When the game starts at 19:00 you should be able to change orders untill 19:00 imo. It's the same in 'real life' where coaches can make adjustments whenever they want.
correct, however you are not the coach, but the manager, if you call your coach 1 minute before the game to tell him some other players need to start he will be so confused and stressed he will probably won't know what he had to do a minute later, and screw up entirely. ;)
I do understand why it's 15 minutes before the game here and I find it logic as well, but I like the system in Hattrick even more
don't forget the hattrick system works the same... they never intended you to use the fact they calcualte their game a little later for the purpose of being able to still set a line up after the deadline passed.
To be completely honest here, I would dislike that we have to wait for a reporter to get to the arena before we can see the action, which is quite annoying in hattrick. So I like it just the way it is.
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