A day after Ireland's disappointing defeat to Serbia, Robbie Savage was on hand to offer his opinion of the Irish team.
Savage was in Dublin for some promotional work and had watched RTÉ's post-match analysis of the 1-0 loss at the Aviva. The former Wales international thought Eamon Dunphy was talking nonsense about Wes Hoolahan. Dunphy stated that if the 35-year-old had played against for an hour against Georgia, Ireland would have won. Savage disagreed.
Savage also said that he thought Ireland finishing second in Group D of the World Cup qualifiers would be an overachievement. To illustrate his point, Savage pondered how many Irish players would get in the Wales team. A fully fit Seamus Coleman was his only certainty.
Writing in his Herald column, Johnny Giles has hit back at Savage, perhaps in a show of sympathy for his former RTÉ colleague Dunphy.
Giles wonders how Savage has managed to build a punditry career, as, in his opinion, very little that he says has credibility.
It would be a sad day indeed if Irish football ever felt it had anything to learn from Robbie Savage.
I’ve always wondered how he managed to become a pundit because I find it very hard to take anything he says seriously.
His job is to offer football analysis but he would be wise to speak about matters he understands when he opens his mouth and at the very least, do some basic research.
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