Football: Savage Speaks Volumes ; the Blues Midfield Sergeant's Bark Is As Fierce As His Bite, Ged Scott Secondcityderby: Tasmanian Devil with Angelic Looks Galvanises the Blues to Fight for Every Scrap in a Draw That Extends a Remarkable Sequence

Birmingham Post › February 23, 2004

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They might have been lucky devils, but that's what happens when you've got the 'Tasmanian Devil' on your side.

Birmingham City's talismanic Robbie Savage, the devil with the angelic looks, has never lost against Aston Villa.

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Football: Savage Speaks Volumes ; the Blues Midfield Sergeant's Bark Is As Fierce As His Bite, Ged Scott Secondcityderby: Tasmanian Devil with Angelic Looks Galvanises the Blues to Fight for Every Scrap in a Draw That Extends a Remarkable Sequence

And he didn't waste any time in reminding everyone afterwards. Especially as the Savage sequence at Villa's expense extends to an astonishing 16 matches, the first 12 with Leicester City, the last four with Blues.

'I always love to play against the Villa,' said Savage, in what must be the understatement ...

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