Leigh Matthews has spoken on the current crop of retiring players, and explained why he admires Trent Cotchin and Jack Riewoldt more than Lance Franklin and Nic Naitanui.

In his argument, he referred to some of the great players he coached in Tony Shaw and Michael Voss.

“Very hard judgement call to make, but an important one,” Matthews said on 3AW Football.

Press PLAY to hear him explain his case