[theo_luddite]

My take is that the clubs whose scores and scorers we are trying to guess are allowed to change their starting line-up and subs right up to kick-off as long as the refs and, presumably, opposition are informed. Players getting knocks in the last training session the day or morning before the game or even in the pre-match warm-up's are no more in our control than guessing who might or might not be playing up to a week before kick-off.

We actually don't have to press "Post Reply" until 1 minute before the kick-off of every game if we don't want to, so making a change up to the same point in time as long as we inform the ref (Snoots) and everyone else via another Reply Post if we do is fair game.

There's many a time when I post the match day squad on one of my threads and forget (frequently - it's an age thing), or don't have time, (ocassionally - it's a social thing) to check who I've picked to score and realise during (or after) the game I've got someone down who isn't/wasn't going to play.

It's a lot easier to make the changes to last minute predictions sat at home than it is when you're in the middle of a conversation, and/or ordering a pre-match round of drinks in a nearby pub. Don't get me started about getting an interweb signal in the ground when the error of your ways suddenly comes to your attention via the scoreboard or Rambo (in our case). Getting a signal from Radio Local in our ground can sometimes be a big enough challenge on Digitial to listen to the commentary. Finger in one ear, ear phone in the other, left foot on the seat in front, bent metal coat hanger hanging out of your .... as I was saying.