RR, a very good 21 yo will beat a good 26 year old. Your argument is an example of what you accuse the anti-Lyon cabal of. Generalisations and assumptions, used to back up your opinion of what is happening at Freo. A 21 yo should be regarded as a key player in the team, if he is going to be a long term player for the club. Our "kids" are the 18 and 19yo players, of whom we had 2, I would guess that would be on a par with most other teams in the comp.
Lyon still has to prove that he won't go back to his ultra defensive game plan when we come up against the top sides. This time of year in the last 3 seasons, we have thought that things have changed, only to be gutted when we fail to attack the flag contenders.