This week on the Real Footy podcast, Michael Gleeson, Jake Niall and Caroline Wilson discuss the issues that the Magpies are facing. Do teams now have a template to beat them? Do they have a problem sustaining performances throughout a full game? Or was it, as Nathan Buckley said, an 'outlier'? Plus, Richmond's dysfunctional forward line and why the next four weeks could decide their future this season, praise for the Saints' old hands, who have been getting better and better, and whether Essendon can be trusted – and will they play finals?

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