Topic: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread - page 198. (Read 636137 times)

Xabi Alonso has the opportunity to defend his title again, but repeating his streak without defeat seems unlikely to happen again. Bayern Munich has indeed changed coaches, but it looks like Kompany will have difficulty bringing Kane to success. Alonso just needs to polish his squad a little so that it is fresher when entering the new season. However, Alonso is clearly under pressure if he continues to be compared to his achievements this season.

Xabi Alonso succeeded in instilling a winning mentality in each of his players, so that the unbeaten record they recorded last season was not just luck. The competition for trophies next season will certainly become more competitive, Bayern Munich and all the Bundesliga contestants will certainly put pressure on Leverkusen. Meanwhile, Xabi Alonso ambition to repeat his success is quite large, his decision to stay with Leverkusen shows this. Throughout the club history, Leverkusen have been trying to get to that point, they are used to suffering, their success last season changed history. The journey next season feels even more interesting, because Leverkusen will be in the Champions League, the challenges they will face are clearly much bigger than last season.

The difference in mentality is clearly visible between these two teams where Leverkusen really doesn't want to lose and all the players agree to always pursue the good results they are achieving regardless of how long it takes them. Because of this, they are much more mature and use their last abilities to avoid defeat.

I think Bayern Munich next season will still be the same because they don't have as mature a preparation as they did last season and on the other hand, Leverkusen will be much more used to it after going through these difficult times to win the title. So I will continue to favor Leverkusen with the minimum number of players and they don't need to be afraid of pressure from Bayern Munich who continue to improve the depth of their squad.

If Leverkusen continues to dominate the league next season, I believe we have already entered the Leverkusen time. Maybe Bayern Munich has passed their time, and it is now up to Leverkusen to continue winning. If Kompany wants to succeed at Bayern Munich next season, he should not worry about what the media will say, since I believe it will distract him and put a lot of pressure on him. Bayern Munich is a big team, and the fans will be disappointed if they do not win a trophy next season.


Stuttgart were even better than Bayern Munich the previous season, they performed well from the start of the season, Stuttgart did not lose any of their Bundesliga games against Leverkusen, and Bayern Munich was defeated by Leverkusen last season. That is why I was not surprised when Stuttgart finished second in the league. According to Fabrizio, Dortmund wants Stuttgart best scorer, Guirassy. Guirassy is their top priority, Dortmund may want to sign him due to their current strikers did not do well last season. Moreover, Stuttgart has to work on more players so that if any of their current players leave, they will have the best players to compete in the next Champions League.

The future, Bayern Munich results will be greatly influenced by their new coach and what Leverkusen performance will be like in the new season.
If Leverkusen continues to play like last season, then Bayern Munich will definitely be under pressure again and will find it difficult to win the title.
Seeing how Xabi prepares Leverkusen, I think there is big chance of history repeating itself like last season, but we don't know what the top team will be like when they face Leverkusen.
What is certain is that the teams with the greatest chance of shifting Leverkusen lead are only Bayern Munich and Dortmund because Stuttgart itself will experience decline in performance with their key players leaving.

This is interesting, and of course the competition can be very competitive, there is an opportunity for Leverkusen to defend the title but on the other hand there is also the threat of unexpected surprises.
Let just wait and see what happens, if only Stuttgart didn't really lose their core players, they might also be able to become tough competitors for Leverkusen.

Xavi Alonso and his boys are still in Leverkusen which will make them improve their performance more next season. Leverkusen is still a big threat to Bayern Munich next season because Bayern Munich is still trying to meet up with an outstanding performance to keep them ahead of other clubs.

Kompany is new to the club and that is also a challenge that is on ground currently for Bayern Munich because what if he does not study and understand the players fast, it will affect his strategy that he wants to bring into the club. Making it difficult for the players to adapt to. I don't see Bayern Munich taking back what belongs to them next season, because football is a game of survival of the fittest.

Another surprising thing is Stuttgart's performance, they were able to end up at number 2 and advance to the UCL. Guirassy is one of the players who has a good contribution with 28 goals in Bundesliga. But Guirassy is reportedly being wanted by Milan. Then Waldemar Anton, Hiroki Ito, Chris Fuehrich, and Angelo Stiller may leave. Because they have been key to Stuttgart's game this season and played very well. If they do go, it could reduce Stuttgart's ability to possibly not be able to compete if they do not take advantage of the transfer market to buy some players to repalace it.

Thinking that kompany will not be able to get Bayern Munich to performing well will be a huge mistake on the side of Leverkusen or any other team in the bundesliga, I believe that Bayern Munich will not do really bad because even with tuchel who was believed to not have performed well enough, they still were able to finish at the second position on the table and didn't finish at a very bad position except that they didn't dominate as they use to do in previous season, so it's very possible that having seen all that has happened last season that Bayern Munich has been looking like they didn't performed well enough then kompany will understand the responsibility he's to handle in the team.

The competition we are going to see in the bundesliga is really going to be an interesting one, as kompany will be trying to prove himself to Bayern Munich of been capable of getting them to win the league title a d probably reclaim dominance as they should have done, that will further increase his desire to wanting to win the league title next season maybe he will be able to get an extension of his contract in the coming season because his contract is a short one that may need extension if the team still desire to keep him as their head coach after he must have performed well enough.

Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen side broke Bayern Munich's 10/11 year long dominance. Even last season we only saw Leverkusen dominate. The Leverkusen team was ahead of Bayern Munich by a big margin of 18 points. Bayern Munich finished third in the table at the end of the season. It has been a very bad time for Munich.

Next season, Bayern Munich will definitely want to forget the memory of last season and dominate the Bundesliga again. But it cannot be said for sure whether Bayern Munich will succeed. Leverkusen team is still very strong with Xabi. Moreover, Munich's new coach Kompany is not experienced enough. So I wouldn't be at all surprised if Bayern Munich don't dominate the Bundesliga next season.

A club should not underestimate another club, even if the club has a bad performance. Moreover, what we are talking about here is a club like Bayern Munich, which is a club that has above average players who can make everything better. Regardless of their coach being considered to lack experience, I am sure they will always be in tough competition, perhaps what makes the difference is whether they will be able to perform consistently or not.
However, with the squad that Vincent Kompany currently has, there is no reason for Xabi Alonso to underestimate Bayern Munich. Also keep in mind that they will be targeting something big after they failed to defend their title this season. Surely they will have that enthusiasm which will motivate them to be able to play even better than before. Anything can happen next season, so Xabi Alonso must not lose focus which will allow them to decline.

Bayern Munich ended without a trophy for the first time in over ten years last season. Bayern Munich has a great record of winning trophies, but last season was not on their side, there is no inconsistency in their games, which is why they did not win the league. Bayer Leverkusen, on the other hand, never gave up in their games last season, even when they were losing in the 90 plus, they fought hard to win or draw their games. And that is how they want the team to perform, when Bayern Munich started conceding goals, they gave up on their games, they couldn't perform like a team trying to win the league title, and they lacked motivation from the manager.

However, they only made mistakes for one season, I hope the players will learn from their mistakes starting next season, they should learn from Leverkusen, who never gave up in their games until the last whistle. Bayern Munich's performance last season was very annoying, they lost to weak opponents that we expected them to defeat with a lot of goals. I wish they don't repeat that mistake next season.

In fact, if you check the statistics recorded by Bayern last season, they did not experience any setbacks, they were even better than the 2022-2023 season. Bayern recorded 72 points in the Bundesliga, where the previous season they ended the season with 71 points, the difference here is that they came out as champions. Likewise with their performance in the Champions League, Bayern in the 2022-2023 season only managed to reach the quarter finals, but last season they managed to reach the semifinals.

Tuchel has worked to the max, and I agree with you, it just so happens that Leverkusen are having such an impressive season that Bayern are unlucky. I think in competition this is very normal, because dominance does not always have to last. Xabi opportunity to prove his abilities next season is quite open, where he still has the exact same team. And on the other hand, the change of Bayern manager makes the competition look easier, because Kompany will need time to adapt.

Dortmund, Stuttgart, Leipzig and all the other Bundesliga contestants will probably put pressure on for a while, but I think entering the middle of the season the standings will form with a difference in points. Of course, this is all just based on personal assumptions, and it is possible that Bayern and Leverkusen will both experience significant ups and downs in performance.

It looks like Kompany was given the freedom to recruit the players he wanted and Bayern management fully supported Kompany in building the Bayern team, this was great.

João Palhinha and Michael Olise stand out players but unfortunately they are not in a strong team so these two names are not very popular in the Premier League but I am also sure that Kompany has different views for these two players and I think Kompany will bring in several players who fits his coaching style, João Palhinha and Michael Olise are a good start.

Michael Olise is still 22 years old, this is good enough for the future, individually Michael Olise is also talented enough that it is possible for him to develop further with a much bigger team like Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich and Bayern Leverkusen are the two most talked about team in the Bundesliga because of the performance that Bayern Leverkusen pulled out last season and Bayern Munich who will of course fight back for the title next season. The next season will be a challenging one for the both teams with both looking to fight for the league title. Kompany a new coach trying to revive Bayern Munich and Xabi Alonso in his second season trying to replicate what he did in the first season for the club.


If Xabi Alonso will have such thought in his mind that Vincent Kompany may not be able to make Bayern Munich win the league title, then he better have a change of mind and be at a better position than the last season. He could feel that way but he shouldn’t be too comfortable with that thought and not put the required effort to make the team repeat what they’ve done last season to win the league title. It is going to be a very exciting season full of competition, so no team should underrate the other and play to their best in order to win the league trophy.

Stuttgart achievements this season are indeed quite impressive and even like Leverkusen this season, of course no one expected that Stuttgart could perform quite impressively and even end the season in second place at the moment, Stuttgart which in the last few seasons is only a mediocre team but actually provides a lot of resistance for big teams this season so it is not surprising that they were able to end the season above Munich this season,  Stuttgart will play in the Champions League next season so they should have a thorough preparation to be able to go far in the Champions League.

Stuttgart certainly surprised us this season but to hope that they can do it again next season of course will be very difficult to happen in my opinion, this season Stuttgart's ability to win second place is of course inseparable from the slump in performance owned by Bayern Munich and other teams in the Bundesliga, so I think maybe without the squad improvement made by Stuttgart later then we will see Stuttgart return to being a team that will only are in the middle and bottom of the Bundesliga next season.

This is not the first season when Bayern does not show the best game, this sometimes happens, and it also happened that Bayer had perhaps its best season, but the loss in the EL final made one doubt Bayer’s invincibility. Alonso's success will be recognized if he can repeat the result in the Bundesliga and defend the champion title. He will have this opportunity because it is not clear how good Kompany is as a coach for such a large team.

 I think Michael Olise would be sorted out in little time interval but as for Joào Palhinha, I don't think that will be done in the next couple of weeks, it could be achieved but that would be immediately the UEFA EURO'S has come to conclusion. Fulham are proving so stubborn that, they don't want to let him leave the club.

I still don't think Bayern Munich stands a chance against Bayern Leverkusen even with this additions to improve the squad. I'm not downplaying Vincent Kompany but he is not tested and trusted when it comes to handling a big club.
He had a good season with Burnley in the Championship but let's wait until he makes his official debut in the Bundesliga League Competition.

As much as I'll love to see him do well, he is not on the same levels as Xabi Alonso. I hate the comparisons I see online.

Stuttgart is one of the most surprising teams this season, this is their 4th season after successfully being promoted 4 years ago. In their first season, they were able to compete in the middle of the Bundesliga standings, then in the 2nd and 3rd seasons they were almost relegated by only being at the bottom of the table and even last season they had to play a play off match to determine whether they could stay in the Bundesliga or not. they have to return to the second caste.
However, this season they were surprisingly able to compete at the top of the standings and they even managed to finish in 2nd place in the standings above Bayern Munich as the record holder who had to be broken this season by Leverkusen. So, starting next season, Stuttgart will be a team that is taken into account to provide competition in the Bundesliga. Not only that, I also hope they can compete in the Champions League, even though it is difficult because they don't have much experience.

Kompany must have a direct role in these transfers I assume.    He knows both players pretty well from the Premier League. Honestly I believe both transfers are quite good. Palhinha is a wonderful DM. There are Kimmich and Pavlovic also who can play as DM. Kimmich is mainly right-back and he played there quite many times last season. Maybe it would be like Palhinha as DM and Kimmich as RB from now on.

Michael Olise is a great transfer. He would be Bayern Munich's future on the right wing. Gnabry isn't playing like in the past anymore. He would even leave maybe. Sane is the first choice but I think Olise can create some good competition against him. 

I also like Kompany since he played for Manchester city playing as a defender a few years ago and of course he played quite well in defense, no one knows also that Munich might have enough strength in defense to make this team a new better one , whereas we know that in the previous season Munich's defense line was not very good, just look at how Leverkusen beat Munich with a landslide score of three goals without reply, it shows that their defense line was not so good that they were easily conceded by strong opponents.

I think we will never know his ability to become a head coach in Munich, especially with good financial support and apart from having great players, I don't think he needs a top coach to be able to bring this team because basically the main Munchan squad at the moment is good players. , let's see how Kompany's first debut goes in Munich and see how Munich plays in the Bundesliga, whether there are any changes or not, although there may be usually because there are always adaptations in strategy and tactics. I also hope that Munich management's decision is not wrong in recruiting Kompay as head coach. For them it is also important to dominate the Bundesliga again.