Singburi 3 - 1 Vana Nava Hua Hin City 
With just 5 games to go, it's squeaky pants time
I went to suffer this match. Waiting for the supporters bus I checked the weather forecast for Singburi - Heavy Rain with Thunderstorms, although it was due to clear by afternoon. I immediately thought back to Looktabfah, and Hua Hin's inability to play their style of football on a lake.
When we arrived, my fears were confirmed. Everywhere was totally waterlogged. Where was the groundsman to make the waterlogged pitch playable? - TIT.
One thing better than Looktabfah was we were allowed to sit in the covered stand, although the Hua Hin support seemed to outnumber Singburi support.
The team seemed amazed to see travelling Farang support in the stands.
The usual opening paraphernalia
and we were about to start. Still no Lampty, but worse still, Kissana was back to partner Anucha up front. All hopes that this pair might have kissed and made were soon dispelled. Not once through the entire match did Kissana pass the ball to Anucha, who on a couple of occasions was in a brilliant scoring position. I will say though, Anucha was guilty of playing some lovely balls through to Kissana, so half of the partnership is back.
The first half was fairly even, in fact I'd have given it to Hua Hin on points apart from a freak goal on the half hour.
After the goal, Hua Hin pushed further forward, and became vulnerable on the left, with Theerawat often finding himself vulnerable being attacked by 2 very fast runners - how much were we missing Lampty to settle things at the back?
All the way through, Hua Hin's short passing game was regularly being thwarted by the depth of water, which became very apparent when the floodlights came on - puddles reflecting the lights like hundreds of little mirrors on the pitch.
A special mention has to be made for the Hua Hin keeper (not sure of his name), who made at least 4 incredible saves.
After recent moans about Anucha, I watched him very critically yesterday. Nearly every ball played to him was played short. Whenever he had the ball, he used it brilliantly, and set up his teammates on a few occasions. It's a shame the manager can't kick Kissana's arse to do the same.
Player of the match for me was Owusu (not always for the right reasons) i.e.
- I though he was going to be sent off in the first half when he landed a lovely left hook on the Singburi number 2 right in front of the ref. For some reason, the ref waved play on.
- He scored Hin Hin's [
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equalizer consolation (equalizer was wishful thinking
).
- I've never noticed the dirty nature of his play before, but he was on a mission to hurt as many Singburi players as possible. He even stuck a nut on one of them and got away with it. His aggression was so much that Singburi put on a Mike Tyson look alike to sort him. This guy went on the pitch and felled him immediately (and was booked for it), but it was certainly deserved. However, with the booking, the Tyson look alike backed off for the rest of the match, and Owusu resumed his battle relentlessly.
- Generally, Owusu was all over pitch, and played some good football as well at times.
A very disappointing game, which made it a long journey home. Depending upon other results, it could drop Hua Hin to 3rd or 4th place.
Next home game is against Globlex TWD on 23 Aug 14, K.O. 16:00hrs.
