Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 124. (Read 127347 times)

Al Hilal's performance against Al Akhdoud above mere victory. They are picking up just where they left off previous season: relentless. But, going unbeaten for another whole season? Even for the best, that is a difficult order. But with their current lineup, the depth, the tactical adaptability - it is not out of the range of possibilities.

People discuss their star power; indeed, they have some well-known names. Their defense, though, is what distinguishes them. Stopping goals is only one aspect; another is game control. And they do it brilliantly. This team is a seamless operator, not only a group of superstars. They understand the game plan, and they execute it to perfection. If they keep this up, the title will be their.

Cristiano Ronaldo no longer moves as aggressively as when he was younger. But if you pay attention to this player's performance in every match he plays, you will be quite surprised by the stamina this player has at his age, which is no longer young. Even at Al-nassr I saw Cristiano Ronaldo always moving effectively. He is always in the area which is actually quite good if there are Al-nassr players who are always quite sensitive in sending good passes for this player. And another fact currently at Al-nassr is that Cristiano Ronaldo's quality still looks superior to several other young players on the team.

What makes me quite disappointed is Sadio Mane. The quality of this player has really decreased and is quite different from when he was still playing in Europe. Meanwhile, I understand Talisca because she has not returned to her true quality after she suffered an injury. But as time goes by, this player will definitely return to being a sharp player in the attack line.

Old age is dropping Ronaldo's form even when he is trying his best to see how he can be very active on the pitch to hp his club out. The fact is that a player like Ronaldo at his age cannot do much for any club who is relying solely on him.

If AL Nassr wants to be able to challenge their rivals and win the league, they need to recruit sharp young players who will contribute an improve the club's performance, apart from that they will always be second on the table at the end of the season.

Al-hilal players always seem to really enjoy the games they play on the field. So they always play quite comfortably and without pressure. And all of this shows that their quality is still far above other teams. So it seems quite difficult to stop them even this season. Even though this is only the first week, they have indeed succeeded in showing the quality of their game. In fact, it's not just their attacks that always have a good level of accuracy, we also see that their defensive strength is truly extraordinary.

The second week will start again tomorrow and the match will open with the Al-fateh vs Al-ahli match and then continue with the Al-feiha vs Al-nassr and Al-raed vs Al-Qadisiyah matches. I feel Al-Qadisiyah can be a strong challenger this season.

Considering how Al Hilal performed last season and how improved they tend to appear this season despite winning the league title less than five months ago, I think it'll be almost impossible to stop them from winning the league title this season. On Saturday in their league match against Al Akhdoud, I failed to watch it live because of my engagements at the time of the game but was able to see the highlights of the game and if you ask me, Al Hilal were simply having an easy game. Like you rightly said, the won the league last season without conceding a defeat and I think they can also repeat that this season even when I know it'll be more difficult than it was last season

Al Nasser and Al Hilal have always been two of the toughest opponents in the Saudi league. Outside of these two teams we don't see much competition during the season. Not only the league tournament, they have another big tournament, the Arab Cup, but Al Nasser or Al Hilal can be seen to single-handedly dominate. However, it can be said that recent seasons have not been going well for Al Nasser as they have been consistently losing the local league by a wide margin to Al Hilal. But last season we saw Al Hilal lose to Al Nasser in the Arab Cup final and that sparked quite a discussion in the football media. Many people say that because of Ronaldo, Al Nasser was at the top for a while, but now Al Nasser's position has started to go down again due to Ronaldo's performance.

I agree with you that if you only rely on Ronaldo, of course Al-Nassr will find it difficult to achieve their dream of becoming SPL champions this season, however, in almost every match it looks like they are relying on Cristiano Ronaldo, but what is clear in my opinion is that the performance of Al-Nassr players is currently not good and of course Cristiano Ronaldo is indeed the best player at Al-nassr.then it looks like he is relying on Cristiano Ronaldo but what is clear is that the draw against Al-raed was very disappointing for Al-nassr and Al-nassr fans.

Mane and Talisca don't look like usual because usually Talisca, Otavio and Mane always play well which ultimately makes it difficult for opposing players to stem Al-Nassr's attacks, but now I also didn't expect their performance to decline so that Al-Nassr really had difficulty scoring goals and Of course Ronaldo is always the hero because other players are less than optimal in making good use of opportunities.

Indeed, Al-Nassr should be able to win the match against Al-Raed because Al-Raed last season was not a strong team because they only managed to finish in 12th place, which is of course very different from Al-Nassr who ended the season finishing in 2nd place. But yes, of course this time Al-Raed can be a little proud because they were able to draw against Al-nassr. but of course in terms of strength Al-nassr is better than Al-Raed but what is clear from now on is that Al-nassr must really continue to win in every match because of course so that at the end of the season they can get lots of points in order to become champions.

Look at how Al Hilal plays, they are so promising with their game like that, it is a very big hope for them to be able to defend the title in the Saudi Pro League again. Al Hilal was able to finish their first match in the Saudi Pro League very well, they made sure they won with a convincing score of 3 goals without reply from the host, Al Akhdoud. This result opened the tap of their first victory this season. Last season they were able to record without defeat, that was an achievement they managed to record. It will not be easy to maintain an unbeaten record for a full season like that and I think it is something that looks impossible for them to maintain. However, I open the opportunity for them to achieve it again.

Previously many people said that Al Nassr's problem lies in their defense, therefore the management recruited a new goalkeeper and 1 defender but it turned out that it could not solve Al Nassr's current problems, previously everyone also thought that Al Nassr already had a good attack line Ronaldo, Talischa and Sadio Mane but for some reason these players seemed to have declined this season even though they performed productively last season.

I think what you said is true Al Nassr should change their coach because I think their problem is because the coach cannot provide a good strategy so that the players cannot play optimally.

A team can never win a game depending on one player. Ronaldo is one of the greatest players of all time. He is currently competing against opposition teams for Saudi club Al Nassr. His age is increasing with time which we can clearly see in his game nowadays. It is wrong if his club depends entirely on him because a forward may not do anything for the team if he plays well alone. In order for the team to win, their team needs good players in everything from midfield to defense so that the team becomes a strong team and can fight against the opposition.

Apart from Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, a great player from Senegal, is also associated with Al Nassr club. He is not very old yet his performance is not making any significant impact in his club.

Of course, it will be danger if Al Nassr only relies on Ronaldo. No doubt that Ronaldo is a goal-machine but Ronaldo actually is no longer in his best prime, he is 39 years already. It is also impossible to win the match if Al Nassr only hopes for the goals made by Ronaldo. Sure, football is a team game, it is not an individual game which can rely on just one player. I'm wondering about the contribution of Talisca, Mane, and Otavio. Where is the contribution of this player? There is no issue about injury or bad things of these players. It is surprising that they couldn't play well against Al Raed. Al Raed is a small team that shouldn't be a big problem for Al Nassr.

I assume Luis Castro has no improvement in game strategy and lack of capability to build players' mentality. There is no much change in Al Nassr game until now. They always play with the same formation and with the similar tactics/strategy. If Al Nassr still keeps Luis Castro, there will be no hope for varied approach in playing. I think the solution is clear, firing Luis Castro!!!

This is Ronaldo last season, his contract will end in June 2025, of course Al Nassr is trying to extend the contract of its megastar. Meanwhile, Al Nassr management must prepare themselves for all possibilities, one day they will definitely lose Ronaldo, so it's time to think about building a club with long-term priorities starting from this season. It has been a major highlight that Al Nassr defense line is porous, they will have difficulty competing with Al Hilal if they don't fix it immediately. To anticipate other bad possibilities, Luis Castro should also have adequate rotation options.

If Al Nassr manages to win the Saudi Pro League trophy, then their reputation will be even better, because what really depends on Ronaldo is the Saudi Pro League itself. Al Nassr management should be aware of this well, so that they can encourage them to build better squad depth around Ronaldo. So far Al Nassr has only managed to recruit two new players, maybe in the future before the transfer window closes they will sign new players, it would be better if they recruit players from Europe.

For Al Nassr, depending only on Ronaldo poses a danger. Indeed, he is a legend, a goal-scoring machine. Football is a team game, though, therefore the rest of the team has to adjust. Talisca, man, he's gotta start delivering after shedding that injury rust. And the others among the lads?  Step up. One cannot expect Ronaldo to represent the team every single game

Luis Castro still has to arrange his strategies. Strengthen that defense and give these players some mental toughness. They cannot fold the moment Ronaldo has an off day or has an injury. Al Nassr must vary their approach to play. The Ronaldo basket cannot hold all of their eggs. The remainder of the team has to show their value and help the club to flourish

Another new club with having strong back of Aramco entered into Saudi Pro League with bang this is amazing result for the club after having first entry in last from promotion they have few good players which can give their best for having good result in this result Al Qadisiyah was trying to bring few big names, but sadly they fail as things were no compatible but now after having start like this we can expect them to have good challenges for the top clubs.

Nacho Fernandes entry in this league is impressive 27 years old Mexican Julian Quinones who joined Al Qadisiyah from Club America Mexican having impressive start of his campaign in this season with this entry we can expect good competition for having the good number of goals in this season Saudi League is having good development and things are looking more interesting for this season as new teams are also giving their best.

Two things I would like to talk about. First of all, Al Nassr can't get any cups ever if they end up losing or drawing against teams like this, Ronaldo once again scored, and he is doing his best and I think he is not to be blamed for the teams poor form since he arrived, they could have won a title if they built a better team around him.

I am in no means a Ronaldo fan, but I am not blind neither, I do consider Messi to be the greatest football player ever in history, but I also believe that Ronaldo is the second best player to ever play this game and even at 40 years old he is much better than almost every player in this league, they should definitely consider building a better team around him.

Second topic is Neymar to Barcelona, while I do agree that Barcelona would like to get Neymar on a very cheap contract because that would be good for business, like even if you do not play him, if he accepts a very very low offer, then jersey sales alone could pay for it, but football related business wouldn't work that well, he is not the footballer he used to be, he wouldn't even crack bench at his current situation, dude played like 50-60 games in the last 3-4 seasons, players do that in a single season these days.

Mane performance has really decreased if we compare it to when he played at Liverpool previously, but in my opinion this is very natural considering that not all star players are able to maintain their performance well after experiencing injury or moving to another team during this time, but even so I see that Mane still has a big contribution to Al Nassr and we shouldn't be able to compare his role at Liverpool and Al Nassr at this time, even Ronaldo, who is a star and is considered a complex player, still needs support from other players to remain the best, this is actually also applies to Mane who actually appeared very impressive when he was well supported by his teammates at Liverpool, but at Al Nassr I actually saw that he often had to try alone like Ronaldo at the moment, I think if Al nassr were capable give good support to  mane then we will again see the mane as sharp as before.

Al Nassr is having same troubling time as they were having in last season things are having no change just because of this we are having no development into their performance after having lost in Super Cup against Al Hilal now their performance against Al Raad is also not good as they fail to take advantage playing at home ended on draw by 1–1 but still Cristiano Ronaldo is having good time he started with goal and keep his record for scoring going.

Attack of Al Nassr is having good depth, but things are not going good as they needed so they are suffering Bento is also having not good start as he fails to have any clean sheet from his early games in this club.

With this performance and quality I am not expecting from Al Nassr to have anything positive because their attack is having no coordination to score goals and their defense is also having problems so they are conceding goals consecutively if we have no improvement in coming matches we will have same result for them while we have in last season no trophy and living under the control of Al Hilal because they are doing impressive job and having good start of their defend with good results against top ranked teams.

I think that the player Neymar has to be given the opportunity to play, it would not be fair to do without his services, besides it would bring a lot more color to the Saudi league, a rivalry between Neymar and CR7 would be great, it's true what you say, as long as Al Nassr is only CR7 it is very difficult, the 10 players have to give their all, they can't play like they have done, they lack is to sweat the shirt as it is, to go out with desire, to go out with hunger, otherwise they will always be second fiddles, they have to change that mentality, or I don't know what they will have to change, but they have to do it.




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Yeah true, Sadio Mane was way better with Liverpool. Since he moved there to Bayern Munich in Bundesliga then to Al-Nassr in Saudi Pro League, he looks weaker and less useful. He doesn't find the suitable place to play in and stressful situations don't help him.
Al-Nassr did require someone to cooperate with Cristiano Ronaldo very well, maybe like Benzema.. This season they have a new team that might be annoying, Al-Qadsiah which is owned by giant Aramco oil company which is trying to get the title or at least top positions. This without counting how good Al-Hilal is this season too.

I see the mentality problem of Al-nassr players as a problem that needs to be fixed. Apart from that, the accuracy of Al-Nassr's forward players is also not in good condition. Their defense line is also not that strong. And yes, Luis Castro seems to have to immediately improve everything at this club. It is quite surprising to see that Al-Nassr is the only strong team that failed to get full points in its first week in the SPL. This will make Al-nassr's steps quite difficult in the next matches. Because they can't fail again. In the next match, Al-feiha will be the opponent that Al-nassr must face. And I hope Al-Nassr can win. And I see Talisca not playing optimally this season. Maybe because this player was injured at the end of last season. So its performance has not fully returned since then. Because before Talisca was injured we knew he could always be an impressive partner on the front line with Cristiano Ronaldo and Mane. What made Al-Nassr's attack line very strong at that time.