On today’s episode of The Almanack Report, it’s a hard life being a Collingwood supporter, what with every other club’s supporters hating you because of your love of your team, and the joy they have when the Magpies fall over on or off the field. Well this past weekend has been one where it has paid off in spades, with the bombsite that has been the Essendon Football Club over the past week, and then the several results coming from one of the greatest last round matches ever in VFL/AFL history.

Today’s episode will have a look back at the week that dissolved for Essendon off the field, and just where it leaves them and, more importantly, their supporters, after a decade of constant torment. And then you can bask in the glory that can only come when a Collingwood victory and more Carlton misery come together in such a spectacular fashion.

That’s the line up on today’s Almanack Report, on the podcast is beginning to believe that the premiership could be cakewalk, Thoughts from the Metal Cavern.