Oman 2 - 1 Thailand - 22nd June 2008

Oman 2 - 1 Thailand
Played at Royal Oman Police Stadium

Chanvit's last game, he surely wanted to go out on a bang, but it wasn't to be.

Thailand were beaten with 5 minutes to spare after taking the lead in the 3rd minute through captain Sripan via a penalty.

A few fringe players managed to get a kick about today. I'm glad Jetsawad and the goalkeeper Tedsungneon played and finished, they have been witht the squad throughout, and will gain more expereince that should set us in good stead for Asian Cup qualifiers.

Tedsungneon is now really pressing Kosin for the number one goalkeeping spot, so we have good little competition here which we haven't had for a number of years.

Sangsanoi and Sunthorniphit also got a run out, although the latter only played 15-20minutes.

All in all, the squad was probably what you would expect with a mixture of expereinced and inexperienced lads getting a run, just so cruel we got beat in Chanvit's farewell game.

So Oman, a nation we have failed to beat. Why? When in my book we are much beater than them. I also thought on paper that we are better than Bahrain, but it seems not to be.

I think in the future what we can see is sides that we entertain in Thailand we can beat, but playing away, especailly against the Asian big boys in Japan an all, and away in the Gulf will always be hard for us.

I feel that everyone will fear Thailand, as we will almost always end in the Third or Fourth seed role along with the likes of Lebanon, Vietnam etc, so i think we will always be the team everyone wants to avoid from that area, but time will tell.

So, Brazil in 2014 is the one we aim for now, a pity really as Brazil is so far away and i need an excuse to go to a World Cup, South Africa was it for me.

Hopefully Thailand can qualify for Qatar 2011, as i wouldn't mind a little adventure there.

Oh well, i'll touch on this more in the future, as now is time to drown my sorrows, and hold a pint for former coach Chanvit Phalavijn

Oman V Thailand - WCQ Final Game

Tomorrows game:

Oman V Thailand
Venue: Royal Oman Police Stadium
Kick off- 3pm GMT, 9pm Thai

Chanvit's last game, a couple of quotes. "It is the coach's responsibility if the team fails to deliver," said Chanvit.

"We must take a good look to the future because if want to become successful we must have a strong league and good management," he added.

Hopefully this strong league will come true.

Tomorrows game will see us without two key players in Suree Sukha and Datsakorn Thonglao, so just aswell the game is not vital.

I'd like to see tomorrows squad along the lines of this:

--------------------Sivarak Tedsungnoen-----------------

Jetsada Jitsawad--Niweat Siriwong--Natthaphong Samana--Nataporn Phanrit

Suchao Nutnum------Tawan Sripan-------Narongchai Vachiraban

Teerasil Dangda-----Sarayoot Chaikamdee----Teeratep Winothai

I think an attacking formation, something that could be used against our ASEAN neighbours later in the year.

Generally, 2 old geezers (Siriwong & Sripan) and then a lot of young lads to gain a bit more experience.

It would be good to see Chanvit leave us with one hell of a performance which guys who are young will not be afriad to give, but could also back fire.

Of course Oman also don't have anything to play for, so i'm predicting the locals will not turn up to the game, so not a fierce crowd to play in front of, but they have a stand in coach who will be looking for a victory to maybe secure his place at the helm for longer.

So a pointless game for qualification, but plenty on for both nations to take seriously.

Thailand 0 - 3 Japan (World Cup Qualifier)

BANGKOK - Rajamangala (National Stadium)

Thailand 0
Japan 3
Marcus Tulio TANAKA (23')
Yuji NAKAZAWA (39')
Kengo NAKAMURA (89')

Referee ALBADWAWI Ali Hamad


Thailand

18 Kosin Hathairattanakool (GK)

2 Surat Sukha

5 Niweat Siriwong

6 Nataporn Phanrit

7 Datasakorn Thonglao

9 Sarayoot Chaikamdee (11 Tana Chanabut 48')

10 Tawan Sripan

13 Chaiwut Watthana (12 Nirut Surasiang 71')

14 Teerasil Dangda

15 Pichitpong Choechiu (17 Sutee Suksomit 86')

16 Kiatprawut Saiwaeo

Subs Not Used: Sivarak Tedsungnoen, Natthaphong Samana, Jetsada Jitsawad, Suchao Nutnum

Japan

18 Seigo Narazaki

2 Yuji Nakazawa

3 Yuichi Komano

4 Marcus Tulio Tanaka

6 Atsuto Uchida

7 Yasuhito Endo

8 Shinji Kagawa (15 Yasuyuki Konno 83')

9 Daisuke Matsui (14 Kengo Nakamura 70')

10 Shunsuke Nakamura (16 Kisho Yano 70')

11 Keiji Tamada

17 Makoto Hasebe

Subs Not Used: Yoshkatsu Kawaguchi, Shuhei Terada, Seiichiro Maki, Keita Suzuki

Druryfire Comment

Well, it's finally over, our World Cup dreams in tatters. But to be honest, it was just about over when we failed to pick up 3 points against Oman in the second group game. A win then, could have changed the whole compleion of the group and certainly made the home and away games against Bahrain very vital.

So, the dream is over, and Brazil 2014 is now the aim. In between, we have our ASEAN Championships, to prove we are kings of our region and we also have the Asian Cup to qualify for, but that will more than likely be a struggle aswell, as there are not too many places up for grabs, and with the best of the region already entered and a couple of slots going to developing nations, then this might just prove another step to far. But we must get there to stay with the elite of Asia. Failure to qualify will put us backa numbe rof yeras.