Season 66 - Week 4

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Palace Casuals seem to be making a real go of this season:
- top of the league table (usually slow starters and only hit the upper reaches of the table in the second half of the season)
- top of Champions League Group (can usually be found in the bottom two and sneak into the Knockout rounds in 2nd place)
- through to Playoff Round of Cup (not usually still in by this point in the season)



Day 3 was probably the low point in that the first League game produced a disappointing 1-1 draw at home and then an even more disappointing 0-1 home defeat in the Round 1 match of the Champions League. Day 4 brought a crunch match against our League Champions last Season which brought out a stunning 5-2 away win, and the team has not looked back since, winning all matches in all competitions.

The team is a little heavy in personnel at the moment, which makes it easier to cope with three competitions without resorting to too many green cases. A couple of Youth Players are due in 5 days time so when they arrive a decision will need to be made which players will be retained.



What is pleasing is that the two main strike players are firing on all cylinders, Neagu in the League and Pinto in the other competitions, senior striker Neagu is occupying places in all of the League charts. Left winger Haubner is also finding the net with assuring regularity, especially as he is the primary set-piece taker, current haul is 3FK, 2Pen and 1Solo. At the other end of the scale, Haubner and Babou Noubi put in some poor performances early on and have been rested for the past 2 (Haubner) and 3 (Babou Noubi) days. Haubner was drafted into the Champions League squad for todays match and produced a middling 7 and Babou Noubi was on the bench for the league game as two of the other central midfielders were unavailable, but wasn't used.



More details in the Team Showcase thread for Palace Casuals...