^ football in Saudi Arabia is great , its professional football that we cant get it right . although i am disappointed about nawaf neglecting the FA election , but i think he is doing great , just give him time . the current league started without problems unlike previous leagues which is a good sign .
So you will be proud to call a fan of a country whose ranking is 98th in the world. The only problem lacking here is the lack of friendlies.
The team for GCC Games are announced-Its B-Team 1 – فهد محمد الثنيان ( التعاون ) 2 – عبدالله حمدان الشمري ( النصر ) 3– فواز صالح الخيبري ( الاتحاد ) 4 – أحمد علي الكسار ( الرائد ) 5 – شافي هذال الدوسري ( الهلال ) 6 – محمد علي العمري ( الاتحاد ) 7 – معتز حسن هوساوي ( الأهلي ) 8 – محمد علي برناوي ( الأهلي ) 9 – عبدالله فريد الحافظ ( الاتفاق ) 10 – أحمد حسن عسيري ( الاتحاد ) 11 – عقيل بلغيث الصحبي ( الفيصلي ) 12 – سعود مبارك حمسل اليامي ( نجران ) 13 – خالد أحمد الغامدي ( النصر ) 14 – مصعب بندر العتيبي ( النصر ) 15 – هتان سلطان باهبري ( الاتحاد ) 16 – إبراهيم طاهر البراهيم ( الاتفاق ) 17 – عبدالله إبراهيم عطيف ( الشباب ) 18 – محمد سالم القرني ( الهلال ) 19 – ماهر إسماعيل عثمان ( الوحدة ) 20 – عبدالملك عبدالله الخيبري ( الشباب ) 21 – عبدالمجيد عبدالله الرويلي ( الرائد ) 22 – فهد عبدالرحمن الشايق ( الوطني ) 23 – سالم محمد الدوسري ( الهلال ) 24 – بدر عادل الخميس ( التعاون ) 25 – ربيع محمد سفياني ( الفتح ) 26 – فهد محمد المنيف ( الشباب ) 27 – علي أحمد الزقعان ( الاتفاق ) 28 – حمد سعود الجهيم ( الطائي )
The team for GCC Games are announced-Its B-Team 1 – فهد محمد الثنيان ( التعاون ) 2 – عبدالله حمدان الشمري ( النصر ) 3– فواز صالح الخيبري ( الاتحاد ) 4 – أحمد علي الكسار ( الرائد ) 5 – شافي هذال الدوسري ( الهلال ) 6 – محمد علي العمري ( الاتحاد ) 7 – معتز حسن هوساوي ( الأهلي ) 8 – محمد علي برناوي ( الأهلي ) 9 – عبدالله فريد الحافظ ( الاتفاق ) 10 – أحمد حسن عسيري ( الاتحاد ) 11 – عقيل بلغيث الصحبي ( الفيصلي ) 12 – سعود مبارك حمسل اليامي ( نجران ) 13 – خالد أحمد الغامدي ( النصر ) 14 – مصعب بندر العتيبي ( النصر ) 15 – هتان سلطان باهبري ( الاتحاد ) 16 – إبراهيم طاهر البراهيم ( الاتفاق ) 17 – عبدالله إبراهيم عطيف ( الشباب ) 18 – محمد سالم القرني ( الهلال ) 19 – ماهر إسماعيل عثمان ( الوحدة ) 20 – عبدالملك عبدالله الخيبري ( الشباب ) 21 – عبدالمجيد عبدالله الرويلي ( الرائد ) 22 – فهد عبدالرحمن الشايق ( الوطني ) 23 – سالم محمد الدوسري ( الهلال ) 24 – بدر عادل الخميس ( التعاون ) 25 – ربيع محمد سفياني ( الفتح ) 26 – فهد محمد المنيف ( الشباب ) 27 – علي أحمد الزقعان ( الاتفاق ) 28 – حمد سعود الجهيم ( الطائي )
FT-KSA 0-0 Indonesia A boring stamelate with lots of chances missed by Saudi team in the first half.Second half was slowed down more than the first half and few chances coming up for the NT.Short passing game again but the players did not make of it.Still Frank Rijkaard has to find a win under his name.Yasser did not seem to play for anything. Lastly,after watching the performance I am not hoping anything better for the NT in future.Thailand game will not be a easy one neither home nor away not because they are playing good but because the players are sucking to the core. Here is the starting line up- Waleed Abdullah Abdullah Zori Hassan Muaz Osamah Hawsawi Osamah Muwallad Saud Kariri Ahmed Fraidy Abdul Aziz Dosary Shalhoub Noor Qahtani Substituition made- Yahya Sheri on for Dosary Nasser on for Qahtani Naif Hazazi on for Noor Tayseer Jasem on for Fraidi Ahmed Autef on for Shalhoub Abdullah Suhail on for Zori
Zori and Qahtani have no business being in the NT. When was the last goal Yasser scored in a Saudi shirt? I think it was 3 years ago!
Big players perform in a big match ... If Yasser cannot score then he must play in the Mid-Field and provide Assists to other forwards for scoring goals ... Nami is better than Zori ... Zori is not handling the pressure in the Top Level (National Team) at the moment and he must drag himself out of this to perform like he does in Al Hilal.
All and all I have a feeling that as the league is growing stronger players are loosing interest in NT duty as happening in Europe and cause of worry to football. One player I would like in place of Zori is Ibrahim Hazazi of Ahly.He is fast and energetic and cause serious trouble in the opposition back line.I just hope Rijkaard consider him for future matches.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcHL2LCvp-k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcHL2LCvp-k[/ame] KSA qualified for the Semis after defeating Kuwait 2-0 and drawing UAE 1-1.Both games KSA played well.I just would like to see Bader Khamees and Hattan Bahabri to be tried in the NT atleast for friendlies.Bader Khamees looks ever promising to me and hope that he comes under Rijkaard eyes for NT selection.Hope he can be a good starter for the NT.
Some Insight news- The coming transfer window in January could good for some of the Saudi players.Osamah Hawsawi is close to move to French Ligue,Yousef Salem and Yahya Sehri will go on trial with Turkish club Besistaks and Noor could move to Qatari club Umm Salal or Ahli Qatar if issued between him and the club is not solved.
The most trust worthy is Osamah Hawsawi transfer rumours.Even Hilals president spoke about it many times in news interview.
Abdel Khaliq Bernawi used to play for Al Wehda before he ran off to (I think) Al Ahli via some 3rd division portugese club. He's a DMF and he's quite good but not amazing.
KSA [U-23] 3-1 Algeria [U-23] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE-NxDWkpPA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE-NxDWkpPA[/ame]
I can't believe this has over 1000 posts. We'll need a new thread. LOCKING! New Thread here: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?p=24644927#post24644927