Deadline Room Brief
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Deadline Room Brief

Generated: 2026-06-12T22:48:57.147Z

Source snapshot: 2026-06-12T22:48:57.147Z

This brief supplies evidence and checks. It does not recommend transfers without private team state and does not confirm
actions.

Required Placeholders

- Current private team state: read Google Doc
- Current deadline/time: user/ChatGPT must provide or verify
- First-lock fixture: verify from schedule/source
- Confirmed lineup source: verify using source map

Deadline-Room Checklist

- Load current private squad, XI, bench, captain, vice-captain, boosters and transfer state.
- Verify the deadline and first-lock fixture against a current schedule source.
- Verify first-lock starters and benches from confirmed lineup evidence.
- Check status changes, avoid flags and material source warnings.
- Validate squad, budget, nation limits, formation and any transfer action.
- Set captain and vice-captain deliberately.
- Review bench order and manual-sub implications.
- Check booster legality and all relevant rules-watch items.
- Record intended actions separately from confirmed FIFA actions.

Current Evidence Inputs

- Players loaded: 1487
- Squads loaded: 48
- Broad Scouting Bonus evidence pool: 1187
- Broad captaincy evidence pool: 1216
- Avoid flags: 329
- Status changes: 0
- Ownership changes: 16
- Candidate pools are broad evidence pools, not recommendations or shortlists.

First Lock And Starter Verification

- Observed matchStatus=start: 66
- Observed matchStatus=sub: 89
- Observed matchStatus=not_in_squad: 43
- Teams with exactly 11 observed starters: 6
- matchStatus timing is unproven and cannot confirm a lineup.
- Recheck player availability after confirmed lineups publish and before each rolling lock.

Status And Avoid Flags

- warning: Abde Ezzalzouli (Morocco) - Official fantasy status is transferred; no injury cause is inferred.
- warning: Abdelatif Ramdane (Algeria) - Official fantasy status is transferred; no injury cause is inferred.
- warning: Abdelhamid Aït Boudlal (Morocco) - Official fantasy status is transferred; no injury cause is inferred.
- warning: Abdullah Al Salem (Saudi Arabia) - Official fantasy status is transferred; no injury cause is inferred.
- warning: Abdulquddus Atiah (Saudi Arabia) - Official fantasy status is transferred; no injury cause is inferred.
- warning: Abdulrahman Al Sanbi (Saudi Arabia) - Official fantasy status is transferred; no injury cause is inferred.
- warning: Adam Bareiro (Paraguay) - Official fantasy status is transferred; no injury cause is inferred.
- warning: Adil Aouchiche (Algeria) - Official fantasy status is transferred; no injury cause is inferred.
- warning: Adrián Alcaraz (Paraguay) - Official fantasy status is transferred; no injury cause is inferred.
- warning: Agustín Álvarez (Uruguay) - Official fantasy status is transferred; no injury cause is inferred.

Candidate Pool Summary

- Scouting Bonus: 1187 ownership-eligible evidence candidates; use reason-bucketed items in the daily brief.
- Captaincy: 1216 broad evidence candidates; do not rank by low ownership alone.
- No transfer or captain choice can be finalised without private team, fixture, lock and confirmed-lineup context.

Confirmed-Lineup Fallback Protocol

1. Primary: FIFA match centre and official match pages
   (https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/scores-fixtures)
2. Fallback: Apple Sports (https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-sports/id6446788829)
3. If direct access fails, request timestamped user screenshots or copied lineup text with visible source context.
4. Record source and observation time. Do not substitute matchStatus for confirmed lineup evidence.
- Coverage gap: Neither source is currently script-readable.
- Coverage gap: Publication timing and World Cup coverage must be validated on match day.

Captain And Vice-Captain

- Confirm both are in the intended XI and legal under current lock state.
- Verify the captain's fixture, start evidence and remaining switch options.
- Preserve vice-captain fallback deliberately; do not assume a pending switch was completed.

Bench And Manual Subs

- Confirm legal formation after any bench change.
- Check locked and unlocked players before a manual substitution.
- A manual substitution can cancel automatic substitutions; validate and state that risk before acting.

Booster And Rules Watch

- Validate booster availability, stage restrictions and unresolved behavior before use.
- Mystery Booster and other unresolved items must remain warnings linked to docs/rules-watch.md.

State Safety

Do not update confirmed private team state until user confirms in FIFA.