Would it be insane not to start any midfielders over 600k? I quite like a few of the 500s options upside (for eg Yeo, Coniglio, Oliver, McLuggage), feel like a couple of the 600+ brigade always regress early and like everyone is like to save money _somewhere_
Will it cost me too many points in the first 6 weeks? Is it just too high risk if I end up spending the savings on mid pricers? Will my cash gen be stuffed by being a couple of 120k rookies short when/if they show up? Will I ever be able to afford Mcrae and Kelly?
You should be aiming for the "perfect" team. You won't get there, but that should be the aim.
That means striving for a final midfield of Macrae, Cripps, Danger, Bont, Titch, Kelly, Fyfe & Dunkley - or whatever the final combo might be.
It's too hard to go from a stack of 500k players to a final team of uber-premos.
You'll end up with a bunch of players averaging 100-105 and lose out to people with the full gamut. You need to start with a few players you want in your final team, and trade to the rest....