Well you could be right we will go into the finals with same side just maybe Kelly gone Steven in
There would definitely be a view that we are setting ourselves up for failure to not be more markedly different in personnel from last year. Mitigating against that perspective would be the following realities:
(1) Our PF team last year was missing Toma and Mitch Duncan, who are both having storming seasons.
(2) This year's incarnation features marked improvement from players like Guth and Mena, who have been part of the noticeable tailing off of our group below the upper echelon in big games in recent years.
(3) The game style has been tweaked to improve our ball retention and minimise scores against from turnover (Richmond's key weapon against any serious opponent).
On the basis of these 'differences', I wouldn't be greatly fearful of lining up in the finals with a team that is not too dissimilar to last year's PF 22 (given Toma and Mitch as 'ins'). For the reasons outlined above, I think we would be a fairly different proposition for this year's prospective opponents right away.