Comparing the 2001 R4 team to the 2016 R4 team was fun:
01 B: Antoni Grover, Shane Parker, Anthony Jones.
16 B: Lee Spurr, Zac Dawson, Garrick Ibbotson.
01 HB: Heath Black, Leigh Brown, James Walker.
16 HB: Cam Sutcliffe, Michael Johnson, Tom Sheridan.
01 C: Shaun McManus, Paul Hasleby, Matthew Carr.
16 C: Nic Suban, Stephen Hill, Danyle Pearce.
01 HF: Clive Waterhouse, Matthew Pavlich, Andrew Shipp.
16 HF: Alex Pearce, Matthew Pavlich, Michael Walters.
01 F: Justin Longmuir, Tony Modra, Troy Cook.
16 F: Chris Mayne, Matt Taberner, Hayden Ballantyne.
01 R: Daniel Bandy, Adrian Fletcher, Peter Bell.
16 R: Jon Griffin, Nat Fyfe, Lachie Neale.
01 I: Brad Wira, Jason Norrish, Brad Bootsma. Daniel Metropolis.
16 I: Michael Barlow, Lachie Weller, Hayden Crozier, Ed Langdon.
Some tough calls in there: Bandy v Griffin, Walker v Sheridan, Young Pav v Old Pav, Bell v Neale and Grover v Spurr.
I had 2001 Freo winning 13-9 against 2016 and four of those wins for the current mob came from the bench. Maybe there's too much nostalgia. Clearly if you threw Bennell, Mundy and Sandilands in the frame there'd be some more "wins".