La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

[iBaba]

I see that they only lack a quality striker (a replacement for Benzema). Otherwise, this team is quite even in all areas in terms of player performance, even the main players and also the supporting players.
And regarding Ancelotti's departure, I'm sure another great coach will come, this is Real Madrid, we don't need to doubt them.

True. They lack a powerful finisher. In the event that you  are to mention the likes of Benzema and Ronaldo, there have not been better finishers like them yet. The only person that have given us that confidence is Bellingham. Relatively, Vinicius Jr. But in the aspect of Vini Jr., he's not a hungry player that's looking or making goals. Bellingham on the other hand, needs to be stronger and more importantly, a support base from another well experienced striker who will give him the morale. Ancelotti's departure will make the club unstable for now so it's better to allow him, to continue on what he's doing now.

Xavi did a great job with Barcelona. When Koeman was the coach, Barcelona were a team that almost collapsed. After Xavi took charge of Barcelona, the overall condition of Barcelona started to improve quite quickly. Gradually he stabilized the party and tried to strengthen the party. And now the Barcelona team is considered strong. But the problem is that Barcelona's performance is erratic. The team is not able to play well consistently. The team relies on Lewandowski to score. If Barcelona had another experienced striker besides Lewandowski in the squad, then maybe Barcelona's performance would have been more stable and consistent.

Xavi has done an amazing job with Barcelona, leading the club to its first 200 goals under the management of Xavi. Xavi is also to thank Lewandowski for converting the Penalty Kick to a goal. 41 goals from the 200 came from Lewandowski alone, 19 from Ferran Torres, 13 from Pedri and Aubameyang, 12 from Rafinha and Ansu Fati, and 10 from Dembele.

I think since the assumption of the position by Xavi as the manager, the club have played over 100 games and conceded about 103. Lewandowski also scored the 100th goal for Barca on their match against Atletico Madrid. What Barcelona need now is another experienced striker that will back up the efforts of Lewandowski. But the issue with these star players is that they come in to dominate the upcoming players and some times their performances are not that impressive too.

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[rendravolt]

There was an interesting moment during the Barcelona game. Lewandowski looked very angry at Yamal. He didn't wave back Yamal's hand. It seems to be a Barcelona vs Alaves match. From the video I saw, indeed Yamal had enough open space to pass or shoot directly at the goal. But it seems that Yamal was selfish and chose to shoot at goal. Lewandoski himself is indeed in a free position, maybe even if Yamal passes Lewandowski maybe 90% it can be a goal. Looking at the issue, it seems Yamal also has to make the best decision, whereas Lewandowski, I think, there is no need to be too angry. Yamal is developing, he needs a lot of advice from seniors.

Source: https://www.tiktok.com/@crackstok/video/7300681293577096453?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7301258966544713218

I've discussed it here and it's quite difficult who is to blame. I think if the situation at that time Barcelona was already ahead, of course it wouldn't be a problem if Lamine Yamal wanted to take the shot himself, but when the team still needs a goal to achieve victory, of course that's quite a selfish decision. I think all players must be rational and prioritize the team's victory first before thinking about their individual actions.

Apart from all that, next time Lamine Yamal must be more objective and be able to pass to his colleagues more freely and Lewandowski must also understand that youth is something that is sometimes difficult to control and of course he has also experienced the same thing as Lamine Yamal at the start of his career.

But this is sometimes easier said than done because if it wasn't for some healthy egoism, Lewandowski may not be today where he actually is. I think a high level of self-confidence can also sometimes decide about the next step in your career. There is risk involved when you decide to go for a shot yourself and fail, but when you hit the target you are considered the match winner. Nobody will blame you ever for not passing for as long as you score the goal.

In the case of Lewandowski, he finally scored two goals in a game again. But he has also had a number of missed chances when he played. Despite these two goals I think he is still quite far from his best form.

Just imagine if Lewandowski didn't score a goal in that match, Barcelona would definitely lose because we know that recently Lewandowski has rarely scored goals and this deadlock was successfully closed by several other players. I know that the person who scores the goal will always be praised as the person who contributed the most, but providing assists is no less good when the team really needs a goal to win the match. It's not just about scoring goals or providing assists, but players who can change the game or game creators are also no less important. I think that's enough and again Barcelona is a big team and they should be able to provide a decent advantage when facing opponents they can beat easily.

[QueenVera]

- We can't keep comparing the past to the present indefinitely. Each era has its own characteristics, and the style of play evolves over time. Every football team experiences glory in a certain period, and Barcelona is no exception. It's unrealistic to expect a team to stay at its peak forever; highs are often followed by lows, and Barcelona has likely moved past its peak period of dominance. They have a rich history, undergoing restructuring for a new generation, and I believe there will be a time when they return to their golden era, albeit with a completely different style and image.
- Football, like any other aspect of life, is cyclical, and teams must adapt to changes, both in terms of personnel and play style. Barcelona's journey might be in a transitional phase now, but history suggests that they will find their way back to the pinnacle, albeit with a refreshed identity.

It must be admitted that Xavi is a suitable coach for Barcelona currently amidst unstable financial conditions. Xavi has much better abilities compared to coaches who manage rich clubs. With limited money and quality players at the club, Xavi can make a striking difference to Barcelona and he also proved that belief last season with the La Liga title. Barcelona does not lack good players in the squad, it's just that the young players they have are not experienced enough when playing at the highest level.

- Given the current limited resources, I believe Xavi is doing a pretty good job leading Barca. Their squad lacks many stars to anchor the playing style as before, but a few young talents, like Lamine Yamal, are promising seeds for their future. When the tough economic times pass, I'm confident that Barca will make a strong comeback.
- The club's history suggests resilience, and with a blend of experienced players and emerging talents, they can rebuild their strength. Xavi's leadership, coupled with strategic investments and nurturing young talents, sets the foundation for a brighter future. It's not an overnight process, especially considering the financial constraints, but there's potential for Barca to return to prominence.

Xavi is not doubt a good managerial, he's delivered Barcelona 2 trophies since his arrival in 2021 and even did that by managing the little resources the club has to bluster their squad, that's to let you know that with the right resources he could take Barcelona to a more better position in the league and even win a major trophy for them, also if Barcelona still had some quality players like they did in the past under Xavi maybe they would've improved better, it's not like they don't have a good squad but it's made up of more younger talents and most of them got little experience compared to the players Pep Guardiola or other successful Barcelona coaches managed.

 I think the financial issue is the major problem hindering the club from going back to it's potential, however with the emergence of younger talents from their fielders team, they build another stronger squad that would make them very great and fearful again, all it would take is time, consistency and hardwork.

[harapan]

It is true that Xavi is not an experienced coach. If we compare Xavi with Guardiola, Luis Enrique or Ancelotti, Xavi will be far behind. But Xavi has adapted well to the Barcelona players. He is not old. And he is a Barcelona legend. So he was able to build a friendly relationship with the Barcelona players. And I think this friendly relationship boosted the confidence of the Barcelona players. And stability came to their performance. But now Barcelona's aim is to dominate La Liga and the Champions League. But Xavi can't do it. He needs a stronger squad. Due to financial crisis, Barcelona management is not able to buy players at high prices. Maybe in the next few seasons we will see a more stable and strong Barcelona team.

Barcelona will improve game performance. Xavi Hernandez is a young coach that have produce both good and poor results for Barcelona, the board is patient with me this season, I can't presume the fact that Xavi Hernandez is an inexperienced coach, I could only comment about the poor energy generated from his squad and the current challenges they're struggling to conquered. The coaches you mentioned have experience and have been in the managerial system before Xavi Hernandez. Some of these prominent manage happens to be the coach of Xavi Hernandez way back in Barcelona.

Xavi did a great job with Barcelona. When Koeman was the coach, Barcelona were a team that almost collapsed. After Xavi took charge of Barcelona, the overall condition of Barcelona started to improve quite quickly. Gradually he stabilized the party and tried to strengthen the party. And now the Barcelona team is considered strong. But the problem is that Barcelona's performance is erratic. The team is not able to play well consistently. The team relies on Lewandowski to score. If Barcelona had another experienced striker besides Lewandowski in the squad, then maybe Barcelona's performance would have been more stable and consistent.

Lewandowski is not the only attacker for Barcelona, they have Feran, Felix and Lamine Yamal why is everyone pointing fingers at Lewandowski alone. He was the player with the highest goals scored last season they should give him sometime to gather himself. You have to also check the entire productivity of the club. Koeman was respected as a legend otherwise his sack should have come quickly.
Xavi is far better injured players need to be back and the club will be in the right movement and direction. Xavi Hernandez and his players are choosing direction over speed the season is long they will catch up.

[hahay]

Ancelotti replacement will be very important in determining the fate of a club as big as Real Madrid and must not be careless in making decisions. I hope Perez makes these two coaching candidates, namely Zidane and Xabi, his main priority. So you just need to wait for a response that really wants to bear the burden that Ancelotti will leave behind. The next Madrid coach will have a tough task, Zidane cannot equate his previous position with now because the atmosphere and mentality of Madrid players today is different from before. Of course, Xabi Alonso has now made his name as a successful coach because he has given positive results at Bayern Leverkusen, and what he needs to remember is that La Liga will definitely not be the same as the Bundesliga competition.

These coaches mentioned are prominent coaches and they're doing quite well in their perspective clubs, what's the possibilities of these managers terminating their contract with their club and accepting Los Blancos offer, I know why, because Real Madrid is a dream club for all potential players and coaches would be privileged to sits in headcoach position. Real Madrid president, Florentino Pérez is one of the good thing that have happen to Real Madrid in the past decades. He arranges and knows exactly what to do, always ready to deliver his club and go for the brilliant signings.

Even though Xabi Alonso is currently the coach of Bayer Leverkusen and plays in the Bundesliga. But in reality, Xabi Alonso is also no stranger with La Liga football because in the past, Xabi Alonso was a Real Madrid player and also, Xabi Alonso is a Spanish citizen . However, regarding Xabi Alonso at Bayer Leverkusen, in reality Xabi Alonso is under contract with Bayer Leverkusen until 2026 and that is still a long time. But yes, I don't know whether if next season Real Madrid is willing to pay a high price to bring in Xabi Alonso, then whether that will make Xabi Alonso leave Bayer Leverkusen or not. Because yes, if Bayer Leverkusen is able to retain Xabi Alonso by increasing his salary, then I personally don't believe Xabi Alonso will leave that quickly.

[sana54210]

I think you have a point mate Barcelona has not had convincing game recently, a big team should not be living on the edge everytime they play, yes it's a unique way of life for big teams to be able to turn a game around when ever they go down but I believe another quality of a big team is when they play matches in a convincing manner and Barcelona recent form is far from convincing I am of the stands that Xavi Hernandez needs to go.

But reshuffling players like Xavi expects now is tricky because it would conflict with other problem they want to solve as soon as possible in terms of finances so when they try to reshuffle with new players who have better progress it will be complicated when their money can't cover it.

In addition, it is fortunate that Barcelona now has Xavi who is quite straightforward and can still bring  Barcelona to the top because if it werent for him I think now Barcelona would be an ordinary club in Koeman's hands. Despite doing it with several loan players and free agent players, Barcelona can still compete and thats very good. 

I sort of understand the situation, I mean we are talking about a situation that is basically saying that Xavi needs to reconfigure the club all the time to make sure that everyone is at their best peak. If you have a good player and just make them play, then they are going to feel assured that they have the position and they will start to lack, and if you keep playing others, then you are going to end up with getting losses one way or another, and that is more important than not.

I think Barcelona is doing that, putting younger kids, and making them take the reigns time to time, allows the other players to see that Xavi is willing to do that, and they work harder to keep their positions, they never feel like there is 100% guaranteed roster spot, they have to keep working hard. This may work, or this may fail, but in the end I am sure that the worst case scenario they are getting some great young generation talent that will be amazing for them.

[Weawant]

Xavi is far better injured players need to be back and the club will be in the right movement and direction. Xavi Hernandez and his players are choosing direction over speed the season is long they will catch up.

I agree it's very true this may be his strategy to get some more time and probably end up with the league title by the end of the season, regardless of how inconsistent his performance with his team is currently, xavi has tried to make sure he maintains a certain range of position such that he doesn't go below the top six so when his injured players are back it becomes even easier to climb up the table and possibly secure the title by the end of the season.

The biggest rival xavi may be having in the la Liga this season are currently adding to their points already and further piling up some more points ahead on the league table so by the time xavi's injured players may be back on the pitch, it may be that they are some good points behind their biggest rival and they will have tohet several series of wins to be able to meet up and this is the only pitfall I find with this strategy except he will be getting occasionally wins along side to continually keep his points growing just before then.

[Rockstarguy]

It is true that Xavi is not an experienced coach. If we compare Xavi with Guardiola, Luis Enrique or Ancelotti, Xavi will be far behind. But Xavi has adapted well to the Barcelona players. He is not old. And he is a Barcelona legend. So he was able to build a friendly relationship with the Barcelona players. And I think this friendly relationship boosted the confidence of the Barcelona players. And stability came to their performance. But now Barcelona's aim is to dominate La Liga and the Champions League. But Xavi can't do it. He needs a stronger squad. Due to financial crisis, Barcelona management is not able to buy players at high prices. Maybe in the next few seasons we will see a more stable and strong Barcelona team.

Barcelona will improve game performance. Xavi Hernandez is a young coach that have produce both good and poor results for Barcelona, the board is patient with me this season, I can't presume the fact that Xavi Hernandez is an inexperienced coach, I could only comment about the poor energy generated from his squad and the current challenges they're struggling to conquered. The coaches you mentioned have experience and have been in the managerial system before Xavi Hernandez. Some of these prominent manage happens to be the coach of Xavi Hernandez way back in Barcelona.

Xavi may not have much experience compare to other coaches like Guardiola, Ancelotti and others but I know xavi is a good coach. No doubt xavi is a good coach and we can see that in works in Barcelona since he became coach of Barcelona. With what xavi is doing right now he will be a good coach in the future if he can be able to transform Barcelona this good.

Xavi is a good coach for Barcelona, I think the challenge that Barcelona players may be facing now is just a problem of team work not a problem of coach, Barcelona still needs good players, with this it will bump their performance.  Xavi have done a good job for taking Barcelona to where they are now.

[Jody.Drummer]

Xavi is far better injured players need to be back and the club will be in the right movement and direction. Xavi Hernandez and his players are choosing direction over speed the season is long they will catch up.

I agree it's very true this may be his strategy to get some more time and probably end up with the league title by the end of the season, regardless of how inconsistent his performance with his team is currently, xavi has tried to make sure he maintains a certain range of position such that he doesn't go below the top six so when his injured players are back it becomes even easier to climb up the table and possibly secure the title by the end of the season.

The biggest rival xavi may be having in the la Liga this season are currently adding to their points already and further piling up some more points ahead on the league table so by the time xavi's injured players may be back on the pitch, it may be that they are some good points behind their biggest rival and they will have tohet several series of wins to be able to meet up and this is the only pitfall I find with this strategy except he will be getting occasionally wins along side to continually keep his points growing just before then.

But more than that, they must anticipate similar things that might happen again in the future. I mean the return of some of their players from injury should be maximized well, and they should make sure that when bad things happen again they are ready.
The depth of the squad that they have at the moment is not entirely ready and strong, so when they lose some of their main players, they struggle because in reality the players who are their cover have not been able to replace their positions very well. Things like this must be anticipated because it really affects them.

[Oneandpure]

Xavi may not have much experience compare to other coaches like Guardiola, Ancelotti and others but I know xavi is a good coach. No doubt xavi is a good coach and we can see that in works in Barcelona since he became coach of Barcelona. With what xavi is doing right now he will be a good coach in the future if he can be able to transform Barcelona this good.

Xavi is a good coach for Barcelona, I think the challenge that Barcelona players may be facing now is just a problem of team work not a problem of coach, Barcelona still needs good players, with this it will bump their performance.  Xavi have done a good job for taking Barcelona to where they are now.

Actually Xavi Hernandez have good approach with his players and there are never heard internal conflict although with some players difficult with regular position, Xavi's achievement with Barcelona its most fantastic after winning La Liga tittles although he still not compete yet with UEFA Champion League trophy. Low budget for transfer and signing top players its not problem for Xavi Hernandez and he was success promoted many youth players in Barcelona's main squad. Its looks worth for Barcelona have faced with financial crisis give chance for Xavi Hernandez as long term contract because he has ability with young player promotion and will be profitable business on the future where Barcelona can sell their young player with higher fees transfer.
Since 2021 become Barcelona manager he was success promoted young players from Gavi, Fermin Lopez, Lamine Yamal and Alejandro Balde.

[borovichok]

But more than that, they must anticipate similar things that might happen again in the future. I mean the return of some of their players from injury should be maximized well, and they should make sure that when bad things happen again they are ready.
The depth of the squad that they have at the moment is not entirely ready and strong, so when they lose some of their main players, they struggle because in reality the players who are their cover have not been able to replace their positions very well. Things like this must be anticipated because it really affects them.

Injury hits harder for the Blaugrana this season, implicating more major players that served important roles for the club, there absence have made the team performance decline and that's not good news for the fans. Xavi Hernandez will gradually get his team back to formidable form this season, afterall his important injury players is returning and there's specifically good improvement from the backup players. Pedri and Lewandowski have return and making progress in each game played. They will recover within time, they just need to add more energy.

[bbigtart]

Xavi may not have much experience compare to other coaches like Guardiola, Ancelotti and others but I know xavi is a good coach. No doubt xavi is a good coach and we can see that in works in Barcelona since he became coach of Barcelona. With what xavi is doing right now he will be a good coach in the future if he can be able to transform Barcelona this good.

Xavi is a good coach for Barcelona, I think the challenge that Barcelona players may be facing now is just a problem of team work not a problem of coach, Barcelona still needs good players, with this it will bump their performance.  Xavi have done a good job for taking Barcelona to where they are now.

I agree with you. Xavi is not a great coach at the moment but he will be a great coach someday. We can see this development together while coaching Barca. Like last season, Barca has the strongest defense in Europe, conceding at least 16 times in a win streak.

Last season also when the regular players were injured, the quality of the back-up players was much different and they often missed passes, plus the winger striker was selfish but fortunately Barca was able to lock in the La Liga and Super Spanish titles.

For this season, regular players and quality reserves are balanced across all lines, so if someone gets injured, there won't be a headache like last season. For 1Vs1 duels there are Yamal, Lopes and Felix who are able to stab into the opponent's penalty box. With the condition of the team like this, I think Xavi will make Barca the team that opponents fear the most again.

[Iranus]

But more than that, they must anticipate similar things that might happen again in the future. I mean the return of some of their players from injury should be maximized well, and they should make sure that when bad things happen again they are ready.
The depth of the squad that they have at the moment is not entirely ready and strong, so when they lose some of their main players, they struggle because in reality the players who are their cover have not been able to replace their positions very well. Things like this must be anticipated because it really affects them.

Injury hits harder for the Blaugrana this season, implicating more major players that served important roles for the club, there absence have made the team performance decline and that's not good news for the fans. Xavi Hernandez will gradually get his team back to formidable form this season, afterall his important injury players is returning and there's specifically good improvement from the backup players. Pedri and Lewandowski have return and making progress in each game played. They will recover within time, they just need to add more energy.

There is no doubt that Barcelona's squad is strong. But Xavi does not have a suitable replacement if any player gets injured. I would say this is Barcelona's main weakness. Apart from the main squad, the bench team also needs to be strong if we want to perform consistently well. Because it is highly unlikely that a player will play an entire season injury-free. However, Lewandowski is in good form now. Rafinha's performance has also improved. He is also able to perform brilliantly. Xavi could have strengthened this squad if Barcelona's management was financially sound. However, Barcelona's current squad has the ability to perform well against any renowned team.

[KTChampions]

Even though Xabi Alonso is currently the coach of Bayer Leverkusen and plays in the Bundesliga. But in reality, Xabi Alonso is also no stranger with La Liga football because in the past, Xabi Alonso was a Real Madrid player and also, Xabi Alonso is a Spanish citizen . However, regarding Xabi Alonso at Bayer Leverkusen, in reality Xabi Alonso is under contract with Bayer Leverkusen until 2026 and that is still a long time. But yes, I don't know whether if next season Real Madrid is willing to pay a high price to bring in Xabi Alonso, then whether that will make Xabi Alonso leave Bayer Leverkusen or not. Because yes, if Bayer Leverkusen is able to retain Xabi Alonso by increasing his salary, then I personally don't believe Xabi Alonso will leave that quickly.

It seems to me that Xabi Alonso will move to Real Madrid without much hesitation. Firstly, with Bayer it is more difficult to maintain the top level that everyone now expects from him (no matter how Bayer plays further). Secondly, Real Madrid is close to building a team that can dominate Europe in the coming years. What is better - to try to jump over your head every season with Bayer or to really fight for victory in all tournaments with Real Madrid? It may be “safer” to stay at Bayer since failure at Real Madrid will be perceived as an unacceptable failure (unlike an ordinary club where failure may even be the norm), but if Xabi is ambitious, then he should try to work at Real Madrid.

[arimamib]

Xavi may not have much experience compare to other coaches like Guardiola, Ancelotti and others but I know xavi is a good coach. No doubt xavi is a good coach and we can see that in works in Barcelona since he became coach of Barcelona. With what xavi is doing right now he will be a good coach in the future if he can be able to transform Barcelona this good.

Xavi is a good coach for Barcelona, I think the challenge that Barcelona players may be facing now is just a problem of team work not a problem of coach, Barcelona still needs good players, with this it will bump their performance.  Xavi have done a good job for taking Barcelona to where they are now.

I agree with you. Xavi is not a great coach at the moment but he will be a great coach someday. We can see this development together while coaching Barca. Like last season, Barca has the strongest defense in Europe, conceding at least 16 times in a win streak.

I think Xavi is great tactician, he reads the game very well and has various tactics for his team. but it's just unlucky for Xavi has to manage Barca at this time when Barca are having financial problem that makes Xavi has no freedom to set and execute his plan properly. the fact that Barca won La Liga in his first season of managing proves what he is capable of. but people already set his standard so high that makes his failure in Champions league is a total failure. I think that's unfair. People need to see his work objectively in a bigger picture.  

[Abu-Naim]

It seems to me that Xabi Alonso will move to Real Madrid without much hesitation. Firstly, with Bayer it is more difficult to maintain the top level that everyone now expects from him (no matter how Bayer plays further). Secondly, Real Madrid is close to building a team that can dominate Europe in the coming years. What is better - to try to jump over your head every season with Bayer or to really fight for victory in all tournaments with Real Madrid? It may be “safer” to stay at Bayer since failure at Real Madrid will be perceived as an unacceptable failure (unlike an ordinary club where failure may even be the norm), but if Xabi is ambitious, then he should try to work at Real Madrid.

The type of team Real Madrid wanted to build in the coming years if they are able to sign Mbappe will be a team that will dominate the entire Europe and they will surely bring more victories and trophies to the team. As a result of that, Xabi Alonso will be a perfect manager to replace Ancelotti because he is a manager who has managed to raise a team like Bayern Leverkusen ahead of its colleagues and make them more competitive in the Bundesliga. If he comes to Real Madrid, he will do a great job because he will meet world-class players that can win trophies for the team if well managed.

[shinratensei_]

It is true that Xavi is not an experienced coach. If we compare Xavi with Guardiola, Luis Enrique or Ancelotti, Xavi will be far behind. But Xavi has adapted well to the Barcelona players. He is not old. And he is a Barcelona legend. So he was able to build a friendly relationship with the Barcelona players. And I think this friendly relationship boosted the confidence of the Barcelona players. And stability came to their performance. But now Barcelona's aim is to dominate La Liga and the Champions League. But Xavi can't do it. He needs a stronger squad. Due to financial crisis, Barcelona management is not able to buy players at high prices. Maybe in the next few seasons we will see a more stable and strong Barcelona team.

Barcelona will improve game performance. Xavi Hernandez is a young coach that have produce both good and poor results for Barcelona, the board is patient with me this season, I can't presume the fact that Xavi Hernandez is an inexperienced coach, I could only comment about the poor energy generated from his squad and the current challenges they're struggling to conquered. The coaches you mentioned have experience and have been in the managerial system before Xavi Hernandez. Some of these prominent manage happens to be the coach of Xavi Hernandez way back in Barcelona.

Xavi did a great job with Barcelona. When Koeman was the coach, Barcelona were a team that almost collapsed. After Xavi took charge of Barcelona, the overall condition of Barcelona started to improve quite quickly. Gradually he stabilized the party and tried to strengthen the party. And now the Barcelona team is considered strong. But the problem is that Barcelona's performance is erratic. The team is not able to play well consistently. The team relies on Lewandowski to score. If Barcelona had another experienced striker besides Lewandowski in the squad, then maybe Barcelona's performance would have been more stable and consistent.

Lewandowski is not the only attacker for Barcelona, they have Feran, Felix and Lamine Yamal why is everyone pointing fingers at Lewandowski alone. He was the player with the highest goals scored last season they should give him sometime to gather himself. You have to also check the entire productivity of the club. Koeman was respected as a legend otherwise his sack should have come quickly.
Xavi is far better injured players need to be back and the club will be in the right movement and direction. Xavi Hernandez and his players are choosing direction over speed the season is long they will catch up.

Those guys were not pure striker. Barcelona has only lewandowski as a pure striker and good one tap at the upfront. You can force some players to play as a striker to replace him but the instinct owned by pure striker was also totally different.
Lewandowski is much more experienced played as a striker. Xabi has been putting felix and ferran as a striker a few times and they were totally flop when playing as striker. This is why barcelona is demanding to buy a new striker as a back up for lewandowski.

Having someone who understood about the positioning is a must but i remember barcelona is not in a good finance at this moment. It was limiting the ability of barcelona to buy the new striker.
This team has been linked to the several strikers who had very big release clause like haaland. I guess that barcelona doesn't have money to sign him through buy him out by paying more than 100 millions.

[giammangiato]

Xavi has done an amazing job with Barcelona, leading the club to its first 200 goals under the management of Xavi. Xavi is also to thank Lewandowski for converting the Penalty Kick to a goal. 41 goals from the 200 came from Lewandowski alone, 19 from Ferran Torres, 13 from Pedri and Aubameyang, 12 from Rafinha and Ansu Fati, and 10 from Dembele.

I think since the assumption of the position by Xavi as the manager, the club have played over 100 games and conceded about 103. Lewandowski also scored the 100th goal for Barca on their match against Atletico Madrid. What Barcelona need now is another experienced striker that will back up the efforts of Lewandowski. But the issue with these star players is that they come in to dominate the upcoming players and some times their performances are not that impressive too.

He hadnt even started and everyone was attacking him, in fact I was saying, guys, let him work a little, he has just started
Now you understand that a little time needs to pass before you can judge the work of a professional. Xavi is good, see barcellona now!

[shogun47]

Xavi has done an amazing job with Barcelona, leading the club to its first 200 goals under the management of Xavi. Xavi is also to thank Lewandowski for converting the Penalty Kick to a goal. 41 goals from the 200 came from Lewandowski alone, 19 from Ferran Torres, 13 from Pedri and Aubameyang, 12 from Rafinha and Ansu Fati, and 10 from Dembele.

I think since the assumption of the position by Xavi as the manager, the club have played over 100 games and conceded about 103. Lewandowski also scored the 100th goal for Barca on their match against Atletico Madrid. What Barcelona need now is another experienced striker that will back up the efforts of Lewandowski. But the issue with these star players is that they come in to dominate the upcoming players and some times their performances are not that impressive too.

He hadnt even started and everyone was attacking him, in fact I was saying, guys, let him work a little, he has just started
Now you understand that a little time needs to pass before you can judge the work of a professional. Xavi is good, see barcellona now!

That may be valid for smaller clubs, but seriously when a club like Barcelona or Real Madrid or Manchester City hires a coach, do you think that everyone is fine with giving them a few years before they become successful? Whether we like that or not, but I think that that is the reason why the pressure is so high in those clubs. There is no time for big mistakes. These clubs want to win titles from day one.

[rahmad2nd]

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Lewandowski is not the only attacker for Barcelona, they have Feran, Felix and Lamine Yamal why is everyone pointing fingers at Lewandowski alone. He was the player with the highest goals scored last season they should give him sometime to gather himself. You have to also check the entire productivity of the club. Koeman was respected as a legend otherwise his sack should have come quickly.
Xavi is far better injured players need to be back and the club will be in the right movement and direction. Xavi Hernandez and his players are choosing direction over speed the season is long they will catch up.

To be honest, I don't take what the newspapers report seriously in this case. In a team, especially when playing matches on the field, disputes or players being angry with their teammates are normal. I remember when Casemiro was angry with Bruno Fernandez who was too selfish. Now, the case may be the same as Lewandowski's situation with his junior colleague, Lamine Yamal. Let's flashback, previously Lewa was also angry at Ferran Torres, who underperformed. But in fact, Lewandowski is a professional player and he will be back soon, especially in the Barcelona dressing room.

Talking about Lewandowski, Xavi really believes in his pure stickers. In fact, it is not uncommon for Lewa to give advice to Xavi. We can also see that Gavi's game is improving thanks to Lewandowski and so are his other teammates. I don't want to talk about coaches before Xavi, so let's just focus on the current Barcelona squad and their coach.
IMO, Xavi is not ideal in bringing his team much stronger even though he already has a competitive team, maybe he needs a process with the style and system he applies. Xavi has to do homework, not only for the front line. however, the defense line too. Well, La Liga still has a long game ahead. We'll see how far Xavi takes his team in various competitions.