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I fail to see what part of waiting until the eleventh hour is ideal- wouldn’t it just lead to potential failures on the off chance something came up and you or I couldn’t make the scheduled time? considering you’ve had no trouble making one week deadlines in the past, I don’t see what the hang up is here to be honest
My prep time is severely limited this week, and I don't want to play halfway through a week to avoid interfering with work. Earliest I can go is Saturday the 25th.
that’s okay, I guess- although I still don’t understand why you want to stall so long when we’re being actively punished with forced subs for delaying matches lol