Ottens Threads Merged

[mb64]

Just flicking through this thread and I find myself feeling some sympathy for Otto. Imo a very talented player who was coached by the Spud and who failed to live up to expectations. :-\

I have a sense that he isn't going to settle at Geelong and could well find himself pushed out to a third club..

If the opportunity arises what would you say to a Knoble/Otto trade with the Cats picking up any salary shortfall? Or have too many bridges been burn't?

Doubt if he'll go to a 3rd club.He'll stay at Geelong & then retire.

 

[Phar Ace]

Just flicking through this thread and I find myself feeling some sympathy for Otto. Imo a very talented player who was coached by the Spud and who failed to live up to expectations. :-\

I have a sense that he isn't going to settle at Geelong and could well find himself pushed out to a third club..

If the opportunity arises what would you say to a Knoble/Otto trade with the Cats picking up any salary shortfall? Or have too many bridges been burn't?

Doubt if he'll go to a 3rd club.He'll stay at Geelong & then retire.

I was a fan of Otto's for a long time - until he started falling to his knees to get his own ruck taps :hihi. Like we needed a big bloke getting in and under ???

Anyway, even with that said, I had to have a chuckle at the comment recently in an article where Otto wanted repay the faith and it was time to deliver - geez that sounded familiar.............

 

[CarnTheTiges]

Just flicking through this thread and I find myself feeling some sympathy for Otto. Imo a very talented player who was coached by the Spud and who failed to live up to expectations. :-\

I have a sense that he isn't going to settle at Geelong and could well find himself pushed out to a third club..

If the opportunity arises what would you say to a Knoble/Otto trade with the Cats picking up any salary shortfall? Or have too many bridges been burn't?

Doubt if he'll go to a 3rd club.He'll stay at Geelong & then retire.

I was a fan of Otto's for a long time - until he started falling to his knees to get his own ruck taps :hihi.  Like we needed a big bloke getting in and under ???

Anyway, even with that said, I had to have a chuckle at the comment recently in an article where Otto wanted repay the faith and it was time to deliver - geez that sounded familiar.............

I seem to remember hearing the same thing more than once when he was at Richmond.

 

[The Mighty Wozman]

Just flicking through this thread and I find myself feeling some sympathy for Otto. Imo a very talented player who was coached by the Spud and who failed to live up to expectations. :-\

I have a sense that he isn't going to settle at Geelong and could well find himself pushed out to a third club..

If the opportunity arises what would you say to a Knoble/Otto trade with the Cats picking up any salary shortfall? Or have too many bridges been burn't?

Doubt if he'll go to a 3rd club.He'll stay at Geelong & then retire.

I was a fan of Otto's for a long time - until he started falling to his knees to get his own ruck taps :hihi.  Like we needed a big bloke getting in and under ???

Anyway, even with that said, I had to have a chuckle at the comment recently in an article where Otto wanted repay the faith and it was time to deliver - geez that sounded familiar.............

....he is starting to sound like the philipoussis of football....

 

[Cutterst]

Poor Ottens - a ton of football talent but no "instinctive" desperation!

He can gee himself up before a match and say he is "going to be tough today, win the hard ball, use his strength" but on the ground his instincts are the opposite.

The Sheedy's, Bourke's etc were intinctively desperate - they didn't have to think about throwing themselves into a pack or over the ball - this is something you are born with or it ain't there.

 

[tiger in the night]

I was a fan of Otto's for a long time - until he started falling to his knees to get his own ruck taps :hihi.  Like we needed a big bloke getting in and under ???

Yeh, that was actually pretty funny when you think about it. Explains why he always ranked so highly in hard-ball gets. Probably just got in the way of the middies that could use the pill properly.

 

[The Mighty Wozman]

I have stated this before, but Ottens lacked major intensity or as Cutterst states, desperation. Have any of us here ever seen Ottens show real emotion - anger, frustration, yelling, remonstrating with opposition players, throwing opposition players to the ground, giving stern yet appropriate instructions to RFC players???? I just can't remember seeing these things......

 

[Tubytiger]

I have stated this before, but Ottens lacked major intensity or as Cutterst states, desperation.  Have any of us here ever seen Ottens show real emotion - anger, frustration, yelling, remonstrating with opposition players, throwing opposition players to the ground, giving stern yet appropriate instructions to RFC players????  I just can't remember seeing these things......

Too laid back and lazy to be a intensive footballer -ever. Some players who have that "potential" tag always live up to it and no more unfortunately for the clubs they play with. Geelong will find out the hard way if he continues on his cruisy way of playing footy.

 

[purepoweryouth]

Just flicking through this thread and I find myself feeling some sympathy for Otto. Imo a very talented player who was coached by the Spud and who failed to live up to expectations. :-\

I have a sense that he isn't going to settle at Geelong and could well find himself pushed out to a third club..

If the opportunity arises what would you say to a Knoble/Otto trade with the Cats picking up any salary shortfall? Or have too many bridges been burn't?

I dont think a third club would want him if he repeats his Richmond history at the pussies!

 

[Phar Ace]

I have stated this before, but Ottens lacked major intensity or as Cutterst states, desperation.  Have any of us here ever seen Ottens show real emotion - anger, frustration, yelling, remonstrating with opposition players, throwing opposition players to the ground, giving stern yet appropriate instructions to RFC players????  I just can't remember seeing these things......

Too laid back and lazy to be a intensive footballer -ever. Some players who have that "potential" tag always live up to it and no more unfortunately for the clubs they play with. Geelong will find out the hard way if he continues on his cruisy way of playing footy.

It must be hard when you "float like a bee and sting like a butterfly"

 

[Tigers of Old]

It must be hard when you "float like a bee and sting like a butterfly"

Nice ;D

 

[Tigers of Old]

Interesting reading given his performances this year.

 

[mld]

Front runner.

 

[Tigermad2005]

Been crap for 2 years with them no great loss.