The trouble is on this site, this kind kind of thing has happened so often that I think it's become normalised? At least I now react to unannounced changes without even blinking, even when it breaks my code, as if it's to be expected when in reality it's a very shoddy way of running a site.
Code now working again. Easy fix. Instead of lose & lose it's now draw & draw & 0 & 0.
Thanks again to the people whose incredibly poor communication ability produced this farce.
As we wont get much feedback from those responsible l'll provide their expected answer. "Well we are too busy to actually provide information to the users"