Id be worried that I used 5 trades and only increased my keepers by one yet increased my rookies also by a further one.
What trades have you made?
R2: Raines out, Cheney in.
R3: Simmonds and McMahon out, Kruezer and Ellis in.
R4: Mackay out, Beams in.
Raines trade was a poor one, but I was going to be copping a zero due to injuries to Hurley and also McMahon getting dropped. Im happy with the rest of the trades - sure the Ellis one didnt pay off, but I kept onto McMahon for a week and he played like crap in the ressies, so I didnt think he would find his way back so soon.
End of the day though, I needed to make some cash. My cash cows were either injured (Hurley, Raines, Anthony, Hentschel) or average at best (Brown, Jacobs). Doing these trades netted me enough money for my first two upgrades, while setting me up for better trades later on (Beams over Mackay).