Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 102. (Read 119037 times)

I have been very AFk in this past weeks but i need to catch up with the news in about major leagues around the world even this one who always bring some mayors transfers and shock to the market.

So i have to task right now, read part of the thread an recent post + go into transfermarkt and check what is going on.

We have profits at our ends, we just have to control them towards our dimensions, though it's never easy. SPL clubs have strengthening forces, they will always come out with full hope towards winning. Pre-season matches are probably not important, the odds are not even interesting to start with. SPL clubs are probably tough to deal with. Al-Ettifaq are elite team but it doesn't bring the necessary odds.

The amount of money they are spending to make this league work is commendable, they are really putting it all out there and that I believe is very important, they are making things a lot better for themselves. I know that it is going to take a while for them to grow to a level where it's liked, because even in Saudi Arabia not a lot of people are going to the games. It was awesome at first, like a lot of people got hyped but now that we are looking at it, it's not viewed on the stadiums as much as we assumed. Look at the games, most of them are played at 70% and some are even lower if it's a lower team.

When you are this rich and you are spending this much money on something then you are hoping that you would be getting a lot of people on the stands as well. I am suggesting that they drop the ticket prices, so much so that if it means they have to make it free then they should make it free, as long as the stadiums are 100% filled. This look is terrible, they are spending over a billion every year on this league, and yet they can't even get people to fill the stadiums, that will not be an acceptable situation for them at all, they need to make something a little better and get greater results.

Apart from Al Hillal who were able to win their friendly match, Al Nassr, Al Ittihad, several other Arab clubs actually got negative results in friendly matches, like European clubs, Arab clubs are also now starting to try to test the mentality and depth of their squad by facing european teams which to be stronger than them, what the Arab clubs are doing now is a good step before they face the league which will start soon, I applaud with you because dare to bet on friendly matches which actually have quite a big risk for us to lose money, because in my opinion a friendly match is very difficult for us to predict the final result of the match because the two teams will not field their main squad in the match, besides that the two teams usually will not play hard in order to protect and prevent their players from getting injured later.
I think currently the Arab league is not a big league so we should not to compare it with the current top European league, because there is still a big gap between European and Arab clubs at the moment.

Neymar is a good player, and his problem at PSG was only that he had a very large salary and for PSG over time this became a problem that they wanted to get rid of. There were also some moments with discipline, there were no big conflicts, but PSG wanted to get rid of Neymar, and Al Hilal helped them with this.

The fact that he received such a serious injury is not his fault, I think everyone understands this, and his contract expires soon, they doubt that it will be extended. Neymar said that in 2025, when his contract ends, he will return to Santos, probably there he plans to finish his career.

The SPL is indeed a big league these days, but that's not a strong enough interpretation if they compete against teams from Europe, in Europe they're still in the same class as middle or lower teams.

BTW, your guess is almost correct for the score, Real Ovideo won this match with a score of Real Oviedo 3 - 2 Al-Ettifaq. Al-Ettifaq dominated the match for a while, but the final result didn't match that dominance, Real Oviedo +0.25 is easy money, is that your bet slip?

When Neymar first arrived at Barcelona, we could only guess that the Brazilian superstar would single-handedly break all the records of all previous players. He was injury free during his time at Barcelona and had a brilliant career but when he left Barcelona to join PSG for money, his career began to suffer. If he had focused on his career instead of giving priority to money at that time, he might have had many achievements to his name today. Won only one Champions League trophy that too while at Barcelona. PSG bought him from Barcelona for a record transfer fee, but he never played a full season there as he suffered serious injuries early or midway through each season and was sidelined for the entire season.  .
Although PSG accepted him for a long time, after Luis Enrique took charge of PSG, he did not accept Neymar at all and sold Neymar to Saudi club Al Hilal. Al Hilal are suffering from the same problem of signing Neymar to their club i.e. there is also Neymar's injury.

I think Al-Hilal will definitely increase their number of trophies next season and seeing their consistency until now makes me sure that the improvements made by their competitors will not change any results. More precisely, they will only be a stepping stone for Al-Hilal and here other teams will not be able to catch up with their points again and I think last season's achievements will be repeated.

However, from the names of the winners of the Saudi pro league, there is one team that surprised me where it turned out that Al-Fateh, which had only been a mid-table team, had also won the Saudi pro league title. That happened about 11 years ago or more precisely in 2013 and at that time we still did not know the Saudi pro league but for now if it were not for the transfer of former European star players who did not come here we would never have known this league.

There's no doubt the Saudi Pro League is getting serious, like some of the big leagues in Europe. Al Hilal. Last season they had an amazing run; thats not easy, people. They were undefeated. Furthermore, their consistent pre-season game performance - even with younger guys mixed in - showcases their strong bench and clever strategy.

Like all games, football is one of surprises. On paper, Al Hilal looks fantastic; Al Nassr might catch up quite quickly. They need to solve some upfront issues. For others, though, it might also be a wake-up call. Perhaps it drives them to attempt different activities and adjust their game. And should that occur, this season might bring a spectacular spectacle. Al Hilal is indeed strong, but never undervalue the underdog, people.

Newly promoted clubs should not be underestimated because teams like Al-Qadisiyah also seem to be very active in the hunt for players in the current transfer market to bring in European players. Last season, the newly promoted Al-ahli was able to immediately show maximum results and was able to finish in a good ranking, namely 3rd place. And it is not impossible that Al-Qadisiyah will be able to do the same thing as what Al-ahli did in the season Yesterday.

Al-ittihad should also be a favorite again this season. Because I'm sure Benzema and his friends in the Al-ittihad squad will play better this season. Because they have a coach who seems to suit their team. Even in pre-season matches, I still see that this team is not optimal. But when the season actually starts I think we will be able to see the real performance. Because they are also quite active in hunting for star players from Europe at the moment.

Al Hillal has become the team that has won the most SPL at the moment with 18 trophies, so it shows that they are the rulers of the SPL all this time, last season was the most impressive season for Al Hillal although they couldn't  to played their main star player(Neymar) last season, however they are able to compete with Al Nassr and Al Ahli which are strengthened by many star players, even last season Al Hillal were able to win the SPL by going undefeated in one season and of course that is difficult for other teams in the SPL to do.

Next season we will see a more exciting competition than last season, because so far the rivals have started to strengthen their current teams by bringing in several new players from Europe, as well as Al Hillal who has recruited and tried to bring in several new players to be able to defend the their tittle champions next season, Al Ahli and Al Nassr will be strong challengers for Al Hillal but it seems that for next season we also cannot underestimate the team that has just been promoted (Al Qadasiya) which is also starting to recruit many European star players at this time.

The Saudi league is not a very big league and Al Nassr is not such a big team that it needs a super coach. To give you an idea of ​​what I'm talking about, before Luís Castro became the coach of Al Nassr, he was the coach of Botafogo, which is a team in the first division of the Brazilian league. The Brazilian league is much better in terms of quality when compared to the Saudi professional league. While Luís Castro was the coach of Botafogo, I saw Botafogo playing very well, to the point that they were at the top of the league and looked like a team that could compete for the title.

But as soon as Luís Castro left Botafogo, Botafogo's performance dropped a lot. This clearly showed that Botafogo was performing so well because of Luís Castro. As the coach of Al-Duhail SC, he didn't win the Qatari league, but as the coach of Shakhtar Donetsk, he won the Ukrainian league.



FC Porto is a team that can play and surprise the big teams in the European Champions League. Porto is not underestimated in the European Champions League. Luís Castro was not the head coach of FC Porto. He did not win the Portuguese League, which is not an easy league to win unless you are a good coach and are working at Porto, Benfica or Sporting. But overall, I think that Luís Castro is not to blame for all the bad things that have happened to Al Nassr. Even if Al Nassr hired the coach of Real Madrid or Zinade or even the coach of AL Hilal, they still would not win anything, because they are a team centered on Ronaldo, who is no longer in the best condition but does not sit on the bench, so it will be difficult for any good coach.

Saudi Pro League is having good history but in last few years now they are taking this league on another level with available sources are unlimited, and they are giving their best to have top quality players and coaches because having things like these surely bring good challenging atmosphere, and they will be able to have good improvement in quality. Even going at the top level in leagues has never been easy, but they are doing their best for having unique things and world talk about them all things are working good, and they are jumping good numbers for having competitive clubs for facing world best clubs.

Al Hilal record-breaking performance bring good intention about this league around the soccer world, and now they are having win against new promoted Serie A club Como looks like things are going good for their future and having good consistency for defending title.

There is no doubt that AL-hilal is the best team in the Saudi Pro League. Not just last season but long before that. Because Al-hilal is also the club that has lifted the most trophies in the Saudi Pro League for a long time. Meanwhile, Al-Nassr has only won a few championship titles. The competition between Al-hilal and Al-nassr will indeed be very interesting and will always be interesting. But I see a strong candidate to be able to compete more strongly with Al-hilal next season besides Al-nassr is Al-ittihad. Even though last season Al-ittihad experienced quite a clear setback, I see them making better preparations in the transfer market which is still ongoing at this time. And I think AL-ittihad wants to repeat their glory again. Meanwhile for Al-Nassr, I don't see them moving much in the transfer market except for recruiting goalkeepers and defenders which they really need. Because last season Al-Nassr's back line really looked bad.

Al Hilal is currently the best team in the SPL. The competition in the SPL is like in Europe. There are star players in every team and watching that league is fun for people now. I think Al Hilal will be one of the biggest candidates for the championship this year, but Al Nassr will also be better than last year in this race. It is really fun to watch this competition of Al Nassr.

Last season, even the SPL looked quite easy for AL-hilal. Because until the end of the season, Al-Hilal was completely undefeated throughout the season in the SPL. So if they can maintain the same performance as they showed last season then there is really no reason to worry for this team even in the next season. In the pre-season match, AL-hilal played more players who rarely get playing time. but the results are still good.

I'm more worried about Al-nassr. Because I saw that Al-Nassr seemed to have lost its sharpness in the attack line in the friendly match. Even though it wasn't a serious match. But I see a weakness in Al-nassr when there is no Cristiano Ronaldo. The enthusiasm of the players when playing with Cristiano Ronaldo is much higher. Now I realize that Cristiano Ronaldo is very important in that team. The instructions that Cristiano Ronaldo sometimes gives to other players are always quite helpful. But hopefully when the season starts Al-nassr can return to their best performance.

Al-Hilal's strategy ain't just about signing Neyma. Sure, Neymar's been sidelined by injuries, but the dude's a global icon. A thousand shirts sold in just a few hours? That's not just love from fans. Cushions the blow of his absence, wouldn't you say?

It's not just Neymar that Al-Hilal is counting on. They're strong rivals who give it their all even in friendly games. Do you remember that game against Como? Say it out loud: "We're strong with or without Neymar." It's smart and rough

When Neymar gets better? Holy hell, that's not just a player, that's a game-changer. Al-Hilal has a plan, though, even without him. They have more than one plan. That shows a team wants to win

As usual SPL clubs lose more in these friendly matches as we saw before some popular clubs in SPL also have previous losses so I will not bet on Al-Ettifaq.
I am not saying SPL clubs are bad but this issue is about betting to get a win because pre-season matches are not serious matches and we can take a chance to get profit.
From my analysis the possibility of the match can end 2-1 and 1 score for Al-Ettifaq.

We all know about the history of the Neymar Jr as he is having too many injuries in last few years which usually create problems for him and his team as well, but things were well organized at the Al Hilal because they were well-prepared about this all and their strategy works for them despite having injury of Neymar and problems with Karim Benzema their attack were at the top just because of this Al Hilal were able to secure three trophies in last season.

We can say Metrovic were last man standing for them his heroic performance bring Al Hilal in record books now they are going to defend their title even now things will be not as we have in last season because Al Nassr and Al Ittihad doing good job for creating problems, but we will have Al Hilal at his best because they are using their money on right players and having good results.

You are right we should not underestimate the club from Saudi especially the top club like Al Hilal because they are undoubtedly have great players in it even though some of them are foreign players but they still continue to try to match the level like the European League and in this friendly match it is proof that they are strong enough to beat European clubs even though Como is not a top club.
This weekend Al Hilal will compete again with one of the European clubs from the Serie A League Udinese, Udinese is a club that was almost relegated last season but he managed to save himself and finished in 15th place his performance was not too tough I think Al Hilal still has a chance to win again on this occasion.