Robbie Savage is the pundit who never was
WHAT news of former Blackburn Rovers player Robbie Savage, of whom Tess Daly said, “You came here a footballer and you’re leaving a dancer”?
This is noble Savage, of whom referee Graham ‘The Thing from Tring’ Poll, reportedly, noted as saying to him on the pitch, “I’ve got more money than you — loads more money.”
As Savage said after being voted off Strictly Come Dancing:
People didn’t know who I was before I came to this how. I was not a nice person on the football pitch. Hopefully I changed people’s perception. I’m just an ordinary decent guy.”
And so it came to pass that Savage – blonde hair, luminous tan, day-glow teeth and thin-skinned temperament (he once did a poo in referee’s toilet and left it there to float) – found his natural place. Not football. Pro-celebrity ballroom.
Former Blackburn Rovers player Robbie Savage is now a top media bloke.
Recently he’s been working as pundit. He tells BBC radio 5 Live:
“Get rid of the [Blackburn] manager, simple as that. Win, lose or draw, get rid of him. The fans aren’t enjoying watching them, it is a bad atmosphere around the club – it is not the same club. The guy is inexperienced at that level and Blackburn are rubbish.”
Demanding that a man be sacked and put out of work… Is that nice?
This is the Robbie Savage who back in 2005 opined:
“I wouldn’t want to be a pundit. I’m in the fortunate position to have enough money to retire. I wouldn’t want to slaughter my ex team mates to earn a few quid.”
Anyone know if he’s getting paid for saying contentious things to a deadline?
Posted: 20th, December 2011 | In: Sports Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
