Quote from: beerlover on Today at 06:54:03 PM

Quote from: temple on Today at 12:07:07 PM

I still don't fully understand why Al-Nassr is so far behind and how is it possible that Al-Hilal is so dominant when actually the names of their players on average aren't that much better. Neymar isn't even playing. I think this is a showcase for the fact that Ronaldo alone can't win the league, but still they have got some more names on their team as well at Al-Nassr. Yet it is not enough so far to compete with Al-Hilal.

It is 7 points and Al-Nassr has the game at home in hand against Al-Hilal, which would make it 4 points if they win it and then Al-Nassr can only hope that Al-Hilal shows some weaknesses. Otherwise this season could already be over. Now I understand that it is of course too early to throw the towel, but it is demoralizing for Al-Nassr to see how well Al-Hilal is playing.

Ronaldo probably doesn't care as the only title that counts for him is the best scorer award. Cheesy

Because AL Hilal has a better manager and younger players. You may think that the names they have are mediocre, but they are mediocre players at their prime, whereas Al-Nassr got players like Ronaldo, and a few more names, but at a very old age.

The difference is that Ronaldo may look like the top goal scorer, but when you look at the overall team, there is nobody else aside from maybe Talisca that could score, so all balls go to Ronaldo eventually, which resulted with them losing more games. When you go ahead and watch the game between Al Hilal and Al Nassr, you will see the difference, the physical condition of Al Hilal is far superior and that is why they managed to get the win, we should see the difference there.

You can't say Al Hilal is winning the games just because they are good players or because they have good managers because all other top teams in the Saudi League also have good financial situations and they can have buy good and expensive players for their teams.
Even Al Nassr has a much better player like Ronaldo in their team but they can't beat Al Hilal in this season.
That's why I think the main reason for Al Hilal to have good performance is mostly because of having a balanced team and better teamwork compared to the other teams.