No mistake at all. Three new, high value, fast training 18 year olds (one with a SA), all close to 6*. 8 tokens for the players and 25 for the cash = 33 tokens total
I keep a full squad of 22 good players for rotation (all close to 5* at least, even on day 1), so if I brought in freebies first I'd have to sell a player to make space and I wouldn't have any reserve for that position. Plus I could then end up in a bid war for a player I 'need' after a few days
From my experience, those 33 tokens were very well spent