⚽ Bundesliga 2024/25 discussion and predictions thread ⚽

[pawel7777]

Given the OP for the last season's thread seems inactive and there's little chance that topic will get updated for the upcoming new season, I decided to start this one, dedicated to 2024/25 season.

The first game of the new season:
Mönchengladbach Vs Leverkusen
Friday, 23rd August

Official Bundesliga website: https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga

Official Bundesliga transfer centre, Summer 2024 window: https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/official-bundesliga-transfer-centre-summer-2024-27449


Post your predictions. Do you think Leverkusen will be as dominant as in 2023/24 and will they defend the title?

[Rruchi man]

Do you think Leverkusen will be as dominant as in 2023/24 and will they defend the title?

Bayer Leverkusen have a good chance to improve on their performance from last season because Xabi Alonso remained with them, but Bayern Munich, if we should judge them from their pre-season game already, Vincent Kompany is already looking properly integrated into the team and ready for the new season.

Bayern Munich scored many goals (14) in their friendly game against FC Rotach-Egern and conceded one goal. This season's Bundesliga is one to look out for.

[alltalk]

Do you think Leverkusen will be as dominant as in 2023/24 and will they defend the title?

If we consider the quality of the coach, Xabi should be the best coach in Bundesliga. This means that Bayer Leverkusen will have another good chance to dominate again Bundesliga in the new season. However, the squad of Leverkusen seems having a little change, maybe they will be stronger or weaker. It depends on how Xabi will build the new squad of Leverkusen for the new season. As far as the main players won't leave Leverkusen, I'm personally very sure that Leverkusen will dominate again Bundesliga and win the trophy of Bundesliga in a row. 

[sampoerna]

I'm sure the 2024/2025 Bundesliga season will be much more competitive. Not only Bayern Munich and Dortmund, but Leverkusen, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Frankfurt, they are preparing this season more competitively. Currently the transfer market has not yet ended and there is still an opportunity for clubs to change their squad layout with some of the top players they rely on and are looking forward to buying or loans. Well, at least their first match will take place in the 4th week of August and there is still a month to prepare.
The most competitive club would probably be Bayern Munich vs Leverkusen, or plus Dortmund too. This will be very interesting.

The 2 newcomer clubs that have just been promoted to the Bundesliga are St. Pauli and Holstein Kiel. Meanwhile, in the end Bochum was able to stay in the Bundesliga after beating Fortuna Düsseldorf in the play-offs. We'll see whether those clubs will survive this season and follow in Stuttgart's extraordinary footsteps last season, or whether it will end up in the relegation zone again.
https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/bochum-fortuna-dusseldorf-relegation-play-off-free-highlights-live-blog-27447

Post your predictions. Do you think Leverkusen will be as dominant as in 2023/24 and will they defend the title?

This is still a bit difficult to predict, because this season, Bayern Munich's preparations will definitely be much tighter, especially because they might be confused by Leverkusen's movements last season which made them really embarrassed because their record as Bundesliga winners was taken over by Leverkusen and even They were only able to finish in 3rd place, below Stuttgart, who incidentally won the play-off from the relegation zone.

This will certainly provide very valuable learning for Bayern Munich. But on the other hand, they will also be together with the previous new coach, so I also can't imagine that it will really be overpowered again in the future. If I were to be honest, I would still remain enthusiastic and support Leverkusen, but this will not be as easy as last season, Xabi must make his squad work more solidly, effectively, significantly and stronger if he wants to retain the title. because competition will become much tougher.

[Harkorede]

I'm sure the 2024/2025 Bundesliga season will be much more competitive. Not only Bayern Munich and Dortmund, but Leverkusen, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Frankfurt, they are preparing this season more competitively. Currently the transfer market has not yet ended and there is still an opportunity for clubs to change their squad layout with some of the top players they rely on and are looking forward to buying or loans. Well, at least their first match will take place in the 4th week of August and there is still a month to prepare.
The most competitive club would probably be Bayern Munich vs Leverkusen, or plus Dortmund too. This will be very interesting.

It is possible that we could get another highly competitive season again, or yet another team stopping Bayern from returning to their monopolistic behavior, but then I'd rather not have my hopes up with the expectation of another non-dominating season from Bayern Munich because as far as I can tell, the club are actually making some interesting signing that returning to being the king of bundesliga.  I guess we'll see when the season starts.

[Charles-Tim]

Bayern Munich scored many goals (14) in their friendly game against FC Rotach-Egern and conceded one goal. This season's Bundesliga is one to look out for.

Although, I can not doubt Bayern Munich because the club is the giant in Bundesliga but the goals they scored in friendlies does not matter. Scores are more in friendlies and team do not play with their full energy unlike during season. But I can not doubt Bayern Munich but not because of their friendlies performance. The season will soon start. I hope it would be competitive like last season as Bayer Leverkusenwon the league.

[ajiz138]

Let's get ready to welcome the new season. I ask a lot of questions about several teams in the Bundesliga, one of which is Bayern Munich and Liverpool.

Last season Leverkusen managed to surprise everyone and I started to ask if they would be able to maintain their form? I hope so because it will add even tighter competition.

Bayern Munich had to fail to win the title for the first time after 11 years, they could always defend it. Really looking forward to their performance next season, because they will have a new face in the coaching chair.

[vegasus]

Do you think Leverkusen will be as dominant as in 2023/24 and will they defend the title?

Bayer Leverkusen have a good chance to improve on their performance from last season because Xabi Alonso remained with them, but Bayern Munich, if we should judge them from their pre-season game already, Vincent Kompany is already looking properly integrated into the team and ready for the new season.

That might happen, especially if their squad doesn't experience too many changes. So, they are still solid, and Xabi just needs to improve their abilities in several lines which were indeed weaker last season compared to the other lines.

This season Leverkusen will be in the UCL too, this will be a very good and challenging challenge for Xabi to bring a club full of surprise to compete with top clubs in Europe again. And they were able to comeback with a performance that was much better than their previous UCL.

[Harkorede]

Do you think Leverkusen will be as dominant as in 2023/24 and will they defend the title?

Bayer Leverkusen have a good chance to improve on their performance from last season because Xabi Alonso remained with them, but Bayern Munich, if we should judge them from their pre-season game already, Vincent Kompany is already looking properly integrated into the team and ready for the new season.

That might happen, especially if their squad doesn't experience too many changes. So, they are still solid, and Xabi just needs to improve their abilities in several lines which were indeed weaker last season compared to the other lines.

This season Leverkusen will be in the UCL too, this will be a very good and challenging challenge for Xabi to bring a club full of surprise to compete with top clubs in Europe again. And they were able to comeback with a performance that was much better than their previous UCL.

I don't want to be a killjoy to be honest, but I strongly think Xabi Alonso is going to be a victim of his own success of last season, he's set the bar really so high for the team and you know what fans can be like when they've got to know what winning trophies and being dominant is all about, they are going to be just as expectant of a very close if not more than last season's heroic.

[sampoerna]

I'm sure the 2024/2025 Bundesliga season will be much more competitive. Not only Bayern Munich and Dortmund, but Leverkusen, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Frankfurt, they are preparing this season more competitively.

It is possible that we could get another highly competitive season again, or yet another team stopping Bayern from returning to their monopolistic behavior, but then I'd rather not have my hopes up with the expectation of another non-dominating season from Bayern Munich because as far as I can tell, the club are actually making some interesting signing that returning to being the king of bundesliga.  I guess we'll see when the season starts.

Yes, with Leverkusen becoming the Bundesliga champion last season, it really made a new resolution in the league, Bayern Munich's dominance was broken and this is a very good progress for the Bundesliga. At least it is now more interesting to watch and observe. Moreover, we understand very well that we often think, ah, most likely Bayern Munich will win again, but now the conditions are different. Even now we are still guessing who will advance in the next top 3 race, or who will be the next Bundesliga winner. Maybe it could be Leverkusen again, or back to Bayern Munich, or maybe Dortmund, or maybe a newcomer.

[pawel7777]

(...) but Bayern Munich, if we should judge them from their pre-season game already, Vincent Kompany is already looking properly integrated into the team and ready for the new season.

Bayern Munich scored many goals (14) in their friendly game against FC Rotach-Egern and conceded one goal. This season's Bundesliga is one to look out for.

Rotach-Egern is an amateur club, so it's more of a kickabout and a fun game for Bayern, just so the players don't get too rusty.
For comparison, last year both teams also played against each other and Bayern won 27-0.
All of a sudden the 14-1 doesn't look very impressive, does it 

[$crypto$]

Yes, with Leverkusen becoming the Bundesliga champion last season, it really made a new resolution in the league, Bayern Munich's dominance was broken and this is a very good progress for the Bundesliga. At least it is now more interesting to watch and observe. Moreover, we understand very well that we often think, ah, most likely Bayern Munich will win again, but now the conditions are different. Even now we are still guessing who will advance in the next top 3 race, or who will be the next Bundesliga winner. Maybe it could be Leverkusen again, or back to Bayern Munich, or maybe Dortmund, or maybe a newcomer.

Usually every season we will predict Bayern Munich will be able to defend the title, because they have everything to make them able to win a title. But this season is a little different because we start talking about the tight competition that might happen.

Leverkusen is a team that changed our view on the Bundesliga this season, the success they achieved last season really changed everything. We are more curious about the course of the competition in the Bundesliga this season.

[Harkorede]

(...) but Bayern Munich, if we should judge them from their pre-season game already, Vincent Kompany is already looking properly integrated into the team and ready for the new season.

Bayern Munich scored many goals (14) in their friendly game against FC Rotach-Egern and conceded one goal. This season's Bundesliga is one to look out for.

Rotach-Egern is an amateur club, so it's more of a kickabout and a fun game for Bayern, just so the players don't get too rusty.
For comparison, last year both teams also played against each other and Bayern won 27-0.
All of a sudden the 14-1 doesn't look very impressive, does it 

Speaking of kickabout amd preseason matches being fun games, we’ve seen the likes of Man United got beaten by an underdog team and Sevilla also lost woefully to a team from South African league, so maybe it’s Bayern Munich actually getting on the right track and building momentum for the new season.

[Rruchi man]

I don't want to be a killjoy to be honest, but I strongly think Xabi Alonso is going to be a victim of his own success of last season, he's set the bar really so high for the team and you know what fans can be like when they've got to know what winning trophies and being dominant is all about, they are going to be just as expectant of a very close if not more than last season's heroic.

And a problem that these supporters can have sometimes is that they become very quick to forget that the coach is someone who has led them to success and can become uneasy or insulting against him and his tactics if he fails to provide a performance better than what they did last season. Bayern will be more prepared this season, Leverkusen will not have it easily again for the second time. Dortmund is also there for the competition.

[vegasus]

That might happen, especially if their squad doesn't experience too many changes. So, they are still solid, and Xabi just needs to improve their abilities in several lines which were indeed weaker last season compared to the other lines.

This season Leverkusen will be in the UCL too, this will be a very good and challenging challenge for Xabi to bring a club full of surprise to compete with top clubs in Europe again. And they were able to comeback with a performance that was much better than their previous UCL.

I don't want to be a killjoy to be honest, but I strongly think Xabi Alonso is going to be a victim of his own success of last season, he's set the bar really so high for the team and you know what fans can be like when they've got to know what winning trophies and being dominant is all about, they are going to be just as expectant of a very close if not more than last season's heroic.

What you said makes sense. Of course, Leverkusen's standard of success this season will be higher and that also affects their fans. Last season, Leverkusen was almost perfect with an unbeaten record. I myself am also very aware that to maintain this title and record this season, it will be quite difficult for Xabi.

But hopefully, it will not be much different and can still be relied on for this season's performance. It's just that to maintain an unbeaten record, it might be more difficult, especially when they compete in the UCL which is known to have stronger competitors than in the UEFA Europa League last season. This will be a challenge for Xabi later on how he can manage his team to be more prepared and stronger.