Injuries & Suspensions
Keeping your best players available is half the battle. Cards and knocks will cost you players at the worst possible times — plan for it.
Cards and suspensions
Section titled “Cards and suspensions”Discipline follows clear rules in the league:
- Five yellow cards across the season earns a one-game suspension. Once you serve it, your yellow count resets and starts again.
- A red card — whether straight or two yellows in one match — brings a one-game suspension.
A suspended player can’t be selected until he’s served his ban. The Schedule and your squad screen flag who’s sitting out.
Remember that cup bookings are tracked separately and don’t count toward your league yellows.
Injuries
Section titled “Injuries”Players can pick up injuries — some in the run of a match, some that keep them out for a while. An injury sidelines a player for a period of weeks depending on how bad it is, and he can’t be selected until he recovers.
You’ll see each injured player’s status on your squad screen so you know when to expect him back.
Injury lists
Section titled “Injury lists”Injury lists make a roster spot available, but never remove the player’s wage from the salary cap. Use them to bring in cover, not to create cap room.
- Season-Ending Injury List — put a currently injured player aside for the rest of the regular season and playoffs. Each club has one slot per season.
- Injured Player List — for a player projected to miss six or more matches. He returns to the active roster automatically when he recovers.
The temporary list is unavailable once roster moves are frozen. A player on either list frees a senior roster slot; plan for the wage to stay on your books.