Think its unfair to just label such behavior just to him. Many, many players in the game have this this past and present. He's been pretty open and honest about it at least. I actually like him as a pundit.
Well when you consider that 90% of talk in the Barclays Premiersnore at the moment is regarding Suarez, Bale and Rooney (and the transfers that probably aren't even going to happen!) it hardly comes as a surprise that BBC ran it.
Wow what a w@nker thinks he's untouchable and to have the cheek to admit such things. It's not a crime, but that should cost him his bbc punditry role.
Of course other players use such techniques (perhaps) to get what they want but wouldn't brag about it like it's something to be proud of and pass on the message.
Hang on, there have been countless threads on here about how pundits are hated and how they provide little insight. You may not like Savage or the way he may have conducted himself at times as a player on and off the pitch, but his job is to inform those on the workings of the game from an insider's perspective. That's exactly what he is doing.
You might not agree with it being 'right', but the purpose of the piece is to demonstrate some of the things that happen that the average supporter isn't privy too. Much more interesting than Mark Bright or Alan Hansen telling us things that we already know week in, week out.
The thing is that, back in the real world, if you got sussed for doing any one of these things long term at work
Sulking Stop communicating Faking injury/illness Make up newspaper stories (to the detriment of your employer) Using the media (to the detriment of your employer) Undermining the manager Fighting with team-mates Moan to backroom staff (about the management/company) Be a bad influence Don't put the effort in Let other firms know you want to move
then you would likely be disciplined/sacked. But the article almost tries to excuse all this as being just "what you do".
The thing is that, back in the real world, if you got sussed for doing any one of these things long term at work
Sulking Stop communicating Faking injury/illness Make up newspaper stories (to the detriment of your employer) Using the media (to the detriment of your employer) Undermining the manager Fighting with team-mates Moan to backroom staff (about the management/company) Be a bad influence Don't put the effort in Let other firms know you want to move
then you would likely be disciplined/sacked. But the article almost ties to excuse all this as being just "what you do".
Peter Osgood once told a story about Dave Sexton, his manager at Chelsea .. Osgood was as ever playing the fool during training. Sexton (the son of a pro boxer) had had enough. He collared Osgood and said words to the effect of :'If you don't stop f***ing about Osgood, I am gonna break your nose, kick your fat f***ing arse, chin you, knock you out, and than tear up your f***ing contract' and make sure you are never paid another f***ing penny by this club' (I paraphrase) Osgood then proceeded to do 100 press ups and five laps of the field with no problem. They don't make 'man managers' like that any more
Savage won the FA Youth Cup with Man Utd in 1992 and played in the side that were then Runners Up the following season. However, he did not make a single first team appearance for the Club. Wonder why?
Doesn't seem to have occurred to Savage that after the start he had to his career, the difference between playing for a top Club and drifting from Crewe to Leicester, Birmingham, Blackburn and Derby is "attitude" and professionalism. He still hasn't grown up.
I can't stand Savage .. BUT .. on the topic. I was reading recently a write up on Arthur Horsfield in which he states that Andy Nelson 'forced' him to sign for Watford, much against Arthur's wishes. Errr sauces for goose and ganders comes to mind here. When football managers have done with you, you are out, gone, done, farewell and 'good luck'. The point? .. football is a ruthless business where often lip service is paid to niceties but the stab in the back, the wilful bad behaviour, the overnight falling out of favour, and the forked tongue conversations would do justice to a fascist (or communist for that matter) dictatorship. Back to (orrible) Savage. It must be assumed that if any of his mangers had wanted him out the door, his feet would hardly have touched the ground. We poor naive fans may not like it but football on all fronts, player, managerial, ownership, is full with self serving horrible people who would eat us lovely 'civilians' alive if necessary
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Would hate to have staff like that in any industry.
Wonder if anyone at Charlton has ever taken those steps (other than Scott Parker)
does that really warrant an article on the BBC website?
Of course other players use such techniques (perhaps) to get what they want but wouldn't brag about it like it's something to be proud of and pass on the message.
Sad.
Wonder if he's learnt how to pull the lavatory chain yet!
You might not agree with it being 'right', but the purpose of the piece is to demonstrate some of the things that happen that the average supporter isn't privy too. Much more interesting than Mark Bright or Alan Hansen telling us things that we already know week in, week out.
Sulking
Stop communicating
Faking injury/illness
Make up newspaper stories (to the detriment of your employer)
Using the media (to the detriment of your employer)
Undermining the manager
Fighting with team-mates
Moan to backroom staff (about the management/company)
Be a bad influence
Don't put the effort in
Let other firms know you want to move
then you would likely be disciplined/sacked. But the article almost tries to excuse all this as being just "what you do".
Osgood then proceeded to do 100 press ups and five laps of the field with no problem. They don't make 'man managers' like that any more
Andy Reid - great bloke though he is - probably nudged along his move to Sunderland as they were quadrupling his wages.
Doesn't seem to have occurred to Savage that after the start he had to his career, the difference between playing for a top Club and drifting from Crewe to Leicester, Birmingham, Blackburn and Derby is "attitude" and professionalism. He still hasn't grown up.
The point? .. football is a ruthless business where often lip service is paid to niceties but the stab in the back, the wilful bad behaviour, the overnight falling out of favour, and the forked tongue conversations would do justice to a fascist (or communist for that matter) dictatorship.
Back to (orrible) Savage. It must be assumed that if any of his mangers had wanted him out the door, his feet would hardly have touched the ground. We poor naive fans may not like it but football on all fronts, player, managerial, ownership, is full with self serving horrible people who would eat us lovely 'civilians' alive if necessary