From their starting 11 in the Grand Final - Vukovic, Hall, Farrell, Balard & Nisbet have all left or retired.
Alot like the Nix, they will rely on Academy talent hopefully stepping up quickly, and then recruiting new influential visa players. Their visa recruitment has been top notch the last few seasons, and also Nix like they seem to have a stable quality coaching setup.
Very early days but wouldn't surprise if top 6 is VUC, Sydney, Mariners, Nix & Auckland - with either Melb City or WSW.