How about train the players to play to your game plan, instead of having one that only talented blokes can play? It'll be a long time between GFs waiting to load up your side with matchwinners.
Plenty of teams winning premierships with a handful of stars, some solid back up, and a simple plan they know how to play to. That gives players confidence.
Something lacking in Lyons Freo sides, who - talent included - seem to be clueless about where they are and what they're doing. That's on Lyon, not the players, many of whom have played together for years.