AFL legend Leigh Matthews says he has some doubts over Gary Ablett going into the 2016 season, after the Suns' skipper has battled injuries for the past 18 months.

โ€œHeโ€™s thirty-odd now and heโ€™s hardly played for a year-and-a-half and hasnโ€™t played yet this preseason,โ€ Matthews said on Adelaide radio station FIVEaa.

โ€œHeโ€™s had things that just keep going wrong with his body."

Ablett managed just six games last season and 15 in 2014, due knee and shoulder injuries.

โ€œGary Ablett on his form over most of the last decade is as good a player thatโ€™s ever played," Matthews said.

โ€œHeโ€™s a magnificent player, but I must admit thereโ€™s a question mark for me until I see him fit and well and actually strings together a month or two of footy at the kind of level weโ€™ve known in the past."

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