Thats not meant to happen but I had that once and was without 18 squad members, and drew 1-1 to a West Ham side who had lost 7 in a row. Basically you just have to use what you've got. Im thinking its a glitch
I agree. I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that it is linked to the option on the preferences screen "Move Matches for TV". If this is disabled, then it shouldn't happen. I may be wrong on it and, to be honest, reading what I've just written, I don't see how it could affect internationals etc but there we go. I'm sure I read it somewhere......maybeoO)
Edit: Okay, I've just had a look around and it appears I'm talking ****. Apparently it is a bug with FM09 and we can't do sweet FA about it:'(
Ive had it as well. I have also had my pre-season disrupted by players still being on their holidays from the previous season when I left my Assistant manager to book my pre-season friendlies. I went on Holiday for the day myself and left him to sort the mess out for the first friendly. They finished their holiday a day later.
Yep, just happened to me as well. Had to play chelsea at home! Luckily I won 2-1 thanks to Marqhuinos. However I had to play an usual formation with players out of usual positions to win.