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I've always played it that when I have a 10 man unit in reserve you can't split them when bringing them on via deep strike but the answer given to the 1st question indicates that I can.

Both are from the official Blood Angel FAQ;

Q: When a unit of 10 Space Marines with the Combat
Squad special rule arrives from reserve as two combat
squads, can they move on from, or Deep Strike onto,
two different locations? (p23)
A: Yes.

BUT...

Q: Can you take a Drop Pod with a 10-man squad and
then put a combat squad in it, deploying the other
combat squad on the table, or leave it in reserve but
not in the Drop Pod? (p32)
A: No, because squads that are placed in reserve may
not break down into combat squads.

So am I missing something or is this a contradiction?

You're missing something. Don't feel bad though - most people did when that FAQ was released.

It simply means you cannot split your squad into combat squads in reserves. It does not mean that you may not combat squad at all if you arrived from reserves.

You combat squad on deployment.
When you deep strike, you are deploying.
Therefore you can combat squad on deep strike.

You cannot combat squad, place one squad on the board and deep strike the other.
You cannot combat squad and deploy one squad in a vehicle and the other outflanking.
Etcetera.

So I roll for my 10 man assault squad to come in via deep strike and then split them into combat squads and land them in 2 different places?

That's correct.

Awesome!

Thanks guys for your quick replys! Guess what I gonna do next game!