Battle was initiated by Crusader alliance with 267 men against GK's 46. Our roster was capped at 24, GK's went up to 37.
For the Battle 23 players turned up for the crusaders and GK fielded 26
It seems clear that the slot limiting system is not working correctly. Fortunately GK fielded a force comparable to ours in size. However if they had filled their roster its seems that our army, which was 4 times larger, could have faced a fight where it was outnumbered.
I wander if this is how the system is meant to work and if it is why it works like that.