Topic: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread - page 13. (Read 651617 times)

Xabi's scheme, which seems to be the same in every match, makes this a little easy for opponents to anticipate. Last season they were quite superior because maybe there was a situation where their confidence was more awake but for this season even with the same scheme and the majority of the same players as before but the difference is the pressure now that makes Leverkusen a little faltered in the paraphrase.

Although it cannot be denied that until now they have only suffered 1 defeat but 4 draws in the last 5 matches in the Bundesliga make it even more difficult for them to catch up with points especially when looking at the opponents faced actually it can be enough to be used as 3 points for them but instead only 1 point is owned.

Xabi needs to work more now if he still wants to keep trying but it seems that this season too Xabi wants to hone his skills to be more sensitive in matters of rotation and balance of players because if in the end Xabi's focus is only on the Bundesliga, maybe now he can play better, it's just that Xabi wants to be like before with the Champions League as a new target which is a problem that is actually very difficult for clubs with the quality of players who are still below the big clubs and regulars in the Champions League.

This is one of the reasons why some big clubs in the 5 European major leagues are struggling right now, and the smaller teams are flying. The big teams players don't have much time to rest, they are always engaged with the either the league schedules, Champions league, league cups, international schedules. Whereas the smaller team, most of their players won't get involved in international duties and they are not playing European football. They have enough time to rest and when they play in the league thy tends to dominate the big teams. The big teams are losing their players to injuries and nobody is saying anything about this. The new champions league format is not helping matters at all. Bigger teams should be allowed to sign and register more players because of the numbers of games that they will be playing during the season. So when I see smaller teams winning big teams like Dortmund I'm not really surprised.

I'm sure not all players think like that and there will be more and more of them - just look at how many players have had injuries that have completely knocked them out of the season. I think that's an abnormal number. Even if they are as stupid as possible, they will soon understand that it's better to avoid trash games (even if they are games for the national team), for example Mbappe has already started doing this 

Yes, we see some cases of players getting injured after defending their national team. a loss indeed for the club, but we can't blame the players for it. We can assume the injury is an accident, even without players strengthening the national team, they can also get injured in club matches.
It is also not wrong if the club feels reluctant to release their players to defend the national team. Because if they get injured, then the club is the one who suffers the greatest loss. Players must also know their limits, they must improve their fitness so that they don't get tired easily in matches that may be increasingly dense with short rest times.

The congested fixture schedule has led to a significant increase in injury concerns, a common problem that most teams now face, especially top European sides involved in multiple competitions. While club managers certainly hope that their players return fit to serve the club interests, fatigue is an inevitable factor. Representing country is undoubtedly an honour and a recognition of a player peak performance. However, in such situations, elite clubs are often hesitant to release star players on international duty due to the high risk of injury upon their return.

Experience as a player is not always directly proportional to ability as a coach, and we can see how sahin is currently under intense pressure due to dortmund poor performance, sahin is still in the early stages of his coaching career,although he has experience playing at big clubs, of course it is not necessarily enough to overcome the challenges as a current head coach, I personally think that if the appointment of sahin as a coach is a big risk because he has not had better experience in coaching before, I personally agree with what you said, if dortmund wants to compete in the championship both in the UCL and also in the bundesliga, it should be for them to recruit a coach with more experience in managing the team and facing high pressure in coaching so far, If I must to choose, I  probably consider a coach who has proven to be able to build a team from the ground up and has a good track record of developing young players and managing teams in competitive leagues like nagelsman and xavi.

I think it's the new manager syndrome that helped Leverkusen in the previous season, he came with not only a good strategy but some most teams couldn't understand but it seems several managers took their time to study his strategy and that's why it became tough for him to repeat the performance of the previous season. Well, I didn't expect Leverkusen to be unbeaten in two consecutive seasons, that's some that we don't normally see in modern football and even tough for most top managers to do, I don't even think Leverkusen would win this season's Bundesliga title though they might finish in the top four and qualify for the champions league. Bayern Munich are more favourites to lift the trophy and it's gradually becoming a reality cause they'll the only team in the Bundesliga that's yet to be defeated, they play much more better and different from the previous season and I believe they'll reclaim their trophy and become dominate in the league once again.

Most of the time, players carry an extra spark when they put on their national jerseys. It is hectic, but most of them consider this opportunity as one of the most significant moments in their careers, showing their dedication to the country. The problem, of course, is the club improving their fitness upon arrival so that they are ready for the equally important matches of the club.


Bayern Munich is famous for having a very strong and deep attacking line. The many quality players in the forward position make sure Bayern always has that option to break pretty much any defense in either domestic or European competition. Bringing in Bajung Darboe from LAFC also as a very young player seems the long-term investment that he is about. More likely than not, he will emerge through that famously effective training system of Bayern to be a key player in years to come. This is a deal that shows where Bayern are focused on, at the same time as keeping the quality of their attack line for years to come.

Yes I think that's true and I also thought in that direction that most likely Xabi Alonso did not make many changes in terms of strategy or tactics, we know how amazing they were last season but of course such satisfying results will not always be repeated this season considering most of the other teams who must have known how Leverkusen's tactics and strategies are when playing, and that is the cause of their failure this season which made them draw more than win.

Now even though Leverkusen is still in the top four of the standings but they have a fairly large points difference with Bayern Munich, meaning that it is very unlikely for them to be able to defend the title they won last season, and also even if for example Xabi Alonso changes his tactics now but I think it's too late, so most likely they will fail to defend the title but finishing in the top four is still possible.

They can't do anything and have to play more matches, especially for players who are trusted by the country to be part of the squad. However, the players will be very happy when they are called by their country, because it can be said that this is one of their goals. Because when they are called, they must have become players who deserve to be called.
Now regarding the Champions League schedule with a new format, it has actually been discussed for a long time. However, we are all in this new format, so clubs and players must enjoy it even though it cannot be denied that a denser schedule will drain more energy too.

Bajung Darboe is from Minnesota United youth academy and he is recognized as one of rising star for USA and about his career he was transfered to Los Angeles FC and if i am not mistaken Bajung Darboe did trial session on Bayern Munich but after that he was return to his current team Los Angeles FC and i couldn't find more information about this player because his status as junior team of Los Angeles FC and maybe why Bayern Munich was interested to him because Bajung Darboe probably will be used as long term project for Bayern Munich but i don't think Kompany will be interested to promote him to Bayern Munich main squad because currently Bayern Munich was filled it with complete players and i think Bajung Darboe will be placed at Junior team and playing much longer in this team to gets more experience

Where did you find the information that this is a record for Borussia Dortmund? You could simply include the link of the source you have been using.

As for Nuri Sahin, being a former Borussia Dortmund and a Bundesliga player are nice to have attributes, but they are never a guarantee for someone to develop the traits it takes to build world class football teams. I don't think that Nuri Sahin is the best coach for the club given the situation they are in. I would rather want a more experienced coach who has developed a team before. Even if it is only a very successful youth team, but Nuri Sahin literally has nothing to show. It was the worst choice in my opinion, but maybe it was because there was nobody else.

Fine these guys have been champions for long like years back but I don't want to know how long or when it happened, the thing is why are they not putting more effort to get the trophy back at least for ones? Take Arsenal for instance, they haven't won the title for 20 years and still counting but they're trying to be in that spotlight of becoming the champions even if they haven't won it yet and I'll pick Arsenal over Dortmund because the Gunners are more consistent than the German side Dortmund. The Gunners are trying but Dortmund can't stay winning for long, that's the thing with them (Dortmund).
I get your point and I agree with you but when you have that hunger of getting something you'd do every thing possible to get it even if it's your last strength so far as you'll get it done. These bad form is a rotational thing that non of the best teams can avoid but when you come to this Dortmund team, they can't stay without this bad performance because it has been with them for long and you know why I'm no pleased with them? Is because they are the only team that was fit enough to over shadow Bayern Munich back then, like they are the only big team to compete with the Barbarians but they couldn't win the title from them for ones, thats just it and they need to do better.

Almost 2 weeks the league will be off. The players who defended the country in the world cup qualifiers. Of course, this schedule is an addition that requires a lot of energy. The fitness of the players will be tested and there may be a possibility of fatigue that will make the players prone to injury. The reason is that the top players who are in the European first team have played with a very tight schedule. Leagues, league cups, UCL with new formats add to the problem of tight match schedules.

Other news from local media in Munich is interested in young players from the United States. He is Bajung Darboe. Reportedly, Munich has agreed on a transfer value of 1.5 million euros. Darboe will move to Munich in January. He came from the cooperation of Munich and LAFC on the Red & Gold Football program.

Borussia Dortmund under Nuri Şahin have had a poor away record this season. but they now have a seven-match winning streak at home. A 7-match home winning streak is a record for Borussia Dortmund. On the other hand, Nuri Şahin's coaching career at Borussia Dortmund did not get off to a good start. But I think Borussia Dortmund should give him more chances. Nuri Şahin is a former Borussia Dortmund player and has experience in the German Bundesliga. I think he will start to get good results in away games as well.

It doesn't feel to me like it's because of the team and the team depth he's not getting similar results as last season, literally he appears to be using almost same strategy and tactics, but it's not productive as much again, actually if you observed you are going to see that they are getting too many draws just like they did last season but this time they have got some lost games which they didn't last season, so if he had changed his tactics, it's very possible he would have been able to still have a great performance because now the bundesliga teams now understand his strategy and are following at such thereby rendering it less potent.

The big teams are not playing their best game and this is definitely a cause for concern. Manchester City Real Madrid are always favorite team for Champions League along with Bayern Munich we can keep the list of favorite team but if the current performance of these three teams can be discussed then there is not much room to praise about these three teams. Real Madrid are losing by a big margin to Barcelona and are losing to AC Milan in Champions League matches while Manchester City are losing to other teams in Champions League matches. Bayern Munich can be said to be performing well in the German league as they are unbeaten in their first ten matches although they have drawn two matches. But these teams must return to good performance otherwise such big tournaments will be incomplete.

Sadly, Dortmund has no guts to sack Sahin, they feel so reluctant to just send him a notice if they were sacking him. I don't know what's wrong with them. But, I assume they fear compensating Sahin if they sack him.

Also, i questioned Dortmund's reason for hiring Sahin as a coach. They should have hired a genuinely good and experienced manager.

Dortmund was choosing the same narrative as what Terzic had back at 22/23, but this is even worse than it.

Well, I remember Dortmund won it a total of 5 times: 1994/95, 1995/96, 2001/02, 2010/11 and 2011/12. Not 8 times as you said. But there have been two times when Dortmund successfully defended the Bundesliga title, those were the 1994/95 - 1995/96 and 2010/11 - 2011/12 seasons. In addition, Dortmund also finished second 7 times. So they are a stable team in the past. After that season, Bayern dominated the Bundesliga for 10 consecutive years before Leverkusen made history by winning the 2023/24 Bundesliga.

German football teams are not maintaining their form at the moment, so what is the reason? The problem is financial, they lose their stars after the season ends. Especially Dortmund. The same could happen to Leverkusen and Stuttgart. And so Bayern are still the most consistent team, and they can continue to dominate the league.

Never huh. Hmm, let's see where I can prove you wrong. Well, maybe by stating that Dortmund has been German champion 8 times in their history. Sure the last time was 2012 but still, 8 times. So choosing these words can't be more wrong.

Obviously they are going through a rough stretch at the moment, no question about that. Many team have problems from time to time, except Bayern maybe. That's what makes the sport interesting. It would be boring when all the time the same teams are on top, wouldn't it. That's why last season was so amazing! Who would have thought Leverkusen would be unbeaten and especially Stuttgart would take 2nd place on top of Bayern?