Leigh Matthews believes the introduction of an AFL mid-season is doomed to fail despite serious consideration being given to the proposal.

Whether games are played mid-week or introduced to split the home and away season, Matthews says the quality between the competitions could be vastly different.

“What we’re assuming is that it’s not a mid-week competition, the thought is maybe to have the home and away season and 19 or 20 games,” Matthews said on 3AW Football.

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“Any thought of having a mid-week completion is Mickey Mouse.

“The problem is you’re gonna have a senior competition and a secondary competition.”

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