{"id":30655,"date":"2016-09-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/leigh-matthews-says-he-s-a-fan-of-radical-new-footy-idea\/"},"modified":"2016-09-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T00:00:00","slug":"leigh-matthews-says-he-s-a-fan-of-radical-new-footy-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/leigh-matthews-says-he-s-a-fan-of-radical-new-footy-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Leigh Matthews says he\u2019s a fan of radical new footy idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Leigh Matthews has dived into a debate about the merits of playing 16-a-side football &#8212; and says he\u2019s all for it.<\/h3>\n<p>Leigh came to his conclusion while watching the television women\u2019s game last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really open space,\u201d Leigh said \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt led me to think \u2026 this thought that footy would be better with 16-a-side rather than 18-a-side &#8212; I\u2019m for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/281773222&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>\u201cIn a hundred years the ground size hasn\u2019t altered,\u201d Leigh said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut player fitness and athleticism &#8212; can you imagine what it is now compared to a hundred years ago? They just cover the ground so much better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe that\u2019s why a lot of people liked the look of the women\u2019s game \u2026 because it was very open.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/cornesy-says-it-s-time-for-crows-to-lose-in-sanfl\"><strong>TIME FOR THE CROWS TO LOSE &#8212; SAYS GRAHAM CORNES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/leon-byner\/tracey-grimshaw-is-hardly-a-recluse-says-peter-ford\"><strong>TV STAR LAUGHS OFF HER 35-YEAR \u201cSECRET\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leigh Matthews has dived into a debate about the merits of playing 16-a-side football &#8212; and says he\u2019s all for it. Leigh came to his conclusion while watching the television women\u2019s game last weekend. \u201cIt was really open space,\u201d Leigh said \u2026 \u201cIt led me to think \u2026 this thought that footy would be better [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-30655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fiveaa-sports-show","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Leigh Matthews says he\u2019s a fan of radical new footy idea - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/leigh-matthews-says-he-s-a-fan-of-radical-new-footy-idea\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leigh Matthews says he\u2019s a fan of radical new footy idea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Leigh Matthews has dived into a debate about the merits of playing 16-a-side football &#8212; and says he\u2019s all for it. 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