Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 408. (Read 131684 times)

Al-Nassr is currently hungry to catch up with Al-Hilal. Although the gap between them is too big but they don't want to let that go easily. Al-Nassr's recent performance looks good. They have won 4 out of their last 5 matches and the only loss came against Al-Hilal.

Al-Ettifaq doesn't have much going for them right now. They have drawn 3 of their last 5 matches which puts them in a position. Steven Gerrard has not been able to do something good with the team.

If I had to predict the result I would have said Al-Nassr will win it by 3-0. Ronaldo and his teammates are looking good. They had a big victory against Al-Shabab in their last match winning by the score 5-2. They looking good on offense, scoring more.

Duke

Let me give you a one very very simple example; he is Christian, he is allowed to eat pork, he can eat bacon, he can eat ham, there is nothing stopping him, and probably grew up eating it all the time, it's a cheap meat, and very delicious as well. How many places in all of Saudi Arabia sells pork?

I am not even sure if there is any, but on the streets of Miami you can find any place and I bet you they will have it, you will not go to a special place that has it, or drinking beer, this dude likes to go to clubs and drink beer, can he do that everywhere in Saudi Arabia? Not everywhere, maybe there are some places that does it, but you can literally grab a beer at a market and start drinking at Miami, it's that common. You may want to reject the fact that there is enough cultural differences to get used to, but not for everyone. I am not some rich footballer, but if Saudi Arabian company offered me twice the money I am making today, I would not move there.

It's natural, because in previous seasons the SPL teams at least still had quality that wasn't much different, of course it's different from now because the SPL teams have crazy transfers with the top European players they have. Therefore, it seems inappropriate to expect Al Shabab to be in the top zone in the current SPL standings.

Because even though a team like Al Ittihad has slipped to 5th place at the moment, despite the fact that Al Ittihad also has top European players in the squad . But ya, in fact Al Ittihad also still failed to be strong at least in the race for the title and therefore, compare it with Al Shabab which does not have top European players in the squad. So ya, it is very natural that at this moment Al Shabab is only in the middle zone or bottom zone in the SPL standings this season.

Lewandowski is a great striker. He's still got the fuel in him to net in more goals. He's agile, skilful and his goal scoring abilities are at the peak. Although age is calling gradually but he's still got a bit of time in him to show his worth in the public and projected games too. Although like Ronaldo, even at the age he is, he still kept the zeal on. I don't think Lewandowski's case would be any different, and even though he doesn't offer what Ronaldo offers, he's got alot of experience to offer.

 Let him still use the ample of his time left to do exploits. He's got European cups and tournaments to journey through and in him, there's all that it'd take. Age is still favourable to him and he doesn't look like he'd slack in a few years to come, so for the mean time, he's got to enjoy his playing time before thinking of retiring back to the Arab league or quit football generally.

Al Faisaly Vs Jeddah Club

Al Faisaly Vs Jeddah Club is currently playing a very competitive game. Between these two teams, Jeddah club is now ahead by two goals. In the first half of the game, he scored a goal in 15 minutes and the second goal in 44 minutes. Jeddah club is ahead with a total of two goals and today the support of the visitors is more towards this club. Because many people bet, jeddah club has more chances to win. Jeddah club is always attacking and the defense is very strong.

Al Nassr surely going to have an easy win in this match because Al Ittifaq is having terrible time with in last five games they have only 2 points and score only 1 goal which is surely the worst ever from them under Steven Gerrard which is failure here in this league as well after having poor time into English Premier League.

In this 18th round, we have mostly easy games for the top teams which will give them full points and staying on their current spots as well but in next round we have some interesting games which can bring good changes but Al Hilal is surely going to stay at the top with their impressive run and Metrovic is surely doing amazing stuff for them to have another title in 2024.

I am quite curious about what has happened to Al-Shabab because last season they managed to finish in 4th position in the standings and now they have fallen all the way down to 12th in the standings. Last season they were one of the strongest teams in the Saudi league and collected a total of 56 points in 30 matches. Meanwhile, currently they are still collecting 18 points from 17 matches.

Even though the composition of the players was still the same as the previous season, they even got additional strength with the presence of Yannick Carassco in their squad, but the results were still felt to be lacking. Even though there is still half a season left, it seems like it is too late for Al-Shabab to compete again in the top 4 and with the existing competition, they may be stuck finishing in the middle of the table.

Yes, Damac is having an amazing run right now and Kévin NKoudou is doing magnificent, but  they wake up so late they are gonna fight only for fifth postion or maybe a little bit more, nothing else.
I still remember his coach (Cosmin COntra) as a player when he was a regular on the starters of Rumanian national team.

The better thing for ettifaq to sack gerrard as soon as possible. This guy has no passion to be a coach in any clubs. he was a flop in european club then he is also repeating the same mistake again in the saudi pro league. Im going all in al nassr coz you know that if al nassr is far better in anything compared to the ettifaq. Ettifaq was still struggling like al ittihad and i have no reason to pick it as my choice. It would be so bad if i will take a risk that has a very small chance to win the game. Ronaldo will be cooking it again soon.
Ronaldo needs to keep his position as the best attacker in the saudi pro league above mitrovic. Mitrovic is still behind ronaldo but he is just getting even closer than before to the ronaldo.

Nassr got 1.30 and yeah it was worthy enough. Im thinking this game is going to be another ez game for al nassr. Al nassr was the strongest team after al hilal. Gerrard may not able to hide his face anymore if al nassr will be humiliating al ettifaq.
The decision from the management of al ettifaq is obviously needed to sack him then replace him with a new coach. Al ettifaq needs a new coach who can build the club from zero to hero.
Gerrard has no future in this club.

Yeah it should be an easy game for Al-Nassr especially when they play at home. Apart from that, Al-Nassr also continues to try to catch Al-Hilal at the top of the standings and if Al-Nassr win this match then Al-Nassr is only 7 points behind Al-Hilal meaning the fight can still continue, also as you said Ronaldo wants to continue to secure his position as top scorer and Aleksandar Mitrović continues to get closer with 1 goal adrift. Recently Al-Nassr has played more aggressively in the last 2 matches they have scored 9 goals I'm sure they will still be in the same situation in the next game, I can't imagine if Al-Nassr only played a draw of course their chances of winning the title are getting lower moreover their competitor Al-Hilal has not been defeated, this indirectly forces Al-Nassr to win all the remaining matches in the Pro Saudi league there is no other option.

By the way, has anyone noticed Al-Damac? the club has been playing impressively recently they recorded 4 consecutive wins and managed to climb to 6th place, their best record is a draw against Al-Ahli and beating Al-Ittihad I also saw their player Kévin NKoudou take 3rd place in the top scorers list by collecting 14 goals or only 2 goals away from Ronaldo. To be honest this was a bit surprising to me as I was not familiar with this club before and suddenly they caught our attention, their only weakness is defense, imagine if they had a strong defense they would certainly be competitors for the top clubs.

There is no doubt every player is going with his personal priorities, and we can expect this from Robert Lewandowski as well because currently he is one of the best in this era and already have many big achievements in front of his name specially Bayern Munich and now Barcelona which is perfect but now in last few months media is linking him with Saudi Clubs even we have nothing officially but his age, performance and Barcelona clubs financial situation is clearly indicating now it's good time for them to have good decision which will bring good for the all stakeholders as well.

Suddenly we have some slump in Barcelona performance and things are going on wrong side which can bring some changes as well with now they have the good number of youngsters which can handle this all in coming years so most chances now if this time we have any solid offer from any Saudi Club then Barcelona will do this quickly because they know when to use this all.

Money is not everything and after what happened to Ronaldo at Manchester United during his second spell at the club despite giving everything for Manchester United they were still not satisfied and treated him badly so all Ronaldo wanted was peace of mind and i am glad he found it in Saundi. Peace of win + More money is his reward and i am also glad someone United criticized is doing well for himself and his new club, he is the current highest goal scorer in the league.

Lewandowski is old and soon his career will come to an end and we all know when a player is old they begin to criticize them and so leagues like saudi league, China league and other less competitive leagues is where they go to end their careers because they can’t keep up in European leagues anymore. Lewandowski will be valued more in Saudi or any of the above mentioned leagues he will even earn more money but since you said money is not everything he can choose to join other leagues or teams that will pay him less doesn’t necessarily need to join Saudi league if you think money is not everything.

Most footballers opt for Saudi league so they can earn higher wages because they know they can’t play long anymore so they want to accumulate more money before retirement. There will be no work for them anymore after retirement so they just have to earn more for their families not for themselves.

Al-Ettifaq is a pretty strong opponent but they are not as strong as Al-Hilal or Al-Ittihad so the possibility of Al-Nassr winning is still very big. Currently Al-Ettifaq sits in 8th position in the standings and is far enough away to be called a strong team in the Saudi league. Maybe they have a coach who is a former legendary player like Steven Gerrard but that is not enough considering that Steven Gerrard's record is not good enough in managing several teams.

It is possible that this season Al-Ettifaq will only finish in the middle of the table and it will be very difficult to compete to be in the top 4. Al-Nassr must secure victory, especially in front of the support of the fans, they must also pay attention to the difference in points from Al-Hilal so that they are not left behind. The competition for the top scorer in the Saudi League is still felt today and both Ronaldo and Mitrovic will continue to race to get the Saudi League golden boot.

@hyudien Ronaldo was turned down by every club he had approached and he had the option of quitting or trying his luck in a whole new league which was not even on anyone’s radar and he decided to risk his reputation and it’s turned out very well for him. Furthermore Lewandowski would be tempted because now the Saudi League has many proven stars and it’s getting difficult for many player’s to play there hence it may appeal to him to try his luck in a league where Neymar, Benzema and Ronaldo are playing.

You're still talking about this after all this time where money is money, you can't dictate that. After all, Ronaldo has been at Al Nassr for quite a long time and has proven himself to be the best player and that is also a fact. Come on, money is the goal of all players because without it, no one will play for free for 1 full season. Lewandowski? Why not? he is getting older, his goal productivity is declining and Barcelona is starting to look for other options for the future. Nothing is impossible as long as Lewandowski name is on the sales list, maybe the power of Saudi Arabia money can attract him.

You just need to position yourself as a football player and the answer will definitely be the same.

If Lewadoski doesn't want to go to Saudi due to some reason best known to him, then I guess he would end up playing in a weak club than Barca with low pay. His performance has declined drastically since the beginning of this season due to old age. There are possibilities that Xavi will sell him to another club, and he might be missing matches which wouldn't be good for his age, because that will worsen his performance.

This is why he needs to accept the Saudi offer so that he can get huge pay and still be honored in SPL since he will be able to be playing matches all the time and will have more opportunities to keep adding to his goal record.

Yeah and that's the right decision for lewandowski instead of stay in the club that is no longer need him again. The intention showed by barcelona to put him for sale can be considered as a decision for barcelona to kick him out from the club,.
This must be noted as a very important thing for lewandowski. I have heard that if lewandowski has refused to leave from the club till his contract will end but barcelona may try to negotiate with him to make sure he will be leaving from the club.
Barcelona sees money through selling him to the saudi pro league club. I do agree if he will be leaving from club. We have seen that many times saudi pro league clubs were always buying the player with very big amounts of money.

It's an opportunity for barcelona to sell him with high price. It means if barcelona will not suffer a huge loss by selling him with underprice. Barcelona needs to consider this option to bring the new striker which was still young and strong to the club.
I see this is the only opportunity owned by barcelona. The club needs to pay even better.

Realistic with all players care about how much payment salary with their new club and not exception for Robert Lewandowksi, he was 35 years old and seems his football career about three years until four years later but I don't sure he still has higher values. I think ideal for Lewandowski acceptable offer from Saudi Arabia club and earn much payment salary for his contract one until two years later depend sty with Barcelona hi salary under 50% of payment receiving with Saudi Arabia club.
Have salary over €150 million per year from Saudi Arabia club is huge amount €23 million per year very low regarding his achieving with Saudi Club, he spent more than five years later to earn amount one year playing for Saudi Arabia club. Not late for accepting Saudi Arabia club offer and Robert Lewandowski condition not injury yet I think easily for him finding any SPL teams interested for signing him.

Maybe the benefit is that Lewandowski can be useful for Saudi Arabian clubs because the competition there is not as tight as in the European league because the European league is full of young players who have more potential, while Lewandowski is getting older and his age no longer allows him to continue fighting there. Many doubt Lewandowski's potential at the moment because Barcelona can no longer really rely on the striker, but releasing Lewandowski to Saudi Arabia is not that easy if the player doesn't want him. Moreover, Lewandowski's contract with Barcelona still has 2 more seasons, maybe if Lewandowski is 38 years old he will considering retiring or moving to saudi arabia but not at the moment.

Well, in particular, they are 2 good players, but they are not 19 or 20 years old , let's Remember that in the League they already see players who are 25 years old or older as if they were old, I don't know why but they are like that, I think that when we are talking about two legends like these, they still do it well, for example, Lewa when he left Bayern because he left a very difficult gap for them to fill, for me he is one of the Signings that cost Bayern the most in Terms of power Fill in as a Substitution , because otherwise it would have been for Kane , the team would be very bad at the moment, and even more so for a team like Leverkusen who until now have been very good and who have made a notable difference , of course it is because of the Gigantic Action of a Xabi Alonso who has changed the Mentality of the players , in this case some of the players like Salah who is not 19 or 20 either because he plays for a Liverpool where they see the possibility of acquiring a possible Mbappé who does not want him in the Madrid, although many think otherwise.

These players can and have Always scored a difference, therefore when they decide to leave those teams it is not bad to join a Saudi League that is Taking these players for various purposes, first because they are teams that are preparing their local players themselves, secondly, they are bringing the best of the best from Europe to this country so that they can learn their technique and get trained with the best, this is something we will always take into consideration, therefore when we are believing that the things can happen because it is obvious that they are the best candidates , and would be taking very good players , and as I have said before, age is a very good and feasible option for this league, where they do not give it importance, because these The players still play well, and are in shape, and compared to other leagues such as the MLS , the Saudi one is much better.


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