{"id":29811,"date":"2017-04-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/leigh-matthews-declares-crows-star-one-of-the-best\/"},"modified":"2017-04-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T00:00:00","slug":"leigh-matthews-declares-crows-star-one-of-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/leigh-matthews-declares-crows-star-one-of-the-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Leigh Matthews declares Crows star one of the best"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Leigh Matthews says Rory Sloane is now one of the best midfielders in the AFL.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cFor the first time I said to myself &#8212; Sloane is in the top handful of midfielders,\u201d Leigh told Rowey and Bicks on FIVEAA. \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever thought that to myself before\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou guys may have because you see him every week, but he\u2019s been outstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/317317986&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" frameborder=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leigh said the Crows, boosted by some new blood, were playing the type of footy required to win in 2017:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cUnless you can play quick, fast moving footy, you\u2019re not going to be much good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Crows are certainly doing that. 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