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His cost could also mean you don't have enough quality closer to the middle of the field to even make the finals. It's all opportunity cost. And the point is that the team overall is more important than individual players.
His go-forward coming out of our end lets us carry a small fullback, and obviously the other winger doesn't need to be as good at the heavy carries. But middle forwards aren't really involved in the first few runs after a kick anyway. This is normally the domain of the back three. Maybe a hard working centre here and there. Most of our middle forwards are in the team for their defence. They'll make a few runs to compress the opposition but we seem to work to an edge forward for that key hit up (usually the right) to set up a long shift the other way (so usually the left). The place where we really miss those big attacking middle forwards is close to the opposition tryline, and in that situation the wingers are out wide hoping to get one-on-one with their opponent.
Depends how much of your marketing budget should be included under the cap. But remember every marketing dollar under the cap pushes out a dollar's worth of playing talent.
