Savage needs geography lessons

**down-the-slope** · 12-01-2011 09:39 PM

Derby County captain Robbie Savage says he could leave the club before the end of the season to join Major League Soccer side Vancouver Whitecaps. Savage's contract with the Rams is due to expire at the end of the season.
But the 36-year-old midfielder says he is considering an offer to move to Canada, possibly as early as March.
"The presentation they [Vancouver] made to me was brilliant. To be honest, it blew me away," said Savage, who joined Derby in January 2008 for £1.5m.
The former Blackburn player added: "I am fully committed to Derby and seeing out the end of my contract there but Vancouver have asked whether they will release me so I can be ready for the MLS season starting in March.

Robbie Savage on Twitter

"Derby have got a big decision to make and if they say I can go, then so have I."
Savage, who also works as a television pundit, admitted on his Twitter feed he would be faced with a major dilemma if Derby agreed to the move, adding: "In a way, I wish the presentation Vancouver made me hadn't been so good.
"They are a new team in the MLS, they're moving to a new £300m stadium and they are very ambitious.
"The chance to be part of making soccer popular in America, alongside people like David Beckham and Thierry Henry, is obviously very tempting.
"But it is up to Derby now, and depending on what they say I will then talk to my family, and to the BBC and ESPN."

Vancouver is in Canada ya tube

**BEEJ** · 12-01-2011 09:42 PM

But the MLS contains both Canadian and US teams. So he is correct in that sense.

**ScottB** · 12-01-2011 09:44 PM

Yup, rather like Ice Hockey, some Canadian sides play in the MLS, so he would be 'playing in America' at least during away games

***Hibbyradge*** · 12-01-2011 09:47 PM

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"The chance to be part of making soccer popular in America, alongside people like David Beckham and Thierry Henry, is obviously very tempting.

Vancouver is in Canada ya tube

Yep, and Derby is in England.

Oh, and he'd be taking the chance to make soccer popular in America.

***Wembley67*** · 12-01-2011 09:48 PM

Bit of egg on your face there DTS ;-)

***CropleyWasGod*** · 12-01-2011 09:49 PM

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Derby County captain Robbie Savage says he could leave the club before the end of the season to join Major League Soccer side Vancouver Whitecaps. Savage's contract with the Rams is due to expire at the end of the season.
But the 36-year-old midfielder says he is considering an offer to move to Canada, possibly as early as March.
"The presentation they [Vancouver] made to me was brilliant. To be honest, it blew me away," said Savage, who joined Derby in January 2008 for £1.5m.
The former Blackburn player added: "I am fully committed to Derby and seeing out the end of my contract there but Vancouver have asked whether they will release me so I can be ready for the MLS season starting in March.

Robbie Savage on Twitter

"Derby have got a big decision to make and if they say I can go, then so have I."
Savage, who also works as a television pundit, admitted on his Twitter feed he would be faced with a major dilemma if Derby agreed to the move, adding: "In a way, I wish the presentation Vancouver made me hadn't been so good.
"They are a new team in the MLS, they're moving to a new £300m stadium and they are very ambitious.
"The chance to be part of making soccer popular in America, alongside people like David Beckham and Thierry Henry, is obviously very tempting.
"But it is up to Derby now, and depending on what they say I will then talk to my family, and to the BBC and ESPN."

Vancouver is in Canada ya tube

Canada is part of America

**down-the-slope** · 12-01-2011 09:50 PM

Yup but not the best way to endear yourself to your potential new fans...

surely playing for them he would want to see 'Soccer'

develop in Canada....or even to say...help the MSL to improve....

I just think his brain is bleached and permed

Would still have him at ER in a shot .... the slackers would get brown trousers with him in the team

**Sir David Gray** · 12-01-2011 09:51 PM

If somebody had signed for Cardiff City and they had said something along the lines of;

"I've always wanted to play in England", I personally wouldn't see anything wrong with that statement, even although everyone knows Cardiff is in Wales.

***Jonnyboy*** · 12-01-2011 09:52 PM

Not as classy as Ian Rush saying 'It's like playing in a foreign country' after he joined Juventus

**down-the-slope** · 12-01-2011 09:53 PM

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Canada is part of America

probably a large number of Americans think it is....until they try and cross the border and need explaining what a passport is

***blackpoolhibs*** · 12-01-2011 09:54 PM

Savage did have a geography gaff a few years ago, when he asked for a transfer to Blackburn i think, as it was nearer his home. Yet it turned out to be 20 or 30 miles further than where he currently was, but i forget where that actually was?

**down-the-slope** · 12-01-2011 09:55 PM

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If somebody had signed for Cardiff City and they had said something along the lines of;

"I've always wanted to play in England", I personally wouldn't see anything wrong with that statement, even although everyone knows Cardiff is in Wales.

Oh i think you would if you were a Cardiff supporter

**jgl07** · 12-01-2011 10:24 PM

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Savage did have a geography gaff a few years ago, when he asked for a transfer to Blackburn i think, as it was nearer his home. Yet it turned out to be 20 or 30 miles further than where he currently was, but i forget where that actually was?

He was at Leicester and wanted to be nearer his home town of Wexham. He moved to Blackburn which is about 10 miles nearer.

The best one was when Kevin Keegan was trying to persuade Rob Lee of Charlton to join Newcastle. Lee had previously knocked back a move to Middlesbrough because it was too far from London. Keegan told him that Newcastle was nearer to London than Middlesbrough and Lee believed him! It is uicker by rail though.

**Mixu62** · 12-01-2011 10:29 PM

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Not as classy as Ian Rush saying 'It's like playing in a foreign country' after he joined Juventus

Was it Rush or Aldridge who wanted to move to an Italian club, like Barcelona!?

***snooky*** · 12-01-2011 10:48 PM

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probably a large number of Americans think it is....until they try and cross the border and need explaining what a passport is

Canada IS part of (North) America.
Saying America and when you mean the US of A is akin to saying England when you mean Great Britain.

"God Bless America" - every USA president that ever was

**Future17** · 13-01-2011 01:28 AM

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probably a large number of Americans think it is....until they try and cross the border and need explaining what a passport is

The Canadians I know would consider Canada part of America, just like Scotland is part of Europe.

America isn't a nation, it's a land mass.

**HibeePaj** · 13-01-2011 01:39 AM

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Yep, and Derby is in England.

Oh, and he'd be taking the chance to make soccer popular in America.

yeah but he is essentially joining 'american' football. He is going to be playing in the USA EVERY OTHER WEEK.

**Andy74** · 13-01-2011 08:00 AM

As mentioned, he is right, Canada is in America. He didn't say the United States of America.

**down-the-slope** · 13-01-2011 08:21 AM

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Canada IS part of (North) America.
Saying America and when you mean the US of A is akin to saying England when you mean Great Britain.

"God Bless America" - every USA president that ever was

Unfortunatley there is no passport requirement to cross from England into Scotland though

... so it might be similar but is different. Unlike UK there is not one North American goverment / tax system / presidents etc

**down-the-slope** · 13-01-2011 08:23 AM

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As mentioned, he is right, Canada is in America. He didn't say the United States of America.

He didn't say North America either

**PeeJay** · 13-01-2011 08:30 AM

Having been to Vancouver I'm pretty certain that most Canadians do not wish to be referred to as "Americans" - "North Americans" perhaps at a pinch - similar really to Scottish people accepting British but never English. Americans are US citizens, surely?

**Steve-O** · 13-01-2011 08:39 AM

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yeah but he is essentially joining 'american' football. He is going to be playing in the USA EVERY OTHER WEEK.

Can't imagine Savage making it in the NFL

**hiblander** · 13-01-2011 08:48 AM

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Having been to Vancouver I'm pretty certain that most Canadians do not wish to be referred to as "Americans" - "North Americans" perhaps at a pinch - similar really to Scottish people accepting British but never English. Americans are US citizens, surely?

Most people from Vancouver consider themselves to be from BC (,British Colombia Canada)

**Future17** · 13-01-2011 10:04 AM

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He didn't say North America either

But surely by your argument, North America would be the northern states of the USA?

**Pretty Boy** · 13-01-2011 10:19 AM

He's not wrong. America is a land mass of which the USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina etc etc etc are all seperate countries. In the same way that we are Europeans, someone from Canada, Chile or whatever is an American.

If we were to sign a player from say Africa and he commented he was happy to be coming to Europe would we pull him up about it?

**ballengeich** · 13-01-2011 10:24 AM

Savage needs lessons in more than just geography.

**Andy74** · 13-01-2011 11:58 AM

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He didn't say North America either

What difference does that make? America is still where Canada is.

**smurf** · 13-01-2011 12:04 PM

Savage would be good at ER.

***3pm*** · 13-01-2011 12:09 PM

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Savage would be good at ER.

He's a better footballer than people give him credit for in my opinion.

**Pretty Boy** · 13-01-2011 12:53 PM

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Savage would be good at ER.

He's a very good player. I'd take him here in a minute.

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