I have not been able to check if you can Magic Sponge LIS players back to reserves since the patch, but you can Magic Sponge injured players. then redeploy them to the pitch.
My reading of the rules indicated that only KO'd players could be sponged back to Reserves:
A coach may use the sponge to treat an injured player instead of teleporting a player into the dungeon. If the player was in the KO’d or Stunned box, he is moved into the Reserves box. The sponge has no effect on players that have been
seriously injured or killed.
In a match today I was able to Sponge a Badly Hurt player back to Reserves, then redeploy to the pitch in the last turn of the match.
Can someone clarify the rules?
- Stunned/KO'd can be sponged and redeployed?
- Badly Hurt can/can't be sponged and redeployed?
- MNG/-stat can/can't be sponged and redeployed?
I can also confirm that with no reserves left and in control of the ball, I was able to make an auto-resolve action with the last player and have the turn end without a forfeit, which is great!