The main problem is the amount of defaults we had last season. Thus most of the rules we have looked at changing are interlinked with causes of defaults.

We are trying to help by providing extra depth for subs, more flexibility with regards to who can play who (fixture swaps) and possibly the ability to correct subs one has made early in a fixture.

You can have 20 players in a clan if they aren't the right players who are reliable and really want to play the games you will still get defaults.
You can have 8 players in a clan and not get one default all season because they are the right players.
Captains already keep unreliable players on their teamlists because they have got 14 so I think making squads bigger isn't solving anything.

Giving swaps at the end of a fixture will get loads of games played and bigger incentives for completing and bigger punishments for defaults will push captains more to not let it go that far.

I think the vikings should be very proud of themselves, to get all games played (the only team in the whole of the league to have no defaults) with only 11 regular players and to lose only one match is a great achievement, i would like to say a big thank you to those that made a great effort to play their games and get us to where we are.

although i like your idea horse it makes the season at least a month longer if not more.

just be reading a lot of this
as all captains should know it easy saying that when you have 11 players coming on all the time that is good as many good teams dont have that problem cause they end up with the best players
it all comes down to new clans you ask players they say can i join your team you say yes
then you never see them for months
so i think you all need to think about this not only going on with the players you had it hard for new clans if you be they you should no

The need to get rid of defaults is the main thing everyone want as time and time again people question the random defaults that are produced.

Suggestion to hopefully eliminate the majority of defaults.

Each team puts in list of 8 as per now.

In the first 2 weeks of the fixture the captains can sub/swap put back in players whatever is required to get games complete. If all games are complete at the end of 2 weeks, increase the bonus points for completion to encourage it.

All games that are incomplete after 2 weeks, instead of going to default, the league allows these games a third week to complete when the next set of fixtures are put out.

In this third week any of the players who have not played from either clan can ask any of the players from the other clan who have not played in the fixture so far to play a game to get fixtures complete. Captain has not got any control in week 3 as to who plays who as players can post the game and play it without any input from the captains. Suggest captains send messages to all clan members who are available to play outstanding fixtures advising the opposing clan members they need to look out for and post on the clan thread so no one can say they didn't know.

If captain wants certain players to play he will have to get them to play in weeks 1 and 2.

Any games that are not completed after week 3 would suggest that one or both clans have inactive players and league runners can look into and deal with accordingly. Any games incomplete after end of week 3, none of the clans who have been unable to get games played get any points thus eliminating defaults. Also if games are not played and there is no excuses as players have been active and on at same times but not played, penalise the teams involved points this should encourage them not to let it happen again.

(Would need an exception that if one clan could prove they had tried constantly and the other clan made no effort or were inactive the league runners would make a call at there discretion)

If we have clans with 12/14/16 members it should not matter who ends up playing games as long as games get played, if a clan wants you to be in it, they should be wanting you to play any game that is required against another clan.

But surely you would have all of you best players playing, with some average players as back up for as and when you need them?!
That's what the friendlies are for with new clans, you sort out your team before joining FCL and with bigger squads the big clans have loads of reliable, quality players that could be playing every game for another team.

2 weeks is plenty to get games played why give a third?

To get rid of defaults by allowing any players to play games after the two week deadline and to penalise teams who fail to get games played. If teams are run properly this third week would not be required

anyway i talked to kev and we agreed to use 15 players as a trial for next season, if it works fair enough we can keep it, if not we can lower it, no harm done

although i like your idea horse it makes the season at least a month longer if not more.

Good player tries to get game played for 2 weeks, bad player dodges. Both teams get punished, good player doesn't get to play and the other team get to grab whoever is online to play!?

Can't see it working at all and end of the day 2 weeks to send a message and spare an hour for a a game shouldn't be a problem for anyone if the incentives are there and more swaps are allowed towards the tail end of the fixture.