Don The Stat
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 to 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.
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4 days ago
4 days ago
Jono and Ian examine a win against the Swans that showed real signs of a team that is on the cusp of doing something special before turning their attention to a big clash against the Western Bulldogs on Saturday night.
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Jono and Ian examine the ups and downs of Essnedon's 3 point win against North Melbourne and do a deep dive into the performances of Archie Perkins. They then turn their attention to the Bombers round 9 opponent in the Swans.
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Wednesday May 07, 2025
Wednesday May 07, 2025
Jono and Ian examine the ups and downs of Essnedon's 3 point win against North Melbourne and do a deep dive into the performances of Archie Perkins. They then turn their attention to the Bombers round 9 opponent in the Swans.
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Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Jono and Ian review an ANZAC day clash against the Pies where the Bombers threatened for a time before the class of the ladder leaders won out. They then preview North Melbourne's annual Grand Final and look to how the Bombers can bring up their twelth consecutive win against the Kangaroos.
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Thursday Apr 24, 2025
Thursday Apr 24, 2025
Jono and Ian examine the close win against the Eagles before disecting the fallout from the Sam Draper injury. They then turn their attention to the annual ANZAC day clash and look at the areas where the Magpies might be vulnerable this week.
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Wednesday Apr 16, 2025
Wednesday Apr 16, 2025
Ian and Jono analyse another successful Gather Round victory against the Demons. They look at how this weekend's news has impacted our ruck situation before previewing the Bombers' trip across the Nullarbor to face the Eagles.
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Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
Wednesday Apr 09, 2025
The Great Debate takes place as Ian argues for acquiring Harley Reid whilst Jono takes the negative position. We then turn to the Demons and look at how Essendon can get their second win in a row at Gather Round.
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Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Jono and Ian review Essendon's first win of the year against Port Adelaide. They then address a range of questions from their Patrons.
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Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Jono flys solo to dig into the reality of our loss against Adelaide in Round 2 and the positives we can take away from it. He then turns his attention to their cross town rivals Port Adelaide and how we can get our first win of season 2025.Listen to The Medical Room and our Post Match First Thoughts exclusively on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/donthestat
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Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
First Thoughts are usually a Don The Stat Patreon exclusive, but given the response to Essendon's loss against the Crows on Saturday, we thought we'd add our Thoughts to the pile.We typically record this together, however we had conflicting social schedules post-match and recorded separately.You've got Ian first, then Jonathan.
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Thursday Mar 20, 2025
Thursday Mar 20, 2025
Jono and Ian break down the loss against the Hawks in Round 1. They touch on the first quarter, the stoppage dominance and look at the transition defence issues. They then turn their attention to the Crows and look at how the Bombers can earn their first win of the season.
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