its holiday time,
whats going to happen if you have 2 or more players away on holiday ?
I think we all know the answer to that one.
Then theirs players busy with other things in their life, so again the same answer.

ye m8 easy sayin from 1 the best clans on the game who aint exactly gna struggle for players....12 how its is now is fair for all

You are missing what I have said, we have struggled for players and games have went to default because we have had no one else available. It has got nothing to do with how good or bad your clan is. It is down to having players available to play and to try and stop defaults or make less games go to default.

Maybe just an increase for the teams in division 2 (where the problems seem to be occuring) as div 1 teams dont seem to be having a problem

Of course there is an overlap of the teams going down (which will be able to sign more players so no problem) and the teams going up (which means they may end up with 2/3 extra players than the rest of the division)

One solution is that they cannot sign extra players until they go under the limit for division 1 as a period of transition (as they still may be a 'lesser' clan as most clans who go up struggle against the main 3 who have a firm grip on that division)

Just a thought

And I think you are missing what he is saying Keith... His concern is that larger clans means the top clans will grab a larger portion of the best players, meaning a worse time for the less renowned clans - a concern I think is valid, to some extent at least.

Lets face it - some clans are more attractive for players to join than others. That doesn't apply for every single individual of course, but it's definitely a trend in the bigger picture. The larger clan allowed, the more top players get bundled into a quite few top clans.

If clan size does get increased you can always swap players around as you dont have to use the same 8 players in both matches so other players could get a game in the other game so mostly all players get a game.

thats what i try and do on snooker

from goose:
"I think that the decision should be reached and still stand strong that defaults should not be a closed doors affair, captains of clans in the league should reach decisions in my humble opinion and it should be done in an open game room so anybody can be there to see what captains say. therefore getting true and accurate results based on open and fair information."

Defaults is not a closed door affair - the guidelines by which defaults are settled, the process on how it works, are all clearly stated in the rules. It clearly is a closed door affair as not all are invited to witness default decision.
Defaults need to be a clinical process based on rules, not based on opinions and debates. We input the scores to our best ability, following the guidelines and info available, and the final score is the average of the individual inputs. witnesses to the default process would not if stated in the rules, lead to a debate, i am sure that any captains attending the defaults table would be happy just to see how decisions were reached.

Who, and how many should be part of that process is of course subject for debate, but an open process of who thinks what in each game is not possible - simply because it would without exception turn every single default into a debate.

Could one of the league runners advise if they are going to extend clan size for next season.

Not all clans need to extend there numbers but the option there for those who want that extra couple of players for back up.

Thanks