"Every Monday I go into the MRP and think, 'how can I ruin the game this week?'. And I think I've achieved that again."

This week on The Age Real Footy Podcast, Michael Gleeson and Greg Baum put former Brownlow medallist and current match review panel member Jimmy Bartel in the hot seat and, all jokes aside, discover why the AFL hasn't yet managed to stamp out on-field punching.

Deliberate rushed behinds are also on the agenda, as is inaccurate kicking, and our panellists give their mid-season report cards for Carlton, St Kilda, the Western Bulldogs, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

And while he doesn't want to give away all of Geelong's trade secrets, Bartel gives an insight into just how valuable it is for his former side to play at Simonds Stadium.

All this plus whispers about North Melbourne's "smoke screen" and the Crow who could be Melbourne-bound in the latest episode of the Real Footy podcast.

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