Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Juicyhome]

At first it was Al Nassr that was considered stable due to their long stretched victory within the early times of the season, they did not further proceed to manage this foem well enough and then came Al Hilal who has been able to combine consistency with the stability they have built and now they have kept Nassr far away from the title, this is not even about Ronaldo, he alone will not deliver the team, they needed that collective effort if they must get ahead of Al Hilal to win the title this season.

I agree, Ronaldo alone can't give Al-nassr the league, he has done his best for the club, he's doing the work of a striker very well, he scored goals and that's he's job in the team. Ronaldo should not be blame for Al-nassr failure to win the league, the team members must do the needful to to close the gap between them and Al hilal.

The league is still very open for both team, let's watch and see what will happen next before the end of the season.  I'm still rooting for my favorite Saudi Arabia pro league club, Al-nassr to win the title, they have tried so much, and I believe they will bounce back soon.

[tbterryboy]

Ivan Tony scored injury time goal on penalty and gave important win to his team Al Ahlie which have now 31 points from 14 games and three teams are on level in league table with 31 points, it's going to be interesting with Al Nassr and Al Taawon are losing points and allowing their opponents to share the top spots.

In this round, Al Qadisiah secured big win and Al Shahab managed a narrow win which kept them in danger zone but out of relegation zone, most of the teams in league are doing good development and having good competitive performance, this keeping them in fight for top ranks, Al Hilal is having good depth, this allowing them to stay ahead of their opponents.

[dezoel]

I don't get Ronaldo fans, when the things were going great and he was scoring, they all said Al Nassr is finally putting a good team around Ronaldo and he is willing the team to wins. Now that they are losing and doing badly, it's all "he is still scoring, it's others that are the problem" suddenly. I do not get it, when is he ever responsible for a team to be doing badly? It wasn't him when he was at Juventus, it wasn't him when he was at United, it wasn't him when he moved to Al Nassr, when is it ever him?

[abaeze]

I don't get Ronaldo fans, when the things were going great and he was scoring, they all said Al Nassr is finally putting a good team around Ronaldo and he is willing the team to wins. Now that they are losing and doing badly, it's all "he is still scoring, it's others that are the problem" suddenly. I do not get it, when is he ever responsible for a team to be doing badly? It wasn't him when he was at Juventus, it wasn't him when he was at United, it wasn't him when he moved to Al Nassr, when is it ever him?

Yes, of course, it is possible, but of course blaming anyone and losing for a bad game are not the same thing. Losing because of a missed goal and losing because of a missed goalkeeper are not the same thing. If there is a logical reason, constructive criticism can be made about both Messi and Ronaldo. The most important thing is that whoever does their job properly on the field, if someone fails, then criticism can certainly be made about them, but of course it should be constructive, not by criticizing or insulting anyone. However, every person is different, so the ways Fans think/see these things are right because no one wants to blame their favorite person.

[cozytrade]

I don't get Ronaldo fans, when the things were going great and he was scoring, they all said Al Nassr is finally putting a good team around Ronaldo and he is willing the team to wins. Now that they are losing and doing badly, it's all "he is still scoring, it's others that are the problem" suddenly. I do not get it, when is he ever responsible for a team to be doing badly? It wasn't him when he was at Juventus, it wasn't him when he was at United, it wasn't him when he moved to Al Nassr, when is it ever him?

Yes, of course, it is possible, but of course blaming anyone and losing for a bad game are not the same thing. Losing because of a missed goal and losing because of a missed goalkeeper are not the same thing. If there is a logical reason, constructive criticism can be made about both Messi and Ronaldo. The most important thing is that whoever does their job properly on the field, if someone fails, then criticism can certainly be made about them, but of course it should be constructive, not by criticizing or insulting anyone. However, every person is different, so the ways Fans think/see these things are right because no one wants to blame their favorite person.

Such debates are also usually laden with emotions as far as players such as Ronaldo are concerned. Football is a team game and it is not justifiable to pin all the blame or credit to an individual player. When Al Nassr wins and he scores then he is likely to influence but when they lose then the problems tend to be more than him. Constructive criticism should be applied to Ronaldo even when he misses opportunities or plays poorly particularly since he is an experienced player. Nevertheless, strategies, defense, middlefield equilibrium, and goalkeeping are of significant influence too.

[laspol65]

I don't get Ronaldo fans, when the things were going great and he was scoring, they all said Al Nassr is finally putting a good team around Ronaldo and he is willing the team to wins. Now that they are losing and doing badly, it's all "he is still scoring, it's others that are the problem" suddenly. I do not get it, when is he ever responsible for a team to be doing badly? It wasn't him when he was at Juventus, it wasn't him when he was at United, it wasn't him when he moved to Al Nassr, when is it ever him?

Cristiano Ronaldo is a great player, everyone must admit it, but it is not right to rely on Cristiano Ronaldo for the entire balance of the team. He has still performed well on the field, everyone should be calm about this because now that he is running around with football on the field, many star players are taking a break at this age. Cristiano Ronaldo is very different from them, but Cristiano Ronaldo still performs aggressively enough to make the team win.
If every player in the team performs well, the team can attack at any time and is capable of winning. So those who rely on Cristiano Ronaldo for the balance of the entire team are basically fools.

[ajanwalker]

Ivan Tony scored injury time goal on penalty and gave important win to his team Al Ahlie which have now 31 points from 14 games and three teams are on level in league table with 31 points, it's going to be interesting with Al Nassr and Al Taawon are losing points and allowing their opponents to share the top spots.

In this round, Al Qadisiah secured big win and Al Shahab managed a narrow win which kept them in danger zone but out of relegation zone, most of the teams in league are doing good development and having good competitive performance, this keeping them in fight for top ranks, Al Hilal is having good depth, this allowing them to stay ahead of their opponents.

The match was marked by goalkeeper Santos's actions before the penalty kick. He signaled to Toney, "Shoot the penalty to my left, shoot to my left." Toney shot the ball to Santos's left, and it was a goal. After the goal, Toney went to the goal line and repeated Santos's actions, which caused some tension. In previous years, a similar situation occurred when Belhanda was playing for Montpelier, where he had a similar exchange with the goalkeeper.

[Catenaccio]

Cristiano Ronaldo is a great player, everyone must admit it, but it is not right to rely on Cristiano Ronaldo for the entire balance of the team. He has still performed well on the field, everyone should be calm about this because now that he is running around with football on the field, many star players are taking a break at this age. Cristiano Ronaldo is very different from them, but Cristiano Ronaldo still performs aggressively enough to make the team win.
If every player in the team performs well, the team can attack at any time and is capable of winning. So those who rely on Cristiano Ronaldo for the balance of the entire team are basically fools.

A star player in modern football is almost impossible to carry a team to a league title. Messi and Ronaldo in their primes 10 years ago needed good teammates, good coaches for winning matches and titles. Even in their primes, they could not do that task by themselves individually so now when Cristiano Ronaldo already at his 40-year old, requiring that task to be achieved by him is very challenging and impossible for him.

Cristiano Ronaldo with his ambition and high ego won't feel happy if finishing this season as a runner up again, but what he will do more if his teammates can not perform better and contribute more for Al Nassr. In very last seasons of his career, I think we should simply enjoy his apperances and his goals as next several years, we will have to watch documentary films, videos about Cristiano.

[LUCKMCFLY]

Anyway it's not time to continue with disappointment and feel hopelessly, Al-Nassr must forget about latest bad results, move on to win future matches as it is the only way for rescuing their opportunity in the title competition. Even it is small now, they have to try their best as a mandatory condition to take any coming chances.

Yes, at this point the coach must have identified the vulnerabilities that have caused them to lose and must correct them immediately, there's no other way. Personally, I see that Joao Felix is ​​doing very well, and CR7 is a guarantee for winning, but the other players must focus more on attack, not let their opponents breathe. I know the heat there is exhausting, but they must do everything possible to recover.

[ndutndut]

Anyway it's not time to continue with disappointment and feel hopelessly, Al-Nassr must forget about latest bad results, move on to win future matches as it is the only way for rescuing their opportunity in the title competition. Even it is small now, they have to try their best as a mandatory condition to take any coming chances.

Yes, at this point the coach must have identified the vulnerabilities that have caused them to lose and must correct them immediately, there's no other way. Personally, I see that Joao Felix is ​​doing very well, and CR7 is a guarantee for winning, but the other players must focus more on attack, not let their opponents breathe. I know the heat there is exhausting, but they must do everything possible to recover.

Al Nassr's weakness remains the same a very weak defense. The coach should have identified the team's weaknesses in four winless matches. Al Nassr's first 10 matches were impressive and we even thought they would win the SPL this season. However, from week 11 to week 14 their performance declined drastically conceding goals very easily.

The Al Nassr coach must not only fix the defensive weaknesses but also revive the players who are currently experiencing a decline in confidence. Furthermore, in their last four matches they have not only been overtaken by Al Hilal but also trail Al Hilal by seven points. A seven point gap is certainly significant, so Al Nassr must bounce back quickly as it's not too late.

[armanda90]

Ivan Tony scored injury time goal on penalty and gave important win to his team Al Ahlie which have now 31 points from 14 games and three teams are on level in league table with 31 points, it's going to be interesting with Al Nassr and Al Taawon are losing points and allowing their opponents to share the top spots.

In this round, Al Qadisiah secured big win and Al Shahab managed a narrow win which kept them in danger zone but out of relegation zone, most of the teams in league are doing good development and having good competitive performance, this keeping them in fight for top ranks, Al Hilal is having good depth, this allowing them to stay ahead of their opponents.

Al Ahli now have 31 points and the same points with Al Nassr 2nd position standings, the second standings position for awhile has three teams with the same points from Al Nassr, Al Taawoun and Al Ahli and third teams played 14 matches in domestic league. Al Nassr position not comfortable yet after losing two matches in a row and next match against Al Shabab must get three points f won't loss second position standings.

Al Qadisiyah won 5-0 last match against Al Feiha and make chance to get race for the second position due one points remaining with Al Nassr, only the top position teams Al Hilal has most secure position having 7 points remaining with second standing steam until two or three matchday later Al Hilal keep secure on top standings.

[ITExpert]

Last night, Damac played against Al Itihad and the result was a draw. I personally never thought a team as big as Al Ittihad could not beat a team like Damac. Damac is not a great team in the Saudi Arabian League, because currently Damac is threatened with relegation in this league. So that's why I am surprised by Al Ittihad's performance this season, which is basically not good. Because Al Itihad's performance this season should still be good,, because in the previous season they managed to win the Saudi Arabian League, which proves that Al Ittihad's performance is very good.

But this season Al Ittihad really slumped because currently Al Ittihad is only in sixth place in the Saudi Arabian League, and I think that is very bad. Because Al Ittihad basically has many great players, such as Benzema, Moussa Diaby, and also Kante. But strangely, currently all of these players' performance has become less good. So I started to wonderr, is this really because of their old age, or because they are no longer enthusiastic about playing football, so what do you think about this?

Al-ittihad and Damac FC are the teams with a lot of difference in their quality of performance. Because Al-ittihad is between the team which are really playing good and successful in achieving something certain. So I think by seeing this situation it is never expected from Al-ittihad that they will play in this format and that they will be unable to beat the team like Damac FC. Because Damac FC is the team which is not so good and not a strong team but due to the results of this match I think if Al-ittihad is facing something not supporting them at all at the same time Damac FC is receiving a kind of appreciation as they successfully make the match not in the favour of the team which is really strong and good to win. But this moment is a serious one for Al-ittihad they Should consider it.

[hyudien]

Al-ittihad and Damac FC are the teams with a lot of difference in their quality of performance. Because Al-ittihad is between the team which are really playing good and successful in achieving something certain. So I think by seeing this situation it is never expected from Al-ittihad that they will play in this format and that they will be unable to beat the team like Damac FC. Because Damac FC is the team which is not so good and not a strong team but due to the results of this match I think if Al-ittihad is facing something not supporting them at all at the same time Damac FC is receiving a kind of appreciation as they successfully make the match not in the favour of the team which is really strong and good to win. But this moment is a serious one for Al-ittihad they Should consider it.

Al Ittihad performance reminded me of the start of the season, where it was exactly the same as what they showed last night. The fact that they played away shouldn't be an excuse for a draw, because the opponent was a club with a relegation zone ranking, it seems that the problem of the front line is still not fully addressed by Conceicao, he needs to ask management to bring in other players for that line, considering they were champions last season, it would be disappointing if they couldn't finally get a decent place at the end of the season.

[jaberwock]

Messi got to a team that was dead last, and won the league with that team. Ronaldo went to a team that wasn't last, but wasn't the winner neither, did win a few times but Al Hilal was the best even before Ronaldo, and did not change anything for the team. So after all of this world cup difference discussions, it's clear that league situation after both left Europe is also showing Messi doing more.

You can argue that Ronaldo would have won the league with Miami too if you want, but you can't deny that Messi helped his team more than Ronaldo helped his. No matter how much you like him, you have to accept that Ronaldo is only playing for that 1000 goal mark now, it's clear that after that is reached, he doesn't care about anything else.

[Slow death]

I don't get Ronaldo fans, when the things were going great and he was scoring, they all said Al Nassr is finally putting a good team around Ronaldo and he is willing the team to wins. Now that they are losing and doing badly, it's all "he is still scoring, it's others that are the problem" suddenly. I do not get it, when is he ever responsible for a team to be doing badly? It wasn't him when he was at Juventus, it wasn't him when he was at United, it wasn't him when he moved to Al Nassr, when is it ever him?

Cristiano Ronaldo is not a coach; he's just a player. He doesn't devise team strategies, create formations, sign players, or give instructions to each player during the game. All of that is the exclusive function of coaches, and Ronaldo only has to obey what the coach says. Therefore, the only one to blame for the poor results is the Al Nassr coach, whom I admire greatly because he's an excellent coach. But even though I admire him a lot, facts speak for themselves, and the fact is that the Al Nassr team is currently not doing well.

[Sithara007]

Cristiano Ronaldo is not a coach; he's just a player. He doesn't devise team strategies, create formations, sign players, or give instructions to each player during the game. All of that is the exclusive function of coaches, and Ronaldo only has to obey what the coach says. Therefore, the only one to blame for the poor results is the Al Nassr coach, whom I admire greatly because he's an excellent coach. But even though I admire him a lot, facts speak for themselves, and the fact is that the Al Nassr team is currently not doing well.

It is not that simple. The current coach (Jorge Jesus) was hired to replace Stefano Pioli, as per the wishes of Cristiano Ronaldo. And this was the main sticky point in the negotiations between Ronaldo and Al Nassr for the contract extension. He refused to sign the new contract, unless Stefano Pioli, Jhon Durán and Aymeric Laporte were replaced with Jorge Jesus, João Félix and Iñigo Martínez respectively. I am a big fan of Ronaldo. But when he decides who should be in the squad and not, we can't simply put all the blame on the coach for poor team strategy.

[IvugeoEvolutionCoin]

Cristiano Ronaldo is not a coach; he's just a player. He doesn't devise team strategies, create formations, sign players, or give instructions to each player during the game. All of that is the exclusive function of coaches, and Ronaldo only has to obey what the coach says. Therefore, the only one to blame for the poor results is the Al Nassr coach, whom I admire greatly because he's an excellent coach. But even though I admire him a lot, facts speak for themselves, and the fact is that the Al Nassr team is currently not doing well.

It is not that simple. The current coach (Jorge Jesus) was hired to replace Stefano Pioli, as per the wishes of Cristiano Ronaldo. And this was the main sticky point in the negotiations between Ronaldo and Al Nassr for the contract extension. He refused to sign the new contract, unless Stefano Pioli, Jhon Durán and Aymeric Laporte were replaced with Jorge Jesus, João Félix and Iñigo Martínez respectively. I am a big fan of Ronaldo. But when he decides who should be in the squad and not, we can't simply put all the blame on the coach for poor team strategy.

I believe that both parties have their points. Ronaldo is not a coach and he does not dictate tactics and control game hence results automatically come back to the coach. Nevertheless, a superstar who can influence the choice of coaches and changes in squads also bears a share of the blame. When the project had been influenced by the preferences of Ronaldo, one can not blame poor results on a single individual. The issues at Al Nassr are systemic: the decision by the management, the implementation of the coaches, and the players of the senior team contribute to the fact that this is impossible after some time.

[Sithara007]

I believe that both parties have their points. Ronaldo is not a coach and he does not dictate tactics and control game hence results automatically come back to the coach. Nevertheless, a superstar who can influence the choice of coaches and changes in squads also bears a share of the blame. When the project had been influenced by the preferences of Ronaldo, one can not blame poor results on a single individual. The issues at Al Nassr are systemic: the decision by the management, the implementation of the coaches, and the players of the senior team contribute to the fact that this is impossible after some time.

Let's have a balanced view here. There is no doubt that Ronaldo need to share a majority of the blame. At the same time, let's look at their available options. Attack is in good shape, with João Félix and Sadio Mané backing up Ronaldo. But then, defense has been their main weakness for the past many seasons. Inclusion of Iñigo Martínez has strengthened the defense to a good amount, but still chinks in the armour remain. What can be done here? The other defenders such as Nawaf Boushal, Ayman Yahya and Mohamed Simakan are all very talented players. But for some reason, they are not in good form.

[armanda90]

It is not that simple. The current coach (Jorge Jesus) was hired to replace Stefano Pioli, as per the wishes of Cristiano Ronaldo. And this was the main sticky point in the negotiations between Ronaldo and Al Nassr for the contract extension. He refused to sign the new contract, unless Stefano Pioli, Jhon Durán and Aymeric Laporte were replaced with Jorge Jesus, João Félix and Iñigo Martínez respectively. I am a big fan of Ronaldo. But when he decides who should be in the squad and not, we can't simply put all the blame on the coach for poor team strategy.

I don't know why many people blame and fault Cristiano Ronaldo when the team at loss performance, difference way when Al Nassr winning the match there are not any negative or bad opinion about Cristiano Ronaldo. Last match when Al Nassr defeating by Al Hilal you can see Cristiano Ronaldo scoring the goals but red card receiving by Nawaf Alaqidi at 60th minutes make Al Nassr game plan difficult facing Al Hilal dominance and two goals scored from penalty kick.
I disagree with opinion Cristiano Ronaldo has full power decide the players who should to sign because its the management and head coach decision, so far Cristiano Ronaldo keep consistent scoring goals almost every games for Al Nassr but many people blame about his greatest achievement too close scoring 1000 goals in his professional career.

[Gallar]

I agree, Ronaldo alone can't give Al-nassr the league, he has done his best for the club, he's doing the work of a striker very well, he scored goals and that's he's job in the team. Ronaldo should not be blame for Al-nassr failure to win the league, the team members must do the needful to to close the gap between them and Al hilal.

The league is still very open for both team, let's watch and see what will happen next before the end of the season.  I'm still rooting for my favorite Saudi Arabia pro league club, Al-nassr to win the title, they have tried so much, and I believe they will bounce back soon.

Yes, you are right, because this is football, so it is impossible for one player to lead his team to become champions, therefore Al Nasr's current failure is clearly not caused by Ronaldo who is not playing well. But it is caused by Al Nasr players as a whole are not able to work well together and that makes the attack pattern and defense pattern very bad. So if for example this season Al Nasr can not win in the Saudi Arabian League, it is clear that it is the fault of all the players and also the coach who may not be able to give the best performance.

But even so,, I also agree with you, even though Al Nasr is currently behind in points from Al Hilal, but I will also still support Al Nasr to become champions. Because currently Al Nasr still has a lot of matches left in the Saudi Arabian League, so that's why even though it is small, Al Nasr's hope to become champions is still there. So hopefully the al nasr players don't give up and keep their spirits up and can get back up again,, because now is not the time to give up, because there is still time for them to turn things around.