We are in the second half of the season and the teams I believed are not doing meeting expectations,Barca is one of those teams,they have performed below expectations and if they aren't really careful,they might end up not being in the top four.Athletico Madrid might pass them in the table and it will be difficult for them to climb up above them.If they cannot win convincingly when they face a small team,then how can they cope when they meet big teams.It is clear that Xavi Hernandez did not properly train his boys to be able to play big teams that is why anytime they meet Madrid,they always lose to Madrid.They really need to improve in their performance if they are to maintain the position they currently are.
Barcelona's performance is quite disappointing even though they are still in the top 5 of the Laliga standings, this second half is not good for them and I think that's what makes Barcelona not have a good performance, maybe it could be true, xavi is not coaching the current team so he doesn't give a good out put in the match.
Barcelona was always showing poor performance since early of this season. Some players have been losing their peak performances and i predict that if barcelona can only finish at the third place and this may become the best achievement that can be achieved by barcelona.
Laporta wants him to stay for another season but xavi has been refusing a new offer from laporta and he is willing to leave from the club. Im only predicting that there are many problems still remain unsolved in the barcelona. The limitation owned by the club to buy the new players were making the situation even worst.
Financial limitations may still be an obstacle for Barcelona to grow and develop faster, we know that the previous season Barcelona had many problems and today it is still unresolved, there is a possibility of making Barcelona perform not so well in this season from that factor.
Looking at the game I highlight more on the Barcelona front line which has regressed, you could say it is not as sharp as before, although possession is very good but they do not have good finishing at the end of the attack, be it lewandowski in my opinion is not optimal as the spearhead of Barcelona at the end of this season, Atletico Madrid can catch Barcelona if Xavi cannot get options for their more effective attack strategy.
Lewandowski's performance has been declining a lot, and he is now nothing rather than an average player in the barcelona. His performance is very different compared to the last season. I think that financial issue was the main reason that was also making the situation in the club become even worst.
To be honest, once a club will be losing ability to strengthen its player through buying the new player and it will be a disaster caused by barcelona was always relied upon the new player bought from other clubs to strengthen the squad. That's the best decision that came from xavi to leave from the club instead of stay for another season.
I do like this. Barcelona is slowly dying and it may be bankrupt anytime without any notice.
If your hope scenario happens I think laliga will experience a decline in popularity if Barcelona goes down and even they become bankrupt, we know what makes laliga popular is Barcelona's rivalry with Real Madrid, but one of them goes out I think it will not be interesting anymore for most Barcelona fans, maybe they are Barcelona fans will switch to another league if Barcelona goes bankrupt, but I am quite sure that Barcelona will not go bankrupt.