{"podcast":{"title":"Don The Stat","slug":"don-the-stat-5422065","podcast_index_feed_id":5422065,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/donthestat/feed.xml","website_url":"https://donthestat.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/14145439/DTS.png","author":"donthestat","episode_count":100,"summary":"Don the Stat is a weekly podcast covering the Essendon Football Club. Former Essendon Football Club analyst Jonathan Walsh is joined by fellow Essendon fan Ian Hume where they break down the previous weeks game and preview the tactics of the next match. We focus on a more analytical approach that considers the statistics and match day tactics that will impact each game.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T00:19:34.168091+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/don-the-stat-5422065"},"episode":{"title":"Don The Stat Countdown to Season 2026 - 8 Days to Round 1","slug":"don-the-stat-countdown-to-season-2026-8-days-to-round-1","published_at":"2026-03-04T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/don-the-stat-5422065/don-the-stat-countdown-to-season-2026-8-days-to-round-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/don-the-stat-5422065","url":"https://donthestat.podbean.com/e/don-the-stat-countdown-to-season-2026-8-days-to-round-1/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tk9rtji5ieztqi5c/riverside_8_feb_25_2026_001_don_the_stat_s_studa5878.mp3","summary":"We are officially 8 days out from Essendon’s Round 1 clash with Hawthorn, under lights at the MCG on March 13 and between now and then, we’re doing something a little bit different.Leading into the 2025 Season, we counted down our Top 100 Essendon players since 1980.In 2026, we’re kicking off a daily countdown to Round 1, 2026 but instead of just ticking off days on a calendar, we’re counting them down through Essendon’s guernsey numbers. Who wore it first.Who wore it most.Which Premiership players pulled it on.Brownlow winners, club legends, cult heroes, and sometimes the obscure one-gamer that still forms part of the story. By the time we get to Number 1, we’ll be on the eve of Round 1 — and we’ll have walked through more than a century of Essendon history, one jumper at a time. Guernsey Number 8 a jumper that has been worn by Premiership players, prolific goal-kickers, and some of the club’s most durable performers. We’ll be back tomorrow for Day 7 and Guernsey Number 7. _______________________ Links: Don The Stat Website | The Official Home of Don The Stat Don The Stat Patreon Don The Stat on Facebook Don The Stat on Instagram Follow Us on X / Twitter Jono / Ian","meta_description":"We are officially 8 days out from Essendon’s Round 1 clash with Hawthorn, under lights at the MCG on March 13 and between now and then, we’re doing someth…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":156,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/don-the-stat-5422065/episodes/don-the-stat-countdown-to-season-2026-8-days-to-round-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/don-the-stat-5422065/don-the-stat-countdown-to-season-2026-8-days-to-round-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}