Dateline 23^rd Dec 2016

Friendly FT NRFC 0 Buriram United 2

 In front of around 3-4000 fans, a toothless display from the home side resulted in a victory for a polished Buriram outfit. The Swatcats were unable to produce any meaningful chances and Buriram punished some poor defending to run out comfortable winners.

Noah Chivuta and Bjorn Lindemann were brought on at half time and both did indeed inject some much needed quality but were unable to influence the final result.

 Although only a friendly and against a top opponent, I feel that, on this performance, goals may be hard to come by in the coming campaign. Based on this match, Lindemann will be missed and we can only hope that a replacement of real quality is being investigated.