Perhaps the players that were originally picked for those positions have been sold?
Here's something I saw today:
Starting XI: 5 players
Subs: 3 players
Reserves: 21 players
This sort of thing seems to be only possible on the PC version. The mobile version does not allow you to hide players on your reserve roster if their are openings in the Starting XI or 7 Subs.
My other question is, how can you carry 29 players? Are 7 of these players acquired, but not yet signed? If so, how long can you carry unsigned players? I've done this with a couple of players at a time where I held them for several hours before finally sacking or selling someone on my roster to make space. Recently I managed to hold onto an unsigned U21 player for 3 days until I had enough tokens to sign him.
How long can you carry unsigned players?
Any thoughts?
I've read the posts about the presentation issue and understand how that can happen. That said, the example you linked had a team with 19 players. This fits within the 22-man roster. My bigger question was to do with the fact that the team I was looking at was carrying 29 players. This is well above the limit of 22.