The old adage 'it's not a sprint, it's a marathon' will be the perfect epitaph for the 2011 TPL season. Thai Port's league campaign finally comes to an end this evening, exactly 320 days after it started. There will be little rest for the wicked, however, as we still have the small matter of a Toyota League Cup Final on the horizon.
Anyway, I digress...Thai Port will be looking to bounce back from last weekend's horror show against Sri Racha. The team looked devoid of ideas, confidence, spirit and quality during the 3-1 defeat. The latter problem, at least, can be solved easily enough. Munze Ulrich, Steven Robb, Kim Ba-Wi, Kiatjareon Ruangparn and Mongkol Namnuad are all set to return to the starting eleven, after missing out last week. However, according to Siamsport, Ekkapoom Potharungroj, Wisarut Wai-Ngan, Sivakorn Chakuprasat and Moudourou Swa-Moise will miss out through suspension.
Hosts Khon Kaen are already relegated and have little to play for other than pride. Their 4-0 mauling at the hands of Bangkok Glass suggests even that could be a leap too far for them. Indeed, the T-Rex have only won 3 of their last 24 TPL games. 3 points to Thai Port then, right? Not necessarily! We've made a recent habit of losing against teams anchored in the relegation-zone. Samut Songkhram beat us 2-0 having not won a home TPL match for six months, whilst Sri Racha hadn't won a TPL game on their travels for almost seven months before winning at PAT Stadium last Saturday.
We've been more charitable than UNICEF in recent weeks. Hopefully we can buck that trend at Khon Kaen Stadium and round-off our league fixtures on a high note. A repeat of the 3-0 scoreline from earlier in the season would do nicely!
Predicted line-up: Munze Ulrich; Ittipol Nonsiri, Mongkol Namnuad, Todsapol Lated, Mario Cesar Da Silva, Kim Ba-Wi, Steven Robb, Worawut Wangsawad, Kiatjareon Ruangparn, Sarawut Kongjareon, Phudit Niamkong (via Siamsport)
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