Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 (Read 128253 times)

In the last 2 years, Al Nassr has had 4 coaches and none of these coaches have managed to win the Saudi league. This means that the problem is not with the coaches but with the squad. In recent years, we have not seen Al Nassr signing good players. Now, for example, they are not signing anyone even though they are in a bad situation. I do not see this team being able to win any title.

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Today's games:

Al Feiha - Al Kholood (I see Al Kholood coming out of this game with a win)

Al Raed - Al Akhdoud (both teams are terrible but I see Al Akhdoud coming out of this game with a win, although they are on a 4-game winless streak, they are better in attack compared to Al Raed)

Al Ettifaq - Al Ahli (I see Al Ettifaq coming out of this game with a win or a draw)

I disagree that Saudi league is a competitive good league, Al Nassr doesn't need that many great players to win this one, look at the top teams, none of them have too many good teams, put them at Europa league today, and they would most likely miss the top 24 playoff stage, so it's clear that they are not good enough. I definitely believe this, the winner of Saudi league could qualify for Europe league phase, and they would not be in the top 24 at the end after 8 games, it's too clear to me.

The reason why it looks competitive is because most teams have just famous names, in reality those players aren't that good anymore, like Ronaldo can't do much in a top five league, but because he is Ronaldo, he is considered great even right now, which isn't really true to be fair. At the end of the day, we are going to see things change, and players will get younger and Saudi teams will have easier time getting players, so maybe it will get better, but right now all teams suck, some just suck even more.

Matchday 16 should be a very easy match for Al Hilal, they will face another relegation zone club, Al Wehda. I don't see any major challenges for Al Hilal, unless they are unlucky in this match. They have all the advantages needed to win, and they could even win again by a lot of goals like they did in the previous week. Every time they play, I always believe that they can get an easy win. It's different when I see Al Nassr, sometimes there is a big sense of doubt, even though they are facing a team that on paper they can easily beat.

Actually the depth of Al Nassr  isn't a very strong one, although in tw Saudi league Tey have got one which will be considered by many as been fair enough but what I see is that they hav to improve their tactics approaches and aswell work on the mentality,  that too has got some effect on their performances lately,  their coach isn't doing so bad but more efforts is needed if he's aiming at the runner up position because it's looking like the top position may not be achievable at some point.

Yes, I agree with you, it is absolutely true that bringing in really great players is what Al Nassr must do if they want to become champions next season to make the quality of Al Nassr players even better and indeed it seems that currently Al Nassr is relying too much on Ronaldo and Mane. Of course, Al Nassr will definitely have difficulties when competing against strong teams, but if Al Nassr can recruit better players, for example top European players, then Al Nassr's game will definitely be even better.

It's true that currently the SPL has become a well-known and higher quality league since Cristiano Ronaldo came to the SPL, so the competition is now definitely getting tougher, so of course Al Nassr must really be able to bring in really great players because if for example they only rely on these players. Of course, it will definitely be difficult for Al Nassr to become champion.

Currently, Al Nassr has only achieved 29 points and it looks like this time Pioli has to try seriously to continue to improve Al Nassr's performance in all their lines and it is definitely never too late for Al Nassr this season to be able to improve Al Nassr's performance and of course it is certain Let's see what happens at the end of this season because of canbe Al Nassr will surprise us all with his good strength in the upcoming match.

Al Nassr actually have great potential with the quality of the squad and also the coaching ability they have, but for this season, I think their opportunity to be in the runner-up position at the end of the season is closed, because after all at this time they are late enough to be able to catch up with  lag from Al Hillal and also Al Ittihad,  So far Al hillal and Al Ittihad have great consistency and even their are the favorites to be championship in end season, if we compare it to other teams like Al Nassr, Al Nassr chances seem to be better next season with the note that they have to fix their total squad that looks weak this season, Pioli must immediately strengthen their midfield and also defense next season if they don't want to repeat the slump that happened in the last two seasons.

From the 3 matches I am sure Al Ahli can get full points more easily. But in the Al Fayha vs Al Khlood and Al Raed vs Al Akhdood matches, I have a little doubt.
I choose a draw in the Al Fayha vs Al Khlood match, because both teams have the same performance. Although Al Fayha has worse results, this team usually always tries to hold a draw in every match and Al Khlood will also definitely maintain its position to continue scoring.

As for Al Akhdood, in my opinion, is much better than Al Raed. We can see more deeply the comparison of the two teams and everyone will definitely know that Al Read will not be able to beat Al Akhdood in this match.

The opportunity is still open for them, but I predict that it is unlikely that they can be in the best ranking, such as runner up for example. It becomes even more difficult because their two competitors also show something extraordinary, Al Hilal they are still consistent like the previous seasons, Al Ittihad this season they look much better and more ready to go through the league. I am quite pessimistic that they can do well, unless they are lucky enough to see the teams above them currently experiencing a problem that requires them to experience a lot of defeats. But for me that is also unlikely to happen.

A few months ago when the SPL had not yet started for the 2024/25 season, many people including myself were very sure and believed in Al Nassr who were able to improve their performance to compete for the championship title, but the ones who showed improvement were Al Ittihad and Al Qadisiyah who were promoted team for this season.
This draw against Al Taawon is clearly very disappointing for many people, now I don't have high hopes for Al Nassr in the SPL, there are still several other competitions and hopefully Al Nassr can provide more satisfying results in one of them.

You are right, Al Ahli and Al Shabab currently only have a difference of 3 points with Al Nasr. So, if for example Al Nasr loses in the upcoming match and Al Ahli and Al Shabab can win in their respective matches, this will definitely make Al Nasr's points score the same as Al Ahli or Al Shabab. Therefore, the opportunity for Al Nasr's position to be shifted is very large at this time. But I'm sure Al Nasr couldn't possibly let that happen. Because even though currently Al Nasr is no longer chasing the top position in the Saudi Arabian league. But being able to finish in 3rd or 4th position will definitely be an obligation that Al Nasr must achieve. Because that way, Al Nasr can still compete in the Champions League.

Because even though currently Al Nasr has several star players who have made the team name popular. But if, for example, Al Nasr is unable to finish in the top 4 in the Saudi Arabian league, and does not get a ticket to the Champions League, I am sure this will be very detrimental to the team. Because it could be that the sponsors owned by Al Nasr decide to leave, if this happens to Al Nasr. Therefore, I am sure that Al Nasr will definitely continue to fight with the maximum even though the goal is not to be at the top of the standings. Because if Al Nasr experiences a decline in ranking too far, this will definitely have a very bad impact on the team.

Last season Al Nassr seemed quite satisfied with the players they recruited from the Europa League but without them realizing it other clubs also did the same thing by recruiting quality players from the Europa League so Al Nassr was not the only club that performed strongly because Al Ittihad, Al Hilal and Al Ahli also tried to provide fierce competition in the title hunt, they were too confident by only having Ronaldo but Ronaldo was old and he also did not have enough strength to fight alone and bring trophies for his club Al Nassr really needed to recruit quality players to help Ronaldo and the team in order to fight for the SPL title.

Since there is a considerable difference in points with the number one team of the point table and the number two team of the point table, it is said that in the case of Al-Nassr, this team of Cristiano Ronaldo may not be successful in competing in the end this season. Since the beginning of the season we have seen Al-Nassr perform a bit worse than Al Hilal and Al Ittihad and they have not been able to close the points gap even after dropping points in some early matches. As Al Hilal and Al Ittihad are close on points, the competition will be between these two teams and either of these two teams will probably win the league title. As Al Hilal and Al Ittihad are performing well this season, Al-Nassr must prepare well for the upcoming season so that they can compete well with these two teams.

Sure, Al Nassr must have a plan for their future. It is time to think about the replacement of Ronaldo because Ronaldo may only play for 1 more season. Mane and Talisca may still stay a longer time in Al Nassr, but Ronaldo may leave soon. When he is 40 years old, he may decide to end his career as a professional footballer.

I don't think it is enough to have Brozović only in the midfield line. There should be 1-2 more strong & creative midfielders there. If the midfield line isn't quite strong, it is difficult to improve the performance of the defense line. I heard Al Nassr wants to sign Casemiro, it will be a good idea to improve the quality of Al Nassr midfield line.

Despite having football's most prolific striker in their midst as well as another prolific player like Sadio Mane in the starting line up, I was surprised to see that it was Aymeric Laporte who saved Al Nassr from losing their game against Al Taawuon on Friday. It's actually very disappointing to know that a club with such globally recognized superstars like Al Nassr are still struggling to win games against a team like Al Taawuon.
Currently at 11 points behind league leaders Al Hilal, I don't think Al Nassr have any chance of winning the league title again this season but must continue to their best so they can finish the season in a position that'll guarantee them continental football next season

Indeed. Al Nassr must improve the quality of their squad if they want to have a bigger chance to win SPL title next season. Currently, the biggest issue comes from the defense line, there are no enough quality defenders there. I only see Laporte as a strong defender, other defenders look very weak. Simakan can be categorized as quite good defender but he is injured for a long time now. Well, Al Hilal and Al Ittihad have much better defense line, they have strong defenders. Al Nassr must buy some stronger defenders to have the same level of Al Hilal and Al Ittihad defense line.

Al Nassr probably failed again to win SPL trophy this season. They have missed too many points. Meanwhile Al Hilal and Al Ittihad become more consistent in playing the remaining matches. Al Nassr may only finish in the 3rd place for this season.

They're also going to miss it this year and it'll be another season without a trophy. Al Nassr has not been performing well after the first year of Cristiano Ronaldo being at the club. It was only that first year that it looked like Al.Nassr were going to be dominant in the league but after then, other clubs went on to sign big players from Europe but Al Nassr felt relaxed and now they're not close to the league leaders to be competing for the title. The league has changed from what it used to be to a very serious league that's attracting Investors therefore Al nassr have to do something about the quality of players that they have or they won't win any trophies this season or other seasons that's to come.

Al-Qadisiyah football team won the match. That team did 3 goals in this match and Al-Wehda football team could not do any goal in this match and this was excellent for the football team because they won the match one sided. The players of Al-Qadisiyah football team did back to back goals for their team and we saw result of these goal and that built pressure on Al-Wehda football team and that team could not do any goal in the end of the match. Puertas did first goal of the match and and he did goal at 44 minutes of the match and after his goal, another player of that team did goal in this match and now the person was Aubameyang and he did goal at 67 minutes of the match .So far Al-Taawoun is ahead in this match and that team did 1 goal in this match and Al-Nassr could not do any goal but it will come back second half is remaining.

Despite being mid table, Al Ettifaq have only one win in seven home games so far and have the fewest points at home in the league. They have problems especially in defense and face one of the strongest teams in the league in Al Ahli. After a five week winning streak, Al Ahli suffered a defeat away to Al Kholood last week. It was a big surprise for them and this is a big opportunity for Al Ahli to bounce back from last week's defeat. I expect a high scoring win for Al Ahli because their opponents have a terrible home performance.

Because the distance between Al Ahli and Al Shabab is only three points with Al Nassr, Al Nassr is threatened to be left behind by Al Ahli and Al Shabab. I think it could be included in an impossible plan to keep Ronaldo. Not meaning to judge the Saudi Professional League can be arranged by certain parties, but if the two teams are able to shift Al Nassr from that place, maybe the Saudi Pro League could get a lot of people talking.
Al Nassr's goal productivity because Ronaldo and Ronaldo are typical players who must be able to score goals. It should not be about the number of goals, but helping the team win trophies.

If I am not mistaken, before Ronaldo came to Saudi Arabia to join Al Nassr, their striker was from CMR. Ronaldo's arrival made him sold and a statement from him was also made. If Ronaldo is still with Al Nassr and Al Nassr does not win the championship, their former striker will be very satisfied with his words.

If they are aiming for the championship next season, Al Nassr needs to transfer very big players. Because there are missing players or low quality players in many regions. The Saudi Arabia Pro League is no longer a simple league like it used to be. It is now a league with higher quality, more competition, and better players. While the championship fight continues, transferring the best players would be the only good move they can make. Al Nassr has been aiming for the championship for years but has never been able to achieve it.