Marked for Mohammed Al-Dawsari
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Squad15 Nov 2027
Fahad Al-Zahrani damages knee ligaments — 15 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 15 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Words at Al-Mojzel training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Saeed Al-Harbi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match13 Nov 2027
Ohod left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings15 Nov 2027
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad15 Nov 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Abdullah Al-Shehri, and the manager let it.
Loan watch15 Nov 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Al-Mojzel, and 0 appearances in 21 say he has earned the hearing.
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Uneasy
Squad18 Oct 2027
A fracture rules Fahad Al-Hassan out for 17 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Al-Mojzel will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match16 Oct 2027
Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 89th, and Al-Njoom spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Words at Al-Mojzel training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Saeed Al-Harbi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match16 Oct 2027
Al-Njoom made Al-Mojzel work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
The terraces18 Oct 2027
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Mohammed Suhluli has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings18 Oct 2027
Marked 8.43 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad18 Oct 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Al-Mojzel this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad18 Oct 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Fahad Al-Hassan, and the manager let it.
Loan watch18 Oct 2027
“I watch every Al-Mojzel game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Al-Hazem runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
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Match2 Oct 2027
The wait goes on for Al-Mojzel
20 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
The terraces4 Oct 2027
The mood at Al-Mojzel has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad4 Oct 2027
A fracture rules Fahad Al-Hassan out for 31 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Al-Mojzel will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Faisal Al-Subaie and Al-Mojzel agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match2 Oct 2027
6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Al-Mojzel and Al-Diriyah in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Match2 Oct 2027
2‑4 to Al-Diriyah, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Words at Al-Mojzel training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Saeed Al-Harbi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings4 Oct 2027
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad4 Oct 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Al-Mojzel this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Match28 Aug 2027
14 matches without a win for Al-Mojzel
The run now stands at 14, and the questions being asked around Al-Mojzel are no longer polite ones.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A fracture rules Fahad Al-Hassan out for 68 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Al-Mojzel will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad30 Aug 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Al-Mojzel this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match28 Aug 2027
0‑1 to Al-Ta'ee, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Al-Mojzel, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market30 Aug 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Al-Mojzel know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market30 Aug 2027
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Hassan Al-Sulami leaves Al-Mojzel the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
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The terraces12 Jul 2027
The mood at Al-Mojzel has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad12 Jul 2027
A fracture rules Fahad Al-Hassan out for 121 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Al-Mojzel will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad12 Jul 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Hassan Al-Dawsari
37 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Al-Mojzel lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market12 Jul 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Al-Mojzel, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market12 Jul 2027
The fee is $78.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Al-Riyadh drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Mohammed Al-Dawsari was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
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The terraces22 Feb 2027
Anger at Al-Mojzel spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Match20 Feb 2027
9 matches without a win for Al-Mojzel
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Al-Mojzel are no longer polite ones.
Squad22 Feb 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Al-Mojzel may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Faisal Al-Subaie was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad22 Feb 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Match5 Dec 2026
18 matches without a win for Al-Mojzel
The run now stands at 18, and the questions being asked around Al-Mojzel are no longer polite ones.
Squad7 Dec 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Talal Al-Juhani
34 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Al-Mojzel lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match7 Dec 2026
Al-Mojzel are in real trouble now
Position 15, 8 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Words at Al-Mojzel training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Saeed Al-Harbi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Loan watch7 Dec 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Al-Mojzel, and 0 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.
Match5 Dec 2026
Al-Jeel left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Youssef Al-Sultan and Al-Mojzel agree another 2 years.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Match10 Oct 2026
10 matches without a win for Al-Mojzel
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Al-Mojzel are no longer polite ones.
Match10 Oct 2026
Beaten 0‑4 by Al-Riyadh, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Match12 Oct 2026
Al-Mojzel sink to position 15
4 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mohammed Al-Dawsari commits to Al-Mojzel for another 4 years.
Match10 Oct 2026
The goals have deserted Al-Mojzel
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Al-Mojzel can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words at Al-Mojzel training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Saeed Al-Harbi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
“I watch every Al-Mojzel game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Hajer runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad12 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Al-Mojzel this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Match3 Oct 2026
Chastening afternoon for Al-Mojzel
A 0‑6 beating by Al-Diriyah was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Match3 Oct 2026
9 matches without a win for Al-Mojzel
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Al-Mojzel are no longer polite ones.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match3 Oct 2026
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Al-Mojzel and Al-Diriyah, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Saeed Al-Harbi falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mohammed Al-Dawsari, and the manager let it.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Youssef Al-Sultan commits to Al-Mojzel for another 1 years.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Nobody left the Al-Mojzel dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Market5 Oct 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.