Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[borovichok]

So Steven Gerard only reaching1 point against the last team and the worst one of the league? Plus in home condition?. I dont really know why they dont expell him from the charge of main coach.

They have 4 super higg level players, Jordan Henderson, Wijnaldum, Dembele, and Gray, you cant do this bad with that names.

A club can only survived when there's presence of unity and there's definitely experience players that can enchanced the capacity of a club. Quality players in the club doesn't spike the reason that a club will do better, rather we should examine how a club can be able to perform, rather than the presence of overrated actions. Steven Gerrard have poor stats but it had become very obvious because there's certainly nothing improving about the club. Steven Gerrard knows how to manage his club and have become one of the young managers to lead his club to glory.

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[Leviathan.007]

Since Al Hilal hired Neymar they couldn't use this player a lot and he was mostly injured.
Even during the summer when Neyamr joined Al Hilal he was injured and couldn't help the team, that's why they are even about to see another player and spend even more money on another player to take his place.
However, even without Neymar Al Hilal has perfect performance, they are currently at the top of the table with a huge gap.
They want now to hire Junya Ito the Japanese player of Reims, but he is still under contract with his team until 2026.

[bitvalak]

So again Cristiano Ronaldo scoring by two penalties and becoming the top goal scorer of the year, from one side amazing to se him still in the high performance, but in the other hand i can see a ton of memes of him and the penalty love with him.

About the yesterday game was a really good one for Al Nassr, it was not a easy one and they do all to make it look easy.

Unfortunately, pure goals and penalties are both counted as valid goals and add to Cristiano Ronaldo's total goals.
Al Nassr created many opportunities and resulted in goals, which means they are now able to reduce the goal difference with the top of the standings.
Currently Al Hilal has 50 points from 18 matches, and Al Nassr has 43 points from 18 matches. Only 7 matches apart, this is still very possible to achieve.

Today Al Hilal will compete against Al Feiha ranked 11th in the standings. Of course, Al Hilal is favored to win in order to maintain the point difference until the end of the season.

[temple]

So again Cristiano Ronaldo scoring by two penalties and becoming the top goal scorer of the year, from one side amazing to se him still in the high performance, but in the other hand i can see a ton of memes of him and the penalty love with him.

About the yesterday game was a really good one for Al Nassr, it was not a easy one and they do all to make it look easy.

Unfortunately, pure goals and penalties are both counted as valid goals and add to Cristiano Ronaldo's total goals.
Al Nassr created many opportunities and resulted in goals, which means they are now able to reduce the goal difference with the top of the standings.
Currently Al Hilal has 50 points from 18 matches, and Al Nassr has 43 points from 18 matches. Only 7 matches apart, this is still very possible to achieve.

Today Al Hilal will compete against Al Feiha ranked 11th in the standings. Of course, Al Hilal is favored to win in order to maintain the point difference until the end of the season.

I guess different people have a different opinion about this penalty stuff and I know that someone needs strong nerves to score all those penalties, but it is kind of deflective if the goal scorer of the year scores more than one third of his goals from the penalty spot. It is part of the game, but I think if in the end there are two guys competing with each other for the top scorer award, I respect the one more with less or no penalties. However, as it looks at the moment, several of the players being at the top of the list also have a lot of goals scored by penalties.

[SATWAT]

Since Al Hilal hired Neymar they couldn't use this player a lot and he was mostly injured.
Even during the summer when Neyamr joined Al Hilal he was injured and couldn't help the team, that's why they are even about to see another player and spend even more money on another player to take his place.
However, even without Neymar Al Hilal has perfect performance, they are currently at the top of the table with a huge gap.
They want now to hire Junya Ito the Japanese player of Reims, but he is still under contract with his team until 2026.

There is no doubt about their strength and performance even they lost Neymar Jr due to injury and their current form is clearly showing they don't need any new player but for the backup they are jumping for this Japan player because injury with any player can create problems for them so they don't want to take any risk and want to have good player into their squad for the rest of the season.
Junya Ito is currently under contract of Riems which is in middle of the Ligue 1 their performance is good, and they can do much better in coming days but if they have good offer then surely they can go ahead with this move because he is going to stay until end of 2026 as he has 3 years contract with expendable for more seasons depend on his performance.

[Oluwa-btc]

So Steven Gerard only reaching1 point against the last team and the worst one of the league? Plus in home condition?. I dont really know why they dont expell him from the charge of main coach.

They have 4 super higg level players, Jordan Henderson, Wijnaldum, Dembele, and Gray, you cant do this bad with that names.

Just like the name Wayne Rooney, you'll have to understand that he is not a good coach and has nothing much to offer. The club he's managing should access the situation and do something better.
Take a look back at how he did with Aston Villa, you cannot tell me he is a good tactician. Some of these legends are stubborn. Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard are all flops, they should work with sound coaches to get experience. Take a good look at Mikel Arteta, he worked with Pep Guardiola and learnt a lot.

Jordan Henderson and Wijnaldum are all dead woods. Liverpool already made good use of the energy they have. Let's hope he brings in improvements otherwise, Crap!!

[Leviathan.007]

Saudis are once again trying to hire another player from the top European teams and this time they target Napoli.
Al-Shabab is trying to hire Matteo Politano and they sent an offer for this Italian player of Napoli to buy this player during the winter but Matteo Politano rejected the offer.
Matteo Politano couldn't have a good performance recently, however during the time when Luciano Spalletti was working in Napoli he had an effective role in this team.
Now it seems he still hopes to get back into good form and that's why he rejected an offer from Al-Shabab.

[TelolettOm]

Al Feiha vs Al Hilal

Al Hilal was very strong this season and they were very often to win with big scores at Saudi Pro League and it proven from their statistics during this season that Al Hilal has total 57 goals and only conceded 9 goals and from 5 recent matches Al Hilal has scores 23 goals and gets 4 cleansheet so it's clearly they have good balanced to attack and defense and about their opponent Al feiha this team is not in the good shape because from 6 matches at Saudi Pro League they only get 1 win

If we see from head to head statistics indeed both teams can able to beat each other but this season is totally different because Al Hilal was unstoppable at Saudi Pro League and seems this could be easy match for them

It will be an easy match for Al Hilal. Just look at the stats of the last 4 matches of Al Feiha, they got all the loses in every match. It seems impossible that Al Feiha to steal points from Al Hilal. Al Hilal stats looks too perfect, they never got a lose. There is no team that can win against Al Hilal, even Al Nassr got a defeat against Al Hilal.

The number of goals made by Al Hilal is very impressive. It is surely because Al Hilal has Aleksandar Mitrovic who played very productive in scoring. He already scored 16 goals in SPL and 5 goals in ACL. It is a great season for Aleksandar Mitrovic, he is competing for the top scorer status with Ronaldo now. 

[mammusu]

So Steven Gerard only reaching1 point against the last team and the worst one of the league? Plus in home condition?. I dont really know why they dont expell him from the charge of main coach.

They have 4 super higg level players, Jordan Henderson, Wijnaldum, Dembele, and Gray, you cant do this bad with that names.

Just like the name Wayne Rooney, you'll have to understand that he is not a good coach and has nothing much to offer. The club he's managing should access the situation and do something better.
Take a look back at how he did with Aston Villa, you cannot tell me he is a good tactician. Some of these legends are stubborn. Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard are all flops, they should work with sound coaches to get experience. Take a good look at Mikel Arteta, he worked with Pep Guardiola and learnt a lot.

Jordan Henderson and Wijnaldum are all dead woods. Liverpool already made good use of the energy they have. Let's hope he brings in improvements otherwise, Crap!!

Steven Gerrard seems to have a lot to learn from Arteta because so far he is not skilled enough in formulating tactics to bring Al ettifaq to victory. Let's say that when Gerrard was with Aston Villa, it might have been quite difficult for him because he was competing in building a team in the world's best league. But now he is coaching a team in an easy league, but Gerrard still hasn't succeeded in bringing progress to the team he coaches.

Well, maybe Gerrard lacks experience and of course that is quite appropriate for his coaching status because he really failed to utilize the quality of his players. Indeed, Henderson has experienced a setback in his performance, but I think he can help the team with his experience and it's just that the coach this season has not been able to organize a good strategy to lead them to victory.

[OcTradism]

Since Al Hilal hired Neymar they couldn't use this player a lot and he was mostly injured.
Even during the summer when Neyamr joined Al Hilal he was injured and couldn't help the team, that's why they are even about to see another player and spend even more money on another player to take his place.
However, even without Neymar Al Hilal has perfect performance, they are currently at the top of the table with a huge gap.
They want now to hire Junya Ito the Japanese player of Reims, but he is still under contract with his team until 2026.

They can break the contract and pay fee if they really want to have the player. Junya Ito is a very talented player from Japan and we already see what Kaoru Mitoma can do in Premier League with Brighton. Junya Ito also shown himself well with his national team in World Cup 2022 and at lower levels like in Saudi Professional League, I don't think he will get big problems to play in Saudi Arabia.

He also had good experience with Asian football by playing for Japanese clubs and his national team many years. Al Hilal will have to convince the player and it is most important to make this transfer happens. Maybe Junya does not want money but want to achieve something for his career. Chance for him to move to bigger clubs in Europe looks not too big so if he decides to leave Europe and joins Saudi Professional League, with a biggest club there, it's not bad decision.

[klidex]

So Steven Gerard only reaching1 point against the last team and the worst one of the league? Plus in home condition?. I dont really know why they dont expell him from the charge of main coach.

They have 4 super higg level players, Jordan Henderson, Wijnaldum, Dembele, and Gray, you cant do this bad with that names.

Luckily I didn't enter the Al-Ettifaq vs Al-Hazm match and if I had said yes, my bet would have been finished from the start. I still can't believe they only drew 1-1 and this is another failure for Steven Gerrard as Al-Ettifaq coach. I think Al-Ettifaq will start to recover in this match because in the last few matches they have never won again and I think this will be the start of their revival.

But unfortunately they couldn't offer this to the fans who came to support him and this result also gave Steven Gerrard a red report and soon his fate would begin to be at stake. It is appropriate for Steven Gerrard to be fired because in fact as a coach he is not good enough and with the squad of European players he currently has he is not able to maximize it. On the other hand, I also heard news that Steven Gerrard wants new European players in January and this is actually not a problem of a lack of European players but it is just Steven Gerrard who cannot manage the squad well.

I already thought that this match would not live up to expectations because Al Ettifaq's consistency really needs to be questioned. We can see that in the last 5 matches Ettifaq has not won at all and has lost 13 points, 13 points is not a small number and this match Ettifaq should be able to won full points because they faced the weakest club in the Saudi Pro League, especially since this match was held at Ettifaq's headquarters, but instead Ettifaq was unable to produce the results that their fans expected.

Steven Gerarrd's position as coach of Al Ettifaq is under threat because he has not been able to give his best, especially as recently Ettifaq has suffered consecutive defeats, of course this makes Steven Gerarrd even more depressed and all Ettifaq fans don't seem to accept his coaching style, even though he has experience in Europe However, Steven Gerarrd does not really control the club he brought because the playing styles of the Saudi League and the European League are of course different.

[FinePoine0]

Al Feiha vs Al Hilal

Al Hilal was very strong this season and they were very often to win with big scores at Saudi Pro League and it proven from their statistics during this season that Al Hilal has total 57 goals and only conceded 9 goals and from 5 recent matches Al Hilal has scores 23 goals and gets 4 cleansheet so it's clearly they have good balanced to attack and defense and about their opponent Al feiha this team is not in the good shape because from 6 matches at Saudi Pro League they only get 1 win

If we see from head to head statistics indeed both teams can able to beat each other but this season is totally different because Al Hilal was unstoppable at Saudi Pro League and seems this could be easy match for them

It will be an easy match for Al Hilal. Just look at the stats of the last 4 matches of Al Feiha, they got all the loses in every match. It seems impossible that Al Feiha to steal points from Al Hilal. Al Hilal stats looks too perfect, they never got a lose. There is no team that can win against Al Hilal, even Al Nassr got a defeat against Al Hilal.

Al Hilal team has won the last five matches consecutively as their performance has been very good. But if we compare Al Fayha team with Al Hillal then definitely Al Fayha team is very weak.The most people bet on Al Hilal team, despite the absence of Neymar this season, Al-Hilal team is in strong form.

[Uruhara]

So Steven Gerard only reaching1 point against the last team and the worst one of the league? Plus in home condition?. I dont really know why they dont expell him from the charge of main coach.

They have 4 super higg level players, Jordan Henderson, Wijnaldum, Dembele, and Gray, you cant do this bad with that names.

At the start of the season, Steven Gerrard and his troops at Al-ETtifaq have proven that they are a solid team under his coaching. But then they got worse until now. I don't know what problem happened there. Because Al-ettifaq experienced a fairly rapid decline. Even though at the start of the season they were able to stay in the top 4 for quite a long time. In fact, the quality of their game was on par with PIF's 4 favorite clubs. But in the end they couldn't maintain their performance and became inconsistent until now.

Steven Gerrard seems to be taking the SPL too lightly. And now he has to think harder to be able to restore Al-Ettifaq's best performance and restore its reputation, which has been declining due to the many bad results that Al-Ettifaq has experienced recently.

[Blitzboy]

So Steven Gerard only reaching1 point against the last team and the worst one of the league? Plus in home condition?. I dont really know why they dont expell him from the charge of main coach.

They have 4 super higg level players, Jordan Henderson, Wijnaldum, Dembele, and Gray, you cant do this bad with that names.

Sincerely, I agree with you. To put it lightly, Gerrard hasnt done a phenomenal job as a coach. The fact that a team with such great players as Henderson and Wijnaldum cant get more than a point against the worst team in the league is beyond comprehension. Having great players isnt enough; how you use them is also important, and Gerrard seems to be missing the. Their talent is being wasted.

Let us talk about Gerrard's plan, or lack thereof. Nine matches and not a single win? In a way, that says volumes. Unfortunately, its not just bad luck; bad management is to blame. He's supposed to bring out the best in his players as a coach, but so far its been a string of letdowns. The club needs to rethink his role because things are going so badly that its not just risking a bad season, its risking the future of the team.

[Leviathan.007]

So Steven Gerard only reaching1 point against the last team and the worst one of the league? Plus in home condition?. I dont really know why they dont expell him from the charge of main coach.

They have 4 super higg level players, Jordan Henderson, Wijnaldum, Dembele, and Gray, you cant do this bad with that names.

Luckily I didn't enter the Al-Ettifaq vs Al-Hazm match and if I had said yes, my bet would have been finished from the start. I still can't believe they only drew 1-1 and this is another failure for Steven Gerrard as Al-Ettifaq coach. I think Al-Ettifaq will start to recover in this match because in the last few matches they have never won again and I think this will be the start of their revival.

But unfortunately they couldn't offer this to the fans who came to support him and this result also gave Steven Gerrard a red report and soon his fate would begin to be at stake. It is appropriate for Steven Gerrard to be fired because in fact as a coach he is not good enough and with the squad of European players he currently has he is not able to maximize it. On the other hand, I also heard news that Steven Gerrard wants new European players in January and this is actually not a problem of a lack of European players but it is just Steven Gerrard who cannot manage the squad well.

I already thought that this match would not live up to expectations because Al Ettifaq's consistency really needs to be questioned. We can see that in the last 5 matches Ettifaq has not won at all and has lost 13 points, 13 points is not a small number and this match Ettifaq should be able to won full points because they faced the weakest club in the Saudi Pro League, especially since this match was held at Ettifaq's headquarters, but instead Ettifaq was unable to produce the results that their fans expected.

Steven Gerarrd's position as coach of Al Ettifaq is under threat because he has not been able to give his best, especially as recently Ettifaq has suffered consecutive defeats, of course this makes Steven Gerarrd even more depressed and all Ettifaq fans don't seem to accept his coaching style, even though he has experience in Europe However, Steven Gerarrd does not really control the club he brought because the playing styles of the Saudi League and the European League are of course different.

Steven Gerrard is a famous person and his reputation is obviously in danger while he is having this performance in Al Ettifaq. At the moment when he joined Al Ettifaq, there was much news about this coach since he was a famous and good performing coach in Liverpool but it seems even if you are a good player it doesn't mean that you can also be a good coach and we saw that about Steven Gerrard.
Now in Al Ettifaq, he is about to even get fired from this team because so far even after the money they spent, still, Al Ettifaq still couldn't get food results in this season.

 

[Strongkored]

So Steven Gerard only reaching1 point against the last team and the worst one of the league? Plus in home condition?. I dont really know why they dont expell him from the charge of main coach.

They have 4 super higg level players, Jordan Henderson, Wijnaldum, Dembele, and Gray, you cant do this bad with that names.

Surprisingly, these bad results continue even when facing the lowest teams which should be a guarantee for Al Ettifaq to be able to end the previous bad results so in total in eight matches in the Saudi pro league Al Ettifaq has never won once, this is a very bad record.
Just like you who asked why Steven Gerrard wasn't fired, maybe that's what many people are thinking, especially Al Ettifaq fans, who hope that this team can perform well with several well-known names who were also quite good players in their previous team, and in the next three matches this team will still continue to experience bad results because their three opponents are quite good teams, against Al Hilal and Damac it is very possible for them to lose, while against Al Khaleej a draw is probably the best result that Ettifaq can achieve.

[temple]

So Steven Gerard only reaching1 point against the last team and the worst one of the league? Plus in home condition?. I dont really know why they dont expell him from the charge of main coach.

They have 4 super higg level players, Jordan Henderson, Wijnaldum, Dembele, and Gray, you cant do this bad with that names.

Surprisingly, these bad results continue even when facing the lowest teams which should be a guarantee for Al Ettifaq to be able to end the previous bad results so in total in eight matches in the Saudi pro league Al Ettifaq has never won once, this is a very bad record.
Just like you who asked why Steven Gerrard wasn't fired, maybe that's what many people are thinking, especially Al Ettifaq fans, who hope that this team can perform well with several well-known names who were also quite good players in their previous team, and in the next three matches this team will still continue to experience bad results because their three opponents are quite good teams, against Al Hilal and Damac it is very possible for them to lose, while against Al Khaleej a draw is probably the best result that Ettifaq can achieve.

I don't know whether clubs from the Saudi Professional League ever care about their financials and whether money has some impact on their decisions, but I am quite sure that Steven Gerrard has a fabulous contract that makes him rich in any case. If they fire him, he probably is entitled to a huge severance pay, if they keep him, it is the same.

Maybe they are still hoping for better times to come with him and they don't really know who would be an appropriate alternative if they fire him. Are the players good enough actually and is Gerrard not to blame for everything that is going wrong?

[makishart]

So Steven Gerard only reaching1 point against the last team and the worst one of the league? Plus in home condition?. I dont really know why they dont expell him from the charge of main coach.

They have 4 super higg level players, Jordan Henderson, Wijnaldum, Dembele, and Gray, you cant do this bad with that names.

Luckily I didn't enter the Al-Ettifaq vs Al-Hazm match and if I had said yes, my bet would have been finished from the start. I still can't believe they only drew 1-1 and this is another failure for Steven Gerrard as Al-Ettifaq coach. I think Al-Ettifaq will start to recover in this match because in the last few matches they have never won again and I think this will be the start of their revival.

But unfortunately they couldn't offer this to the fans who came to support him and this result also gave Steven Gerrard a red report and soon his fate would begin to be at stake. It is appropriate for Steven Gerrard to be fired because in fact as a coach he is not good enough and with the squad of European players he currently has he is not able to maximize it. On the other hand, I also heard news that Steven Gerrard wants new European players in January and this is actually not a problem of a lack of European players but it is just Steven Gerrard who cannot manage the squad well.

I already thought that this match would not live up to expectations because Al Ettifaq's consistency really needs to be questioned. We can see that in the last 5 matches Ettifaq has not won at all and has lost 13 points, 13 points is not a small number and this match Ettifaq should be able to won full points because they faced the weakest club in the Saudi Pro League, especially since this match was held at Ettifaq's headquarters, but instead Ettifaq was unable to produce the results that their fans expected.

Steven Gerarrd's position as coach of Al Ettifaq is under threat because he has not been able to give his best, especially as recently Ettifaq has suffered consecutive defeats, of course this makes Steven Gerarrd even more depressed and all Ettifaq fans don't seem to accept his coaching style, even though he has experience in Europe However, Steven Gerarrd does not really control the club he brought because the playing styles of the Saudi League and the European League are of course different.

The famous person, Steven Gerrard, is currently facing a potential threat to his reputation due to his performance in Al Ettifaq. At the moment when he joined Al Ettifaq, there was much news about this coach since he was a famous and good performing coach in Liverpool but it seems even if you are a good player it doesn't mean that you can also be a good coach and we saw that about Steven Gerrard.
 

He was only being famous as a player but not as a manager. Gerrard never able to bring his club to get the trophy or win the competition. Any reason to call it as a good manager? I don't see any. You said that good performing coach in the liverpool?
Seriousy, is this true? I never say him to have good history in the his track record. Gerrard is always unable to help his club to perform better but he was destroying it. Im not even seeing a good reason to call him as a professional manager.
He was good as a player but not as a manager. Gerrard has no passion in managing the club. I hope ettifaq will be wisely taking the right decision to prvent its club to go down even depeer than before.

Now in Al Ettifaq, he is about to even get fired from this team because so far even after the money they spent, still, Al Ettifaq still couldn't get food results in this season.

I hope he will be fired soon. Im not expecting a lot from him right now. gerrard makes me come to y conclusion if he will not be a worthy coach anymore for ettifaq. Gerrard has not even made a progress and this is a disaster for me to see him keep coaching ettifaq.
Gerrard needs to be sacker or ittihad will always be going down to the bottom standing of saudi pro league. The club needs to evaluate the result of him since he was coming to the ettifaq

[BRINIRHA]

So Steven Gerard only reaching1 point against the last team and the worst one of the league? Plus in home condition?. I dont really know why they dont expell him from the charge of main coach.

They have 4 super higg level players, Jordan Henderson, Wijnaldum, Dembele, and Gray, you cant do this bad with that names.

Surprisingly, these bad results continue even when facing the lowest teams which should be a guarantee for Al Ettifaq to be able to end the previous bad results so in total in eight matches in the Saudi pro league Al Ettifaq has never won once, this is a very bad record.
Just like you who asked why Steven Gerrard wasn't fired, maybe that's what many people are thinking, especially Al Ettifaq fans, who hope that this team can perform well with several well-known names who were also quite good players in their previous team, and in the next three matches this team will still continue to experience bad results because their three opponents are quite good teams, against Al Hilal and Damac it is very possible for them to lose, while against Al Khaleej a draw is probably the best result that Ettifaq can achieve.

Gerrard doesn't seem to have found a suitable playing rhythm for Al-ettifaq. The players he chose to bring to Al-ETtifaq also don't seem to be able to contribute optimally in every match. There is a deadlock in their game performance. And yes, in the next match Al-ettifaq has the potential to lose points again. Because Al-Khaleej is much stronger than Al-Hazm. So if Al-ETtifaq hasn't changed and improved then they won't be successful in the next match. But if Al-ettifaq improves then they will definitely be able to beat Al-Khaleej. And actually the match against Al-Khaleej is a good opportunity for Al-ettifaq to collect points. Because after this match Al-ettifaq has the potential to lose points when facing Al-hilal and Damac. Gerrard will definitely think hard this time. Because his career at Al-ETtifaq will also be threatened if he continues to fail to get points.

[borovichok]

I don't know whether clubs from the Saudi Professional League ever care about their financials and whether money has some impact on their decisions, but I am quite sure that Steven Gerrard has a fabulous contract that makes him rich in any case. If they fire him, he probably is entitled to a huge severance pay, if they keep him, it is the same.

Maybe they are still hoping for better times to come with him and they don't really know who would be an appropriate alternative if they fire him. Are the players good enough actually and is Gerrard not to blame for everything that is going wrong?

Why is it that most of these EPL players that have it difficult to explore their chances of becoming best coaches in this present era of football? Is crucial situation we ought to be concerned about, but instead the coaches we're hearing are the old coaches that have been in the system for long and there's definitely nothing new about them other than watching the same repeating strategy over and over again, most of them have retired and giving opportunities to the young coaches that have not gather enough experience to deal with the challenges they have. Steven Gerrard was keen on achieving quite important ambition in his long promising managerial role as a coach. Gerrard have issues in dealing with the new club, finding it really hard to blend with the system.