I think you need to put more trust in decent rookies randomly emerging from nowhere down the track that will help you reach the Top 8 quality premiums.
Like who was talking about Clohesy or Will Graham 3 weeks ago? Now suddenly everyone owns them and they will likely make 350K+ that we can inject into our teams.
I just reckon you should still chase top 8 quality value like Walsh, Petracca, Stewart, Green, English, Marshall etc. instead of waving the white flag early and making compromises with May/Adams type picks. If you do need to make a big compromise with Steven May down the track, do it when you actually have no funds - rather than anticipating you will have no funds.
That is just my 2 cents.
Appreciate your reply
Certainly not waving the white flag , just exploring different options , with available cash.
Hopefully I have worked out a plan to get Sicily & Stewart in over the next few rounds.
Now waiting to see what Petracca scores Wednesday night and seeing how that reflects his future price and projections v bringing in Walsh (or Dawson/Sicily) this round instead of waiting another 2 rounds for Green.
Sharp is the player that will be upgraded.
Think there was half a dozen or so rookie priced players named in the Emergencies last round so hopefully they will appear for downgrades , I don't track the VFL , SANFL or WAFL so no idea of what their scoring capabilities could be like
Just need Clohesy , Comben and Graham to increase in price as much as they can before they then need upgrading , so hopefully they keep performing for at least the next 5 rounds.
If I can get to Round 12 with those 3 onfield + Reid & Roberts requiring upgrading I will be pretty content.