasuna. Even with the acquisition of Griezmann, Barcelona didn't seem to have that fear factor they usually have when Messi is on pitch.
In fact, despite Barcelona having three-quarters of possession. Osasuna did try to pull of some shots towards Barca's goal too.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

Barcelona always loses like 2-3 matches at most during the whole season, however, this year they have started with the wrong foot it seems, 1 loss already and they are losing 0-1 right now in the match against Osasuna.

I was watching the scores and at some point Barca was ahead even thought they were 1 - 0 goal behind in the first half. This performance again proved that without Messi Barca is not a great team. When Messi is expecting to play again?

[joniboini]

I was watching the scores and at some point Barca was ahead even thought they were 1 - 0 goal behind in the first half. This performance again proved that without Messi Barca is not a great team. When Messi is expecting to play again?

I think they should start thinking about how to play without Messi. Depending on Messi won't help them.

Sure, Messi is a great player but if without him you can't do anything, then it's better to not have him and fight on your own.

[Barracuda]

I was watching the scores and at some point Barca was ahead even thought they were 1 - 0 goal behind in the first half. This performance again proved that without Messi Barca is not a great team. When Messi is expecting to play again?

I think they should start thinking about how to play without Messi. Depending on Messi won't help them.

Sure, Messi is a great player but if without him you can't do anything, then it's better to not have him and fight on your own.

Lose, Win, Draw.
Is Barcelona without messi can not do anything. They should get 3 points in the match, but they must share points. With that result, Barcelona further competes with the league leaders.

[slaman29]

I really don't know what to say now about Barca. I was already worried but now I'm even more worried.

Worst start to the season for a long time I can remember. Messi about to come back and then got himself injured again for 4 more weeks. He'll even miss first games of Champions League it seems.

Worse of all, Real is above us still!

[Rozita]

Villarreal - Real Madrid
However Real Madrid missed the home win against Real Valladolid in the last minutes and there are many players in injury list, I expect an easy win against Villarreal.
Villareal didn't have a good performance in the past two matches against Granada and Levante. So I don't think they can have a good performance against Zidan's team. I expect Real Madrid to win the match with 2 or 3 goal difference. Real Madrid players will try their best to win the match after frustrating result against Valladolid.

[yoseph]

So Barcelona dropped points again... this time against Osasuna. Even with the acquisition of Griezmann, Barcelona didn't seem to have that fear factor they usually have when Messi is on pitch.
In fact, despite Barcelona having three-quarters of possession. Osasuna did try to pull of some shots towards Barca's goal too.

With the exception of ball possession, it seems that Osasuna dominated every aspect of the game and i should saw that they were very unlucky to have ended the game with a point, Barcelona would be hoping that Messi returns from the sidelines very soon and not get injured for a while.

[maculeth]

Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitic was again not involved in the Barcelona match. Signal Rakitic immediately leave from Barcelona?

Rakitic only sat on the bench when Barca were held by Osasuna 2-2 in the Spanish League match at El Sadar on Saturday (8/31/2019). Thus, Rakitic has only played for 45 minutes since the start of the 2019/2020 season.
The only chance of playing was given by Rakitic in the opening week when Barca were defeated Athletic Bilbao 0-1. Then in the second week, Rakitic occupied the bench. As a result, Rakitic's current situation is linked to the summer transfer market, which will soon close on September 2.

[efialtis]

Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitic was again not involved in the Barcelona match. Signal Rakitic immediately leave from Barcelona?

Rakitic only sat on the bench when Barca were held by Osasuna 2-2 in the Spanish League match at El Sadar on Saturday (8/31/2019). Thus, Rakitic has only played for 45 minutes since the start of the 2019/2020 season.
The only chance of playing was given by Rakitic in the opening week when Barca were defeated Athletic Bilbao 0-1. Then in the second week, Rakitic occupied the bench. As a result, Rakitic's current situation is linked to the summer transfer market, which will soon close on September 2.

Good post mate - I am pretty sure that Rakitic will leave the club... and personally, I support this.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

31st Aug 2019 Barcelona loses 2 points , 1st September 2019 Real Madrid says, Hold my beer 
With this kind of lackluster performance Real Madrid will go trophyless again if they are not careful. This should be the time for them to capitalize on Barcelona's recent poor string of results

It's 85 minutes and Villareal is Leading by 2 goals to 1. The best i expect Real Madrid to pull of is a draw.

[efialtis]

2:2 and Real dropped two points as well!

[joniboini]

2:2 and Real dropped two points as well!

I guess it's time for another club to win the league!

Atletico Madrid looks great. Hopefully, they can keep their performance and get lots of points while those two are struggling.

It's time for another winner baby.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

2:2 and Real dropped two points as well!

Both Real and Barca is not doing well. We figured Barca's problem is they are heavily depended on Messi but what is it with Real?

It's time for another winner baby.

There are still 35 rounds left so this is too early to tell anything about the season winner but one thing seems clear here that this season is not going to be a boring one that one team will dominate over others.

[rachman mahesa]

2:2 and Real dropped two points as well!

but what is it with Real?

That's what I think too. Are they not optimal in this official competition or have they lost their identity? When it comes to players, they are certainly very complete and even more. They should be better in the future.