Port Adelaide premiership coach Mark Williams believes reducing the number of players on the field to 16-a-side will greatly reduce congestion and make the game a more attractive spectacle for fans.

The inaugural season of the AFL Women's competition has seen the league remove the two wing position for both teams for a 16-per-side match and Williams says the same should be done for the men's game.

โ€œI would just get rid of the wings and play 16-a-side. For me thatโ€™s the easiest thing,โ€ Williams said on SEN Radio.

โ€œAs soon as - at any training night - you donโ€™t have as many players training, it is so much more open.

โ€œIf you take two off, itโ€™s a lot easier to find full teams for juniors and at the same time it makes the game back to what we like. Flowing, goal scoring and you canโ€™t flood back.

โ€œI think itโ€™s worthwhile seeing. I know the VFA did it and it seemed to do OK for them as well.โ€

However, Williams said the overall number of players selected on match day could still remain at 22.

โ€œYou could play 22 (with six on the bench). People are getting no less pay, they are just not playing as long on the field,โ€ he added.