Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 103. (Read 119037 times)

Yes, Al Hilal is the defending champion with very impressive performance last season which even showed that they were able to easily beat quite strong team like Al Nassr, but next season there is no guarantee for Al Hilal to win the title again.
I still believe that Al Hilal will dominate again and play well, but I will never believe in the guarantee of retaining the title, there are several other team who are also quite strong and could win the title.

Regarding Neymar, he was actually not very useful for Al Hilal last season because he was absent from most of Al Hilal matches, injuries were always problem for Neymar and this was condition that was detrimental to the team and himself.
He won the title with Al Hilal without having to make big contribution to the team, but we'll see if Neymar next season can recover and play impressively with Al Hilal.

I didn't say Al Nassr has no European coach. I said Al Nassr didn't hire a top European coach. What big clubs Luís Castro ever managed? Donetsk and FC Porto are not very big teams in Europe. These teams even aren't a part of big leagues in Europe. I mean Al Nassr needs to try to hire a coach who have a success experience to manage big teams in EPL, La Liga, or Serie A. We have a reason to criticize him, he looks to have no significant improvement for Al Nassr. Even if Al Nassr has some big players, he even never won a single match playing against Al Hilal last season. How we can believe him to win a trophy for Al Nassr?  

Luís Castro's career history as a manager.



Source: transfermarkt.com

They may not be a very bad team, but they always fail to reach the target (winning SPL trophy). It is not only to strengthen their defense, Al Nassr also needs a better coach. Honestly, I don't see a very high hope under the current coach management. Even if Al Nassr could sign some new stronger players, they will fail again if they have no good strategy in playing.

SPL is listed to be among the top leagues in the top leagues outside the European leagues. The main SPL clubs have fought excessively for the signing of most talents and these players are from Europe. Al Hilal have nothing to worry about because winning is secured for them following the impressive form of the club. Playing friendly games, it becomes easy for them and winning major titles becomes very important and necessary.

Both teams played very well in this match even though it was only a friendly match, If we have seen that every team that plays in a friendly match only uses a reserve squad and young players, but not in the Al Hillal and Como match, both teams seem to take the match very seriously to test the mentality and performance of their main players so that their fielded almost all the main players in the match, the two coaches saw that the match seemed to be a good match to see how big the strengths and weaknesses of their teams  before the league started, the only player who was Still absent from Al Hillal's squad is Neymar who still has to recover from his ligament injury, the injury suffered by Neymar at the start of last season was a big loss for Al Hillal who spent a lot to recruit him but fortunately they still have Mitrovic who appears quite consistently in the front line, Neymar injury may be a big loss for the team performance but not for their current finances, because when he first joined Al Hillal in 2023, sales of Neymar jerseys increased drastically and in just 7 hours more than 10,000 jerseys were sold,So it is very likely that the sales of these jerseys can cover their expenses when buying Neymar from PSG, because Al Hillal is a team that has a very large fan base in the Arab Super League.

I am not in a position to defend Neymar, it's just that the incident in that match injured Neymar. I am pretty sure that no player wants an injury problem to hinder them, let alone require an indefinite rest. In addition to potentially affecting their performance after recovering, for some players their positions will be replaced by other players. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for players who experience long-term injuries to have difficulty improving their performance after recovering and joining their team. In the end, their careers gradually fade. In Neymar's case, he suffered a lot of injuries. He often got hard tackles from opposing defenders to stop him, that's the risk of players who dribble too often.

As for the Al Hilal vs Como match, this match is a friendly match.
The result of this match does not determine anything. For me, this match is a series of pre-season matches that both teams do before the campaign starts. Regardless of the plans of each coach, whether it's for team fitness, and experimenting with what they plan. Previously, Al Hilal was defeated by a team from the South African League, this result also had no effect on them. However, it can be a study for Jorge Jesus to correct the shortcomings of his squad. Back to the discussion of Neymar, if he is scheduled to fully recover. We will see his action with Al Hilal again. That is, if the scenario is that Al Hilal does not release him.

Well, that's what I mean and we know that Al-Hilal is not a team that relies on star players for performance issues. The proof is that they can still beat European teams that are being promoted to the main division and here we can see that in fact the comparison of Al-Hilal's quality with European teams is not much different.

So, Neymar is like a club icon and with expensive purchases and big salaries, of course it won't bother him even if he doesn't play. But sometimes Neymar also has to feel embarrassed towards the team that paid him and I hope he can focus on recovering soon considering that he has spent one season for free and has never even been on the bench. His contract with Al-Hilal has one season left and I think if his name is still profitable for Al-Hilal then he will be extended again.

Anyway, congratulations on your winning bet.

If Al Hillal previous goal was to recruit Neymar to strengthen their squad, Al Hillal should have realized that Neymar had a long history of injuries throughout his career, so I personally see the recruitment of Neymar as nothing more than a commercial goal to attract fans and also increase Al Hillal jersey sale all this time, if you reflect on the incident that Dortmund almost canceled the recruitment of Guirassy some time ago just because of the history of injuries he had experienced of course when Neymar did the medical test on Al Hillal they also would have realized that there was a history of injuries that were a risk for Al Hillal if they future to sign Neymar, but in fact Al Hillal still continues to sign Neymar with all the possible risks involved and in fact last season Neymar didn't have a big contribution to the team,  I think they tend to see Neymar popularity as a good business to increase the popularity and also the team's income in terms of sales of jerseys, knick-knacks and merchandise related to Neymar so far for club income.

Not only Al Hilal who take advantage of the fame of star players but Al Nassr, Al Ittihad and also Al Ahli also do the same thing so that the names of these clubs are in football news and can increase their popularity, even though Neymar is injured it does not make Al Hilal lose at all because they are still performing strongly in the SPL and if they do not use Neymar, consider that they bought this player only as a promotion for Al Hilal.

Jorge Jesus is a coach who has a lot of experience and many achievements so it is natural that Al Hilal achieves impressive results when trained by this coach, I think next season Al Hilal will still be a strong competitor for other clubs because most likely Neymar will also play and the combination of Aleksander Mitrovic and Neymar will make Al Hilal's attack line even sharper.

Btw yesterday Al Hilal played against one of the newly promoted clubs in Serie A but Al Hilal was able to beat them, this is good news for SPL clubs that they are not only strong against clubs in their own league, I think SPL will soon become a competitive league.

The vulnerability of Neymar Jr to injuries is stationed high and there'd everything to worry about him. He was once in his prime and have played for elite clubs, Santos, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain. Moving to SPL was a good choice for him although him been sidelined is just coincidence on injuries sustained on the pitch. Neymar Jr is potential talent, more reason why Al Hilal signed him was because of his extreme influence on social media and also his spectacular stats.

With or without Neymar, Al Hilal are not affected, their possible strength relies on the coach and the availability of players. The team stand out to be competitive and strong enough to withstand pressuring momentum from oppositions. Al Hilal will dive into actions in the new season, no relenting efforts but collective football style is obtained.

I mean Neymar missed a total of 60+ games in the last 3 seasons, that should tell you what kind of player he is about injury. However, he seems like he is ready and not injured anymore so he will be ready to play during the season.

I cannot say if he will play many games or not, maybe he will return back and he is going to have some trouble again, or maybe he will not return and he is going to have trouble again and get injured on few games he plays, which isn't really unlike him. They knew this when they signed him, they paid way too much money for him and not considering injury wasn't a possibility for them, they knew that and I am sure that they are aware of the fact that he may never even come back again, he basically lost football in his mind already.

What I am guessing is that he is only there for image rights and marketing and all that, the point of spending this much money on football by Saudi Arabia is that they are trying to make a new face, they are doing a lot of improvements in progressive way politically, getting closer to Europe, I am sure they will get even closer, but also we need to see that they are doing marketing, Neymar could be a great deal about that one without an issue.

A professional team will never depend on just one player because football is not a one man game. But by strengthening every position of a team, if someone like Neymar is placed in the attacking position, then it goes without saying that the performance of that team increases much more than before. Knowing that Neymar could get injured, Al Hilal signed Neymar to their club, but as always, Neymar was sidelined for the entire season due to injuries. Saudi club Al Hilal paid exorbitant salary to get Neymar for the whole season. If this club wanted, they could have released Neymar this season but they didn't do that, they have faith in Neymar again and they are waiting for Neymar to come

Before joining Al Hilal, Neymar had often suffered injuries which of course were detrimental to the club he was playing for and also detrimental to his own physical condition. However, Al Hilal didn't care about Neymar's condition at that time, because Al Hilal thought Neymar could increase his popularity very well. So in that way, Al Hilal brought in Neymar with all the risks that had to be faced. So with Neymar's current injury, Al Hilal actually has to bear the risk because they dare to bring in Neymar, who is often injured. So right now we can't blame Neymar completely. Because the point is, when last season Neymar received a very big offer from Al Hilal, he obviously couldn't refuse it, because it was very profitable for him. So for now Al Hilal just needs to be a little patient waiting for Neymar to recover from his injury. Then, if next season Neymar has not fully recovered from his injury, releasing Neymar is indeed the option that Al Hilal must choose. Because if it's like that, Neymar no longer has any hope of becoming a footballer. So, if something like that happens then your opinion is correct, friend, that Neymar should really retire and spend the rest of his life with his family. Because if forced, Neymar will definitely get injured again and his physical condition will get worse. But to be honest, I personally still really miss Neymar's game, so I will continue to pray that Neymar can recover quickly from his injury and return to playing football. And according to reports, Neymar will recover in August or September. Hopefully that's true.

Neymar only played a few times for Al-Hilal when he first arrived at this club. It was truly a shame that he had to suffer a serious injury while defending his national team at that time. And yes, this means Al-hilal only has to rely on their existing players. But the results are very good. because last season Al-hilal really showed a clear difference in strength between their club and other clubs in the SPL. Even Al-Nassr was unable to defeat them. Now I'm curious whether Neymar's return will make this team even stronger or will it be the same. But I'm still more interested in seeing Neymar play. And I want to see this player meet Cristiano Ronaldo or Benzema.

And speaking of Benzema, it looks like he will play more comfortably in the coming season. Because now the Al-ittihad coach is a coach who has also worked with him. So a good relationship will be established this time between Benzema and the coach.

Yes you are right Al Hilal are the current champions of the Saudi Pro League. Maybe they will have a good time next season even go undefeated and win the title again. After leaving the PSG club, Neymar Jr. joined the Saudi League club Al Hilal. However, he did not make any significant performances after joining the club. Soon after joining the club, he suffered an injury and kept himself out of football for a few months. Now that he is fully healthy and his fitness is correct let's see how well he can perform in the next matches for Al Hilal. Already his team Al Hilal is one of the best teams in the Saudi Professional League and they have played well against their opponents in every match.

I also think that Al-hilal could still have the potential to become an unbeatable team again in the coming season. If we talk about the strength between having Neymar and not being at the Al-Hilal club, I think it feels the same. It's just that of course I would be more interested if Neymar returned to playing. Jorge Jesus is indeed a reliable coach. He is able to make very mature strategies. He is able to maintain strong stability in all AL-hilal lines. So apart from being a very strong team when attacking, Al-Hilal is also strong in defense. Mitrovic is the player who contributed the most to Al-Hilal last season. And somehow I think this player will still be a mainstay even after Neymar comes back to the field. Because of course Neymar will not immediately return to his best performance after suffering a long injury. It definitely needs adjustment and that takes time.

Neymar's return is an important event for Al Hilal. His 9-month absence from football will require him to be with the team for a while longer to adapt, but the important thing is that he is back. Neymar is a player with highly developed individual skills. Although the injury has worn him down, now it is time for the show. We will watch his magnificent games this year. Neymar is a quality player and we need to watch him again.

I personally also didn't think that Luis Castro's troops in the pre-season match had not been able to win the match even though Talisca and Sadio Mane were playing. Yes, by looking at this I saw that Cristiano Ronaldo was really needed to strengthen the Al-Nassr team because of course if we look at the friendly match of course we saw Al-nassr appear disappointing without Ronaldo.

However, if I look at this pre-season match, what comes to my mind is that Al-Nassr will certainly encounter difficulties when the next SPL season arrives because Al-Nassr's performance has not improved. But of course it is possible that in this pre-season match, Luis Castro did not emphasize that his players should not play optimally with the aim of preventing any of his players from getting injured.

Yes, Al-Nassr's weakness is at the back and of course if Al-Nassr can improve its back line it will certainly make Al-Nassr strong and will definitely be ready to compete with Jorge Jesus' troops. Yes, we'll see what happens with Al-Nassr in the coming season, but what is certain is that Luis Castro has to fix everything and train his men to be even better and we'll also see if there is a difference when Ronaldo returns to play, whether there is a difference or not. However, I am sure that when Ronaldo returns, Al-Nassr will definitely have the potential to revive its strength again.

Neymar has regained his full fitness and is set to perform for Al Hilal once again. This is great news and will further cement the reputation of being the toughest team in the Saudi Pro League. Not only that, the Brazilian team has performed very poorly in the absence of Neymar, especially this Copa America is the biggest proof. 
So if Neymar starts to perform then surely Al Hilal team will roar like before. And Brazil team will also perform well because they are losing with any team. I think if Neymar joins Brazil team, Brazil team will come back to life.

Saudi Pro League is not easy as it appears, it involves a whole lot of competitive strength and weigh out of the picture for those clubs that are vulnerable. The Knights of Najd are not wasting any time, they're doing everything within their strength to ensure they grabbed significant winnings. It's very important for them and the supporters, even though it means adding new players and making more accounting recordings. Al Nassr will build their club to become strong enough so they could easily compete with Al Hilal.

Definitely, the league needed to be publicized and they knew bringing in as many stars as possible would take them to some level and it did. They wanted to add the likes of Mbappe as well but it will be difficult to bring in young players than it will be for older ones m, Neymar had already spent quite some time in Europe and he was near his retirement days already so it was easier to bring him.

Neymar was probably useless throughout last season, spending so much money on him but added nothing to their success, i believe publicity was the only he offered them.

Al Nassr are not doing badly, they are playing well they were just probably not as good as Al Hilal because they still had defense issues which i believe if they are able to strengthen their defense they should be able to challenge Al Hilal. The coach has done his best and I don’t think it’s his fault, he should be given another chance to improve his team before signing a new coach.