OcTocall - Great Bulldog Finals Moments

[merantau]

Some may know about this already, some not.
If you YouTube "octocall" you will get epic Bulldog moments replayed 6-8 times with all the different TV and radio commentary. I really enjoy these clips and have made a discovery - watching Bont drill that goal is just as enjoyable for the 1000th time as it is for the first. Ditto Tpm Boyd's long bomb, Picken's mark etc etc. It's now over a month since our epic win and I bet I'm not the only person still watching replays! My life will never be the same again. I am suffused with optimism and cannot thank the Club enough for the gift it has given me, the sheer unadulterated joy I have experienced and that I have witnessed others sharing. I truly feel liberated.

[LostDoggy]

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They are fantastic videos.

[KT31]

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Some may know about this already, some not.
If you YouTube "octocall" you will get epic Bulldog moments replayed 6-8 times with all the different TV and radio commentary. I really enjoy these clips and have made a discovery - watching Bont drill that goal is just as enjoyable for the 1000th time as it is for the first. Ditto Tpm Boyd's long bomb, Picken's mark etc etc. It's now over a month since our epic win and I bet I'm not the only person still watching replays! My life will never be the same again. I am suffused with optimism and cannot thank the Club enough for the gift it has given me, the sheer unadulterated joy I have experienced and that I have witnessed others sharing. I truly feel liberated.

Couple have been posted on here already, merantau if you look up ALs Highlights on You Tube you will get much more than the octocall.

[anfo27]

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Yep great highlights. I not only still watch them a month later I still shed a tear, I still get goose bumps & I still find it hard to believe it actually happened to us.

Watching those octocalls confirms in my mind that Anthony Hudson & Gerard Wheately are the best 2 commentators in the business.

[KT31]

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Yep great highlights. I not only still watch them a month later I still shed a tear, I still get goose bumps & I still find it hard to believe it actually happened to us.

Watching those octocalls confirms in my mind that Anthony Hudson & Gerard Wheately are the best 2 commentators in the business.

Totally agree and Shaw is a total shocker.

[Twodogs]

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For an extra treat press the subtitle option on the full screen. I don't know who's doing the transcription but their first language isn't English. I think they must be machine generated but they are pretty funny.

[LostDoggy]

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Yep great highlights. I not only still watch them a month later I still shed a tear, I still get goose bumps & I still find it hard to believe it actually happened to us.

Watching those octocalls confirms in my mind that Anthony Hudson & Gerard Wheately are the best 2 commentators in the business.

For mine (confirmed by octocall), Whateley is a clear No.1, with Tim Lane and Hudson the only others remotely comparable.

[anfo27]

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For mine (confirmed by octocall), Whateley is a clear No.1, with Tim Lane and Hudson the only others remotely comparable.

A couple of those octocalls were tough plays to call and get 100% because there was so much happening like the Boyd sealer in the gf, Calebs goal & the Bonts goal in the prelim. Hudo & Gerard were the only 2 to get the call spot on. I would have Gerard number 1 as well though.

What's with Tony Leonard? You would never think he was Bulldogs man, always thinks we are lucky and should have been penalised for some random free kick that isn't there. Just can't listen to him during our games.

[westdog54]

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Al just put Picken's sealer up last night. Its truly joyful to listen to. Picken's other goal in the last is good to listen to as well. Listening to the varying styles of commentary of what was a truly frantic minute of football is a hell of a lot of fun.

He's now put up all of our last quarter goals, plus Picken's mark.

Gerard Whately is a magnificent commentator. Peter Donegan is very underrated on the AFL Live coverage as well.

[Bornadog]

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Al just put Picken's sealer up last night. Its truly joyful to listen to. Picken's other goal in the last is good to listen to as well. Listening to the varying styles of commentary of what was a truly frantic minute of football is a hell of a lot of fun.

He's now put up all of our last quarter goals, plus Picken's mark.

Gerard Whately is a magnificent commentator. Peter Donegan is very underrated on the AFL Live coverage as well.

I like Peter Donegan and don't understand why he doesn't get a permanent gig calling the footy on TV or radio. I think Gerard is one of the best, can't stnad any of the guys on the commercial networks.

[always right]

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Love Peter Donegan. Never makes the call all about him...a real pro. Can only imagine the decision not to make him a lead footy commentator has been his choice alone.

[1eyedog]

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Some may know about this already, some not.
If you YouTube "octocall" you will get epic Bulldog moments replayed 6-8 times with all the different TV and radio commentary. I really enjoy these clips and have made a discovery - watching Bont drill that goal is just as enjoyable for the 1000th time as it is for the first. Ditto Tpm Boyd's long bomb, Picken's mark etc etc. It's now over a month since our epic win and I bet I'm not the only person still watching replays! My life will never be the same again. I am suffused with optimism and cannot thank the Club enough for the gift it has given me, the sheer unadulterated joy I have experienced and that I have witnessed others sharing. I truly feel liberated.

There's not a day that goes by that I do not watch the JJ to Bont Octocall in full.

[LostDoggy]

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There's not a day that goes by that I do not watch the JJ to Bont Octocall in full.

Similar. I find myself watching those big moments incessantly. Really makes you appreciate the little moments that lead up to it as well. Boyd's efforts are amazing, but Dunkley's ability to stand up in the tackle and then find someone (given he's a first year player in a massive moment in Q4 of a Prelim) is just more impressive with every viewing.

A bit like Morris' effort that leads to TBoyds big goal in the GF. After he makes the initial spoil on Buddy, he visibly hunches over in pain but summons the energy to go again where 99.9% wouldn't - and then commit 100%. Makes me tear up a little with every viewing.

Watching these things repeatedly makes you appreciate the importance of those split second efforts and how we were collectively so 'on' we were just never going to be denied.

[westdog54]

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There's not a day that goes by that I do not watch the JJ to Bont Octocall in full.

To his credit, BT called that goal beautifully.

None of the 8 really called it badly.

[Twodogs]

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A couple of those octocalls were tough plays to call and get 100% because there was so much happening like the Boyd sealer in the gf, Calebs goal & the Bonts goal in the prelim. Hudo & Gerard were the only 2 to get the call spot on. I would have Gerard number 1 as well though.

What's with Tony Leonard? You would never think he was Bulldogs man, always thinks we are lucky and should have been penalised for some random free kick that isn't there. Just can't listen to him during our games.

I've come to realise that Tony is what people see as the archetypal bulldog supporter. Knows and loves the club and the game inside out but scared to invest emotionally in public to the club because, well, we got sick of being made to look silly over and over again.

But that was then and this is now with a more confident and forward looking club I wonder if people like Tony will continue to be looked on as the archetype,

Al just put Picken's sealer up last night. Its truly joyful to listen to. Picken's other goal in the last is good to listen to as well. Listening to the varying styles of commentary of what was a truly frantic minute of football is a hell of a lot of fun.

He's now put up all of our last quarter goals, plus Picken's mark.

Gerard Whately is a magnificent commentator. Peter Donegan is very underrated on the AFL Live coverage as well.

Donegal and Whately are both race callers and they bring that discipline of race calling where they aim to communicate as much information with each word as they can.

There's not a day that goes by that I do not watch the JJ to Bont Octocall in full.

Similar. I find myself watching those big moments incessantly. Really makes you appreciate the little moments that lead up to it as well. Boyd's efforts are amazing, but Dunkley's ability to stand up in the tackle and then find someone (given he's a first year player in a massive moment in Q4 of a Prelim) is just more impressive with every viewing.

A bit like Morris' effort that leads to TBoyds big goal in the GF. After he makes the initial spoil on Buddy, he visibly hunches over in pain but summons the energy to go again where 99.9% wouldn't - and then commit 100%. Makes me tear up a little with every viewing.

Watching these things repeatedly makes you appreciate the importance of those split second efforts and how we were collectively so 'on' we were just never going to be denied.

I rate any commentater who A/ picks that it's Keithy Boyd who prods the ball with his foot to JJ and B/ manages to insert that information into the call because it happens so quickly. I reckon it took me about 5 viewings of that play to sort out where everyone is and what they do.