Season 69

[pnr8555]

Singapore Lions may have signed 4 players, but more signings will coming soon tomorrow.

I decided not to sign more of those because of the new league system, which makes things harder for us obviously.

[talisman]

Palace teams report, Monday 25th July...

Casuals Cup 2nd Leg match could very well have been a disaster. In the first half, MC Kamal booked, then the other MC Topalan injured, while I was dealing with the substitution for the injury, Kamal gets a second yellow card! Half-time and I was making a second MC substitution MC Christie for ST Neagu. 3-0 up from the first leg, 0-2 down at HT in the 2nd Leg, SV Ya Man scored again in the second-half and extra-time loomed, then the miracle happened - DC/DMC Zhelev scored twice in the last five minutes to make the score 2-3 and 5-3 on aggregate. Dodged a bullet there, methinks...

Terriers 2nd Leg match was much more straightforward - 3-0 up from the first leg against Level 3 Dinesh FC, goal-less first half - the stats at half-time made interesting reading:



In the second-half, goals from Atkins, Soto and Masegela put Terriers 3-0 up on the day, and in the 80th minute the visitors got their first shot on target, a header from a corner confidently saved by home 'keeper Mateus. Three minutes later, however he couldn't stop the next, which gave Dinesh a consolation goal. Terriers weren't finished, as ST Armstrong-Ford capped a fine display with a solo goal to make the final score 4-1, a 7-1 aggregate win.

Desert Rats FC made a great improvement in their Cup 2nd Leg match away at Rafael FC (the Bot team in the 1st Leg having been taken over by a RL manager), winning 3-1 for a 3-2 aggregate win. Goals from Taylor(2) and Broomes were the scorers.

[pcmacdaniel]

Through to the 2nd round of the cup, on the backs of a 9:0 agg victory.

Just looked against at my champions league draw and Nordeus really messed it up. It consists of 5 lower level league champions. No 2nd, 3rd or 4th place lower-level teams here, just league winners. To add to the problem these level 14 squads are dealing with three token buyers (level 15) that have combined for 21 champions league titles, in addition to a couple other strong level 15 teams.

[La Morralla FS]

My three teams pass to Cup's next round, but:

1st team: 2 injuries, 11 days!
2nd team: 1 injurie, 6 days!
3rd team: 2 injuries, 9 days! And my best player 6 days

Starts the new injuries Plague for me

[ModeratorRomania]

1-0 and 1-0, good start vs good opponent!

[Steppenwolf]

My three teams pass to Cup's next round, but:

1st team: 2 injuries, 11 days!
2nd team: 1 injurie, 6 days!
3rd team: 2 injuries, 9 days! And my best player 6 days

Starts the new injuries Plague for me

My main team: 6 injuries, 27 days... I win!

[mattyg1306]

Tigers record 2nd win to power though to the 2nd round of the Cup

Leicester Tigers beat Real Madrid FC 4-1 at home yesterday to set up a nice buffer for the team. The team manger yesterday said in the press conference he would like an early score in the 2nd leg to put the game to bed, however this did not happen! The men in Green and red suffered a dreadful first half in their first ever away match of the clubs life. They had numerous set piece chances but failed to capitalise on any of them, mean while Real Madrid hit the woodwork many times! 0-0 was the half time score, on aggregate a very healthy 4-1 to the Tigers. Goals from Buhler (53 minuets), Placzek (57 minuets), Ward (76 minuets) and a header from injury stand-in haddrell (82') wrapped up a comfortable victory. Winning 4-0

Press conference

Cook, the Tigers captain had some interesting thoughts on the game "During the first half i was very worried with how the team played, and very worried with the amount of shots the opposition produced. I was far away on many occasions of saving the goals but luckily the woodwork played a part. As captain, i tried to inspire the boys and this seemed to have worked. No disrespect to the oponants however, they were good."

Man of the Match for the Leicester scored a goal and also provided two assists from his boot. Left Midfielder Buhler! "Thank you for this prize, i worked really hard in todays game, especially after a poor start, I was glad to get a goal and help my team to become winners."

The Team Manger also had some comments of the games outcome. "Today we saw some real pride and passion in this new team. I was impressed that the boys didn't get deflated at half time after so many wasted chances, it goes to show that this brand new team does in dead have some strong potential.
"How are things shaping up for in the League perpetration?"
"well, ill be up early in the morning to find out where we have to go and who we have to play. A top 4 finish in the league is the bare minimum for this team, especially after how good we know they can play. When the opponents are announced, I will see if winning the league is a realistic chance, it should be."

In other news

The win for the Tigers today puts them though to the qualifying round of the cup. They will play Dertmund FC who beat their opponents 6-2 on aggregate. Tickets for the home leg will be realised early in the morning when kick off time is confirmed.

The Leicester Tigers season ticket will go on sale tomorrow to all fans. A number of 150 season tickets will go on sale, leaving 50 tickets for travelling fans and single time buyers. The season ticket will include ALL home league matches, plus the home leg of the Qualifying cup round. The season ticket will also include next seasons home, preliminary cup round. This results in 15 first team competitive fixtures. It will also include free entry to 3 2nd team friendlies, and priority booking for future home cup matches, and priority for away cup matches if we progress to the Quarter finals or further. It also includes a 10% discount in the club store, as well as a 50% discount to a Leicester Tigers on pitch festival event this season. Season tickets will be on sale for 4 days, with prices reducing every day because less games will be played. The prices are as follows; Tuesday = £80 (Save £10) Wednesday = £79 (Save £5) Thursday = £70 (Save £2) Friday = £65. (Save £1). Each individual first team competitive match costs £6. Thank you for your support.

[dan1daking]

2nd Leg in cup pretty easy again , 5:0 for our team (15:0 agg)
goal scorers : Madureira (x2) , Layfield (x2) , Tol

[kynan]

Wow, just got my league fixtures - and all I can say is its going to be a very long season.

My team is ranked as half way between 5 and 6 stars with a 177.5 average. (175 would be 5 star, 180 would be 6)

There are 6 teams that are better than me, with the worst ranked team coming in at 173.6.

It looks like its going to be difficult as I have been drawn in literally the hardest league imaginable. Normally there are 2 or 3 strong teams, with a couple of dead/weak ones - but this is the first time where EVERY team is capable of being the winner!

[talisman]

Up early to hunt in the Transfer Market for a new striker for Palace Casuals.

Targeted this one, eventually got him for 7T/$114M:



Also picked up this one, he was on sale about three minutes before Liam Cashman, and as no one bid put in a last second bid and got him for 1T/$97M as insurance against not getting Cashman:



Will try both of them out and see how they fare, will eventually select one to sell from these two and the two existing ones in the squad.