The first wave of rookies are starting to max out so I'll start on the next batch and continue building a war chest
Ginbey, Cowan and Baker all look to have slowed too far or stalled. Roberts, Johnson and Williams look decent enough to roll the dice on.
Boosts my bank to 669k which is a bit eye-popping. The temptation is to go for Touk or Neale instead of the 3rd rookie but I'm really concerned as to where the next phase of cash gen is coming from.
Each week that I don't have that cash spent costs me 40 points from being a premium down on field but if the rookies work, the payback in 5 weeks will be that I can afford to finish with better premos, making those points back and then some over the final 13 weeks.
Next week I'll probably grab Smitch from Chandler, if only for the link and might even take Wagner for Pou. That would leave me with 980k to spend, starting with Day, probably from Ashcroft, leaving 880k.
I'll then target the likes of Cogs, Sinclair, Sicily, Sprayshaw and a couple of uber mids. I've got 4 non-Ziebel MPs to help with that though will likely need a couple more downgrades to pull it all off. Might even trade back Into Macrae, Doc and Chesser(!!!) who ought to go better after his rest (hint hint Tom Green owners)