Sunday 21 November 2010

Savage shakes off 666 image for 606





This may seem surprising coming from a Birmingham fan but Robbie Savage is a breath of fresh air to football punditry. Driving home from the football (a minimum 4 hour journey) back to Cornwall from Birmingham can often be an arduous task not made any easier by the one sided same old same old from the likes of Alan 'top four' Green on BBC 606.

Now as a Birmingham fan I was as repulsed by the exit of Savage as everyone else. I was further angered when Savage sat in a television studio looking smug and delighted at a Blues defeat not too long after his departure. But I'm not one to hold a grudge and to give credit where credit is due, Robbie Savage made the journey home last night far more enjoyable than normal.

Robbie Savage is so opinionated you'll either love what he says or hate it. He really is Mr Marmite. He calls a spade and spade and last night he managed to not just hit the nail on the head but absolutely smash it to pieces. A Chelsea fan phoned up dismayed by the 1-0 defeat at St Andrews and questioned what had gone wrong at Chelsea. Robbie's response took me totally by surprise. He's not the most eloquently spoken pundit you'll ever hear but his response put basically was:

Sometimes the bigger teams lose because they get beaten by the other side. Give Birmingham Credit, and give Sunderland credit for their 0-3 battering of Chelsea last week. It doesn't mean Chelsea played awfully, it doesn't mean Chelsea are in crisis, it means that Birmingham and Sunderland attacked better than Chelsea and defended better than Chelsea on the day.

Booom. That was Robbie Savage. Not Alan Green, Gary Lineker, Alan Hansen, Mark Lawrenson, Alan Shearer (this list could go on).

God forbid any team that dare beat a 'top four' team. How dare they indeed. If you listen to most of the media you would think four or five teams in England have an absolute divine right to win every game and if they don't then they must have done something wrong rather the other team do something right. Believe it or not, Robbie Savage of all people, speaks the most sense in the media these days. Long may it continue.

(Picture Credit : BBC)

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