I have always thought that the 2020 roster was better than 15th place in spite of everything.
Change of coach, (which hopefully proves an improvement) staff and tactics will make a difference with the same group of players, but I think the big one is fitness in the last 20 minutes of a game. Would be good if we had more of an attacking mindset as well!!
All this combined should see the same players around 10th-12th on the ladder. I think it’s a chasm from 10th to 7-8th which requires player upgrades which are coming.
Recall we lost quite a few close games this season which I put down to inferior fitness (amongst other things) which could have seen us higher on the ladder. I will be shocked if, at the least, we are not one of the fittest half dozen teams in the comp next year.