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BOARDROOM BATTLE FOR THE FUTURE: Why Hudson Must Stand Firm Against Club Pushback

by Simon Causton | Jul 3, 2026 | Thai National Team, Opinion

Football Siam First, an apology: we have been a bit quiet during this off-season period. If you have missed us, you can easily catch up with our daily movements on Twitter, where we have spent the break happily peddling speculative transfer rumours and reliably...

Suphanat’s Last Chance Saloon?, and the Glaring Absence of ‘RB Bangkok’

by Simon Causton | Jun 16, 2026 | Opinion, Buriram United, Thai League 1 2025/26, Thai National Team

Suphanat’s Last Chance Saloon, and the Glaring Absence of 'RB Bangkok' Suphanat Mueanta’s career has long felt like a theatrical trailer for a blockbuster film that never actually makes it to the cinema. Now, at 23, with a permanent transfer to J2 side RB Omiya Ardija...

China 0-0 Thailand : Takeaways

by Simon Causton | Jun 11, 2026 | Thai National Team

The Post Match: China 0-0 Thailand | Football Siam Football Siam The Analytics & Observation Hub for Thai Football The Post Match: China 0-0 Thailand By Simon Causton | The Post Match Analysis This week, bolstered by the sharp observations of Josh Lush, we dissect a...

How to Build an Elephant: Anthony Hudson on Evolution, “Thainess”, and the Audacity of the World Cup Dream

by Simon Causton | Mar 23, 2026 | Long Read, Thai National Team

In the quiet, climate-controlled sanctuary of his Bangkok apartment, the man tasked with steering Thailand toward a maiden World Cup discusses the ghosts of his global apprenticeship, the tactical limitations of "Jai Dee", and why data will never replace the human...

The Evolution of the Elephant: Why Thailand Must Stop Chasing Ghosts and Start Playing to Their Current Strengths

by Simon Causton | Mar 18, 2026 | Long Read, Thai National Team

For too long, the national team has operated on the "Wonderboy Mythos"—the belief that if we just wait long enough, Chanatip, Suphanat or Supachok will produce a moment of European-honed magic to paper over our tactical cracks. With Suphanat confined to the treatment...

The Boy from Bangkok to Bavaria: Why Maicon Cardoso is a Thai Triumph, Passport or Not

by Simon Causton | Mar 11, 2026 | Long Read, News, Thai National Team

There is a profound, almost surreal cognitive dissonance in watching a seventeen-year-old boy, whose formative footballing years were spent sweating on the provincial pitches of Ratchaburi and the concrete courts of Bangkok, step onto the immaculate turf of the...