{"id":29977,"date":"2017-03-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/leigh-matthews-ranks-adelaide-crow-among-best-ever\/"},"modified":"2017-03-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T00:00:00","slug":"leigh-matthews-ranks-adelaide-crow-among-best-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/leigh-matthews-ranks-adelaide-crow-among-best-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Leigh Matthews ranks Adelaide Crow among best ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Leigh Matthews says Eddie Betts is one of the best \u201cnon-target forwards\u201d to ever play the game.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWhat he\u2019s done the last couple of years, particularly last year, it\u2019s just outstanding the production they\u2019re getting out of him,\u201d Leigh told Rowey and Bicks on FIVEAA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/311482610&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leigh mentioned Eddie alongside Hawthorn full-forward Peter Hudson (who kicked 150 goals in 1971) and Collingwood\u2019s Peter Daicos (who kicked 97 goals in 1990)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly at this point, the way footy\u2019s played now, that\u2019s completely out of the question, those sort of numbers,\u201d Leigh said\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[But] What Eddie Betts is doing at the moment is just outstanding compared to anything &#8212; it\u2019s just incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leigh said there had been some talk about whether Gold Coast\u2019s Gary Ablett could permanently forward\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould he do what Eddie Betts does, for instance?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI reckon Eddie\u2019s a fantastic player, but Ablett is just a superstar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe might\u2019ve been able to approach 100 goals. 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