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Keeper substitutes

I've had a bug pointed out to me this weekend which I have now fixed.

When a player goes off injured and a substitute comes on then a player in a similar position should be coming on. By that, I mean a defender should replace a defender, a midfielder should replace a midfielder etc.

However, what happened when a player in that position wasn't found was that the first substitute would be used - even if this was a keeper! I've now modified the substitution aspect so that keepers only come on for keepers or if they are the final substitute (or if you have picked 3 goalkeepers as subs!)

Please let me know if you find any other issues with substitutes.

Incidentally, my plans for the future entail giving you the option to supply substitute rules and let them be used tactically as well as for injuries. I'll probably increase the substitutes at this time also.

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