Palace Casuals

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An early morning for the first day of the League season saw a little rummaging amongst the new Scout lists and unearthed this player:



Which means that one of the weaker defenders was offered to the market, and despite his advanced years and middling quality was snapped up for a tidy sum ($84.1M):



...and a later look-see resulted in another midfield purchase:



Muscroft and McCaul will form the backbone of the Midfield in League Games, and will have assisting roles in the two knockout competitions.

As a reward for his stellar performance last season and his performances in the two cup ties this term, Anurak Arma has been handed the Captain's armband for this season, however he was powerless to prevent the laissez-faire from the team overall in the two Day 3 matches.

The first League game saw the visiting manager arrive with a couple of friends, and the home manager having to cope with dodgy mobile reception in the area he was working... From what was observed, Palace Casuals appeared to be stricken with some zombie curse, sleepwalking to a 1-1 draw courtesy of a goal by Andres Ramos from a cross from Omar Hansen. Federico Gorosito, a former Casuals player now plying his trade for the opposition, returned to haunt his former colleagues with the equaliser, with an assist from Luis Suarez. Despite a rash of late substitutions, neither side could break the deadlock.



A home defeat in the first Champions League game has the Casuals management team having a rethink on the policy of putting a 'Second XI' team in the Group stage and early knockout rounds, something which has been relatively successful in recent seasons. A 52nd minute goal by Guiseppe Bertozzi was enough to give Aviron Bayonnais a 1-0 win over the struggling Casuals, who despite more possession, shots on target and successful passes, just weren't good enough on the night.