Sav wants Blues down
Rams midfielder wants Birmingham relegated
By James Pearson Last updated: 10th May 2008
Savage: Wants Blues down
If it did it would be an amazing fairytale.
Savage on Blues relegation
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Derby midfielder Robbie Savage is hoping former club Blackburn Rovers can relegate Birmingham City on Sunday.
Savage fell out with Blues over his acrimonious switch to Rovers in 2005 after being a firm fans' favourite with the club's supporters.
The former Wales international has now demonstrated again there is no love lost for his former colleagues who are currently locked in a relegation battle.
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Savage, who remains close friends with Rovers midfielder David Dunn, is hoping the Ewood Park outfit can make his day by sealing Blues' fate this weekend.
He told the Sun: "I talked to Dunny earlier in the season and he said: 'Just imagine if we go to Birmingham on the last day and we put them down.'
"I'm not there now but Dunny still is and it could happen. If it did it would be an amazing fairytale.
"I'd love to see Blackburn back in Europe again. It would be great for the club."
Watch Birmingham's battle against the drop versus Blackburn live on Sky Sports 1 via the red button.
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|---|---|
| Saturday 16th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 12:45 | Arsenal vs West Brom |
| 15:00 | Aston Villa vs Man City |
| 15:00 | Bolton vs Stoke |
| 15:00 | Everton vs Blackburn |
| 15:00 | Hull vs Fulham |
| 15:00 | Middlesbrough vs Tottenham |
| 15:00 | West Ham vs Wigan |
| 17:30 | Sunderland vs Liverpool |
| Sunday 17th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 13:30 | Chelsea vs Portsmouth |
| 16:00 | Man Utd vs Newcastle |
| Saturday 23rd August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Blackburn vs Hull |
| 15:00 | Liverpool vs Middlesbrough |
| 15:00 | Newcastle vs Bolton |
| 15:00 | Stoke vs Aston Villa |
| 15:00 | Tottenham vs Sunderland |
| 15:00 | West Brom vs Everton |
| 17:30 | Fulham vs Arsenal |
| Sunday 24th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 13:30 | Wigan vs Chelsea |
| 16:00 | Man City vs West Ham |
| Monday 25th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 20:00 | Portsmouth vs Man Utd |
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Sunday 11th May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Middlesbrough 8 - 1 Man City | |
| Everton 3 - 1 Newcastle | |
| West Ham 2 - 2 Aston Villa | |
| Portsmouth 0 - 1 Fulham | |
| Derby 0 - 4 Reading | |
| Sunderland 0 - 1 Arsenal | |
| Wigan 0 - 2 Man Utd | |
| Birmingham 4 - 1 Blackburn | |
| Tottenham 0 - 2 Liverpool | |
| Chelsea 1 - 1 Bolton | |
| Monday 5th May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Newcastle 0 - 2 Chelsea | |
| Sunday 4th May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Liverpool 1 - 0 Man City | |
| Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton | |
| Saturday 3rd May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Bolton 2 - 0 Sunderland | |
| Fulham 2 - 0 Birmingham | |
| Reading 0 - 1 Tottenham | |
| Middlesbrough 2 - 0 Portsmouth | |
| Blackburn 3 - 1 Derby | |
| Aston Villa 0 - 2 Wigan | |
| Man Utd 4 - 1 West Ham | |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Chelsea | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Everton | 0 | 0 |
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Comments
Kunal Patel (Manchester United fan) says...
I think it's shocking how he is really willing them to go down. I'm sure they paid him reasonably well and gave him premier league football. He blatantly used them as a stepping stone towards a bigger team...like Blackburn. I don't think he is the most talented player and he is dirty, I'm glad to see the back of him in the Premier League, providing he doesn't think he is too big for Derby and move again!
Posted 13:36 10th May 2008
Andy Rob (Blackburn Rovers fan) says...
Savage is one of those players who you love when he's playing for you but if I was a Brum fan I'd find his comments a bit infantile. It also gives them an extra incentive to stuff us which isn't ideal!
Posted 13:04 10th May 2008
Elliot Griffiths (Birmingham City fan) says...
If it's so much of a 'fairytale' for him, I wouldn't be surprised if he held something back in the Derby - Reading game just to ensure the relegation of Birmingham. He's that pathetic.
Posted 12:30 10th May 2008
Marc Sadler (Birmingham City fan) says...
I would be more disappointed if it was David Dunn who has said he wants us to go down considering he was on the treatment table more than he was on the pitch during his time at the blues. As for Savage he has always got something to say about us he is now forgotten at blues we don¿t care about him anymore he hasn¿t exactly done the business at derby has he!
Posted 11:42 10th May 2008
Dave Reid (Blackburn Rovers fan) says...
It's a free country, Robbie can say what he wants, he obviously didn't get on well with Birmingham so he will want to play them next season to prove a point.
Posted 11:41 10th May 2008
Ben Fowler (Birmingham City fan) says...
Savage is an idiot but he does make me laugh. He wants us to go down but his own team manager said that they are going do everything they can to beat Reading which would do us a favour so he can say what he wants. If anything he is just firing the Blues up. There¿s nothing he can do to make Blackburn win. He just wants to come back to St Andrews next season that¿s all because he likes the stick he gets. Come on Blues!!!
Posted 11:36 10th May 2008
Robin Tai (Chelsea fan) says...
Has Savage's poor form affected his mentality? Birmingham relegating is absolutely none of his business. It would prove to be a disappointment if they really get relegated. Zarate has been a great asset to the club since his arrival, and I'm really hoping to see more from him in the English top flight.
Posted 11:30 10th May 2008
Mark Lilley (Birmingham City fan) says...
Let Robbie say what he wants, very few people care. And after next season, when he proves he's a poor to average Championship player, he probably won't get the tabloid and TV space he gets now. Let him boost his own ego by getting on TV and in the papers with his big gob for now, he'll be gone soon!!
Posted 11:14 10th May 2008
Brian Spence (Aberdeen fan) says...
This is exactly the sort of thing that makes Robbie Savage the world's most hated footballer. This has nothing to do with you whatsoever Robbie - Shut up.
Posted 11:13 10th May 2008
Justin Tooze (Birmingham City fan) says...
Robbie Savage should shut up. He will be playing in the Championship, not Birmingham. Where are you now Robbie? Playing for the worst team in the Prem.
Posted 10:23 10th May 2008
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