Ricky Otto

[Whispering Bob]

Just stumbled across this;

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

What a player the Reverend Doctor Otto was.

 

[* ORM *]

What a player the Reverend Doctor Otto was.

In one out of every three games BUT when he was on fire he was ON FIRE! Even when we wasn’t on fire the expectation when he received the ball was immense. Unlike today’s offerings always looking to drive forward. I miss those days. Watching highlights of 70’s 80’s and 90’s games makes me wonder how on earth we have ended up with the comparative dross we see these days. I’d love to see a comparison between then and now for shots on and off target from 25 yards or me for example.

 

[mfurok]

One of the best players to ever pull on a Blues shirt.

What a talent.

Best moment - Barnsley away.

Worst moment - that header over the bar in extra time of the Anglo Italian semi final at Notts County.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

In one out of every three games BUT when he was on fire he was ON FIRE! Even when we wasn’t on fire the expectation when he received the ball was immense. Unlike today’s offerings always looking to drive forward. I miss those days. Watching highlights of 70’s 80’s and 90’s games makes me wonder how on earth we have ended up with the comparative dross we see these days. I’d love to see a comparison between then and now for shots on and off target from 25 yards or me for example.

If you watch highlights then players are always going to look better but even back then Otto was the exception not the rule.

The 90s also brought us Roger Willis, Micky Bodley, Peter Beadle, Mark Hall, Dominic Iorfa, Carl Beeston, Paul Read, Christian Hyslop, Kevin O’Callagan, Andy Rammell, Andy Harris, Paul Williams, Ben Lewis, Keith Dublin, Julian Hails etc. I’m not sure the overall product was always quite as compelling as you might remember.

 

[palexander]

If you watch highlights then players are always going to look better but even back then Otto was the exception not the rule.

The 90s also brought us Roger Willis, Micky Bodley, Peter Beadle, Mark Hall, Dominic Iorfa, Carl Beeston, Paul Read, Christian Hyslop, Kevin O’Callagan, Andy Rammell, Andy Harris, Paul Williams, Ben Lewis, Keith Dublin, Julian Hails etc. I’m not sure the overall product was always quite as compelling as you might remember.

How DARE you!

TBF from that list, Bodley, Rammell, Hails and maybe Dublin as they were back then would be great in this squad!

 

[* ORM *]

If you watch highlights then players are always going to look better but even back then Otto was the exception not the rule.

The 90s also brought us Roger Willis, Micky Bodley, Peter Beadle, Mark Hall, Dominic Iorfa, Carl Beeston, Paul Read, Christian Hyslop, Kevin O’Callagan, Andy Rammell, Andy Harris, Paul Williams, Ben Lewis, Keith Dublin, Julian Hails etc. I’m not sure the overall product was always quite as compelling as you might remember.

Sorry I wasn’t necessarily talking about SUFC, but about football in general. I’m all for better diet, healthier lifestyle etc but technical football (if I can call it that)? Nah not for me.

 

[tottenham541]

He would always put bums on seats, excited to watch him play every week, terrified Millwall

 

[Shrimp and two veg]

Followed Judas out the door to dirty Brum, dead to me. Ruined what was an amazing time to be a Shrimper and watching Ricky the wizard out wide, well an absolute delight. Speed, strength, trickery.
I was in Hamlet Court rd one evening, i saw him and suddenly a limo pulled up and these Brum voices were calling him into the motor.
Ffs. Was like losing a member of the family.

Years of dross followed with relegations and pitiful crowds at the Hall. In my late 20s, i actually fell out of love with Southend for 2-3yrs, chasing women and raving at weekends became a lot more fun.