i never said to get rid of any of those players. cook will go fine at dummy half as will carter off the interchange. gi, aj, auva'a, keary, reyno all in the backline - hardly a budget backline. gi shouldn't be as worn down if he is managed better around origin time. sam burgess was supposed to only be using $500,000 of the cap for his first year. letting go of stewart and luke saved around $1,200,000 of the cap. cook and oldfield wouldn't be on much. walker was on $250,000 for 2016. i have also heard the cap has increased for 2016. it might only be mcqueen or grant that needs to be let go, and tbh both of them haven't played their best consistently for a while now anyway.