Robbie Savage & Leighton James famous radio argument PART 1

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Welsh international soccer player Robbie Savage phones a live radio call-in show. What follows is a heated lively debate between Robbie Savage and radio pundit and ex international Leighton James concerning current Wales manager John Toshack snubbing Savage returning to the Welsh squad.
In my opinion, fair play to Savage - he should have been reinstated to the squad. What do you think?
Part 2 of this debate will be added shortly.

[@paullyknowles]

Leighton James comes across as a nasty bully. He clearly has an agenda and that was the reason Savage wasnt picked.

[@r4h4al]

Or to flip that the presenter had an agenda against James who was supposed to be neutral.

[@oliprj8676]

Definitely. James was/is good friends with Toshack

[@tott66]

I saw James and toshack together at home bargains Merthyr Tydfil

[@tirnanogful]

" I wouldn't want to slaughter my ex team mates ex players to make a few quid" I have heard it all now

[@angrybrit7331]

He was right and savage became a pundit after saying he never wanted to be 😂

[@fazer990]

7:48, Leighton sounds as if he's about to burst out crying! 'Carry on guys!!!!'

[@ianbowden1807]

Go ed!!

[@luigib111]

Now a pundit...

[@peterneate607]

Hmm...He was true to his word, he didn't become a Pundit

[@George-if1bf]

Errrrrmmmm he is lol

[@peterneate607]

@@George-if1bf Irony

[@Street-shitter]

@@George-if1bfwow, you’re thick🤡🤛🏻

[@MrChipz900]

He did

[@franciscouch8378]

​@@George-if1bf Fuck sake, George

[@robertstraw9881]

I once saw Robbie Savage throw a baguette into a river whilst a homeless man was watching.

[@wazzup-jd7tj]

Course ya did 😅

[@therealtyjr]

He also threw 7 pairs of trainers in the river as well

[@tott66]

I saw him throw his wig in the river as well then rob a homeless man of his big issues

[@PeteRumley]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@keithtimmins4464]

I like Robbie savage. Always honest and respectful of his fellow professionals. Good sense of humour as well. Doesn't take himself too seriously.

[@Sam1878Henry]

7:20-7:40 had me in tears. When he said “I’d pick Robbie” 😂

[@ComedyPAB]

I saw Robbie Savage buy seven pairs of trainers and tell a boy to carry them out to his car.

[@drbigmix7752]

Well I would too have you tried to carry 7 pairs yourself?

[@VillaBoys123]

You're a liar!

[@tiarnan76]

I once saw Robbie Savage eat 30 chicken wings in one sitting and wipe his hands on the table cloth when he thought no one was looking...

[@younglock73]

you maybe not be a liar but it's untrue.

[@gkouroushi]

Shoe story is true when he was at Leicester everyone was there.

[@jascymru]

Savage said Toshack would not be the Wales manager in 5 years time... Spot on!

[@fomofud9479]

How many managers are though, very very few

[@JT-hk9ur]

@@fomofud9479 Gareth Southgate has been England manager for over 5 years now

[@mattsmiddy40]

Savage might have made more money, but he couldn't lace Leighton James boots.

[@vikdaddy]

"I wouldn't want to be a pundit"

[@taffymackem2596]

I have lost all respect for Leighton James.

[@Timekeeper1200]

Robbie Savage was a better player than he gets credit for.

[@franciscouch8378]

I once saw Robbie Savage eat a Sandwich and throw the crust away.

[@thecallawaykid1763]

Savage was right and honest, he was not the most gifted or talented.... but he gave 100%

[@jackwalsh8894]

He was poor and achieved nothing in his career yet had the nerve to criticise the likes of Terry a few years ago who played his entire career at the top level.. 😂 🤣

[@HipHop-rn5sj]

As a shit player sometimes u just gotta bottle your gob! Ain’t achieved nothing apart from appearances what a career ayy 😅 him and bramble are frauds! How they got a pro contract is honestly beyond me

[@r4h4al]

I agree with James Fletcher was better at retaining the ball and passing and at international football that's more important than at club level. A class pro as well unlike Robbie. I'm completely on Leighton James' side here.

[@yaboyj2191]

​@@jackwalsh8894John Terry tore him apart when he said he's not had a career 😂and Robbie claiming he was as good as makalele was hilarious

[@DaPs166]

RIP to Leighton James. He was my coach at Port Talbot FC back in 2004ish and he was a nasty person. Not personable, no advice, nothing. Just there for the money. Sad but true.

[@liammahoney-ub4tu]

rip Leighton James

[@Billy-ng4ih]

Leighton used to give me a fiver if I showed him my micky behind the wall at the back of the training ground and a tenner if I sucked his.

[@DavidB-py8nz]

Lovely tribute mate.

[@summerrr1]

He certainly sounds bitter

[@GoGetYourShinebox]

That was beautiful 🥲

[@GriefTourist]

I love this..people who care about the game and saying what they think...it's like a throwback to the 1970s

[@harrycambridge1988]

The thing with Robbie is I saw him buying seven pairs of trainers 👟

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

As a player John Toshack was excellent alongside Keegan for Liverpool, but as a man, he just can't be trusted. He should get the Jackanory job, he's made for it 👍

[@here.3070]

Leighton James would have had 12 pints before this interview. A drunk. A nasty drunk. Savage achieved so much more in the game.

[@cozener845]

He reminds me of Butthead, you know the old Beavis and Butthead on MTV some years back.

[@zavierzanetti2357]

Hehe cool

[@draculasneeze6681]

Accuses Savage of throwing his toys out, then does it himself.

[@ladfrogman]

I am as passionate to be Welsh as the next man and 9 times out of 10 I will stick up for a fellow countryman .. however, Leighton James here is a disgrace

[@r4h4al]

How? If anyone is it's Robbie. He's the one who retired from Wales.

[@goattm2]

Savage was definitely good enough for that squad. He would be picked for the current squad also if he was still playing. It's easy to forget that Savage was a really good player in his time. The amount of players Toshack fell out with really screwed up the national team.

[@danwallace1298]

yea toshack always came across as an asshole and savage was an underrated player imo

[@simonhill2797]

It’s like a scene from fireman Sam and Ivor the engine !! 😂😂 I bet Norman price had something to do with all this ??🙄😵😂

[@goattm2]

Toshack was a relic from the 70's when managing Wales. He was a really good manager but he lived in the past.

[@domjones-of-wales]

He blooded the golden generation

[@andrewjoyce9038]

Bwaahaa 'golden generation '

[@goattm2]

@@andrewjoyce9038 Remember when you sad English wanks claimed your golden generation around 20 years ago and still won fk all? Remember that Saes? Funny how I always notice your bitcharse name on things about Welsh footy. Do you hate England that much that you obsess with a foreign national team instead you sad little man?

[@TheAlistairDick]

Savage is a divisive character but he is right here

[@waspin69]

Robbie savage always gives 100 %. James is a horrible man.

[@franciscouch8378]

I love when Savage says "whaaa" dead high pitch over Toshack not having a phone.

[@HullMarkCA]

Leighton needs to get himself together. he has enough facts to out-talk Savage and he throw's a fit when he doesn't like what he's hearing

[@bertalloti]

James, one of the best players ever to have graced a British Football Field, and is 100% correct on this Savage matter...............

[@richardjones3792]

Which player went on to have a better career? Savage or fletcher?

[@Timekeeper1200]

Savage was a better player than Fletcher. No comparison

[@craigdiascd]

Leighton James loses this in my opinion, he's clearly got an agenda against Robbie. I can't stand him but it's harsh to dig him out with not really a real explanation..

[@MatthewHopkins2010]

Absolutely, the tone of voice gives it away - besides LJ got where as a pundit? and Where is Robbie Savage now? History places egg very extensively on Leighton James face.

[@harrycharlton161]

you know nothing about football if you think Robbie savage was any good,he ran around like a constipated headless chicken.

[@r4h4al]

He doesn't he's responding to the question Robbie asks him at first.

[@moviesisaw]

Robbie was completely in the right.

[@r4h4al]

About what?

[@monkeytennis8861]

@@r4h4al about nothing

[@sergiogeorgini558]

Didn't he admit lately that he purposely acted up in training for Birmingham to get a move away to Blackburn????? Yeah nothing wrong with his attitude.

[@vantheman12welshman66]

Leighton James was a class player

[@joebloggs416]

Vantheman12 Welshman never heard of him , only in Wales maybe ?

[@alberlusconi1]

Nah, bang average at best.

[@paulpixel]

Stool retention is a problem.

[@danielwilliams8069]

Who’s listening to this after he was on EJFOF then?

[@paulearl8203]

Leighton James comes across as a twonk.

[@clayf88]

14 years ago, seems like so long ago. Today I attended Leightons funeral. RIP mate.

[@Steaks652]

Time has told, Savage has done very well for himself as a decent pundit.

[@twinoaks51]

How strange that Leighton James said Sav would not even be good enough to be a pundit?...He also said Why you going to play when your 36....Leighton James played for Derby County too ....and he was a guy who often throw his toys out of the pram....He is so wrong about savage ....read his book

[@Ryan-vg4wn]

Only clicked this as i thought: Robbie had a famous argument with Leighton Baynes?

[@acerimmer3927]

Say what you want about him, and he has his haters.. but Savage was pretty much spot on about everything here!

[@spendover]

Savage has his faults but, Leighton makes himself look stupid 🤦

[@jonertime9249]

Don't wanna be a pundit lol

[@EnemySkies]

He wasn't good enough to play under Toshack. :) And now he isn't good enough to play under Flynne. :)

[@jamiegretton9699]

And now savage is a pundit and a Co commentator and host 😂😂

[@1990-t1j]

In his prime, Leighton James was the best winger in Europe. If he'd been English he'd have walked into the England team. But he does come over as a bit dogmatic.

[@minteastwood288]

😆 yes,cos most of Europe’s top players spend most of their time playing outside of the top divisions don’t they. All you’ve done here is copy and pasted something Toshack once said. Utter biased nonsense.

[@Billy-ng4ih]

Well Toshack lasted 1 more year as Wales manger than Robbie predicted and Robbie became a pundit 😂

[@jaysonwhite7244]

Leighton James is the most over rated welsh player in the last 40 years. Not in the same class as Robbie. He’s a true proud Welshman

[@Steaks652]

Who rated Leihton James??

[@monkeytennis8861]

Robbie Savage is pony, in everything he does.

[@millwallholdings]

HA HA James wasa far better player that savage Your having a laugh

[@nickbishop48]

Just read your utter bullshit today on the day of Leighton James death..what an absolute kunt you are and what a fucking heap of rubbish you spoke. That Kunt Savage couldn't hold a light to James. Give your head a fucking wobble

[@taffymackem2596]

Leighton James makes me ashamed to be Welsh.

[@judylunt2692]

Taffy Mackem w

[@greyest3614]

Didn’t Savage refuse to play and admit to being a disgrace to force move to Blackburn?

[@boombaporiginal3359]

Savage was a solid player for his era the problem was their were a lot of other top level players around him and that came up with him at youth level. He also knew hwo to get stuck in which some players hated.

[@madfokkers]

Leighton James was overrated as a player and sounds like some sort of obnoxious bully on here.

[@millwallholdings]

so was savage

[@jascymru]

Part 2 is now uploaded...Robbie Savage - Leighton James PART 2 Radio fall out

[@smurfymurder2010]

robbie savage is great

[@HullMarkCA]

Why is Robbie so upset just because someone thinks other players are better than him?

[@MiniUsyk]

Savage became a pundit and was disruptive at Birmingham.

[@raveplane89]

robbie is brilliant!!

[@jascymru]

@HywieBach & others who have asked... I am looking at getting Part 2 up here shortly... Apologies for the delay.

[@stephengallagher2209]

12 years later, how are you getting on with it?

[@alberlusconi1]

@@stephengallagher2209Haha 😂

[@alberlusconi1]

Longest sequel since Avatar

[@ThaWigstar]

bring on part 2!

[@olaeriksen953]

Leighton James was a proper footballer - Robbie was nothing more than a primitive bully.

[@richardjones3792]

What? Savage could never bully anyone 😂😂😂 I think you need to study definitions. PEST and BULLY are very different.

[@Timekeeper1200]

Savage came through the United academy with Beckham, Giggs, Scholes ect. He was a decent player

[@joshuaking1194]

Robbie was the best we had holding the Fort in the middle of the park. Obviously not the best technical player. But what he did no one did better

[@MrChipz900]

Ask his former teams what they think of him…didn’t he go on strike to force a move away from Derby to Birmingham? 😂

[@terrycourt123]

He was a legend at my club Birmingham City,but lost my respect when he went to Blackburn making his family as an excuse.

[@tth891]

dont think he gives one

[@SteveyC335]

Never lost against Villa in 6 games when he played for Blues. Shame really because he spoilt it all when he left Blues on bad terms. He'd still be really well thought of otherwise.

[@dingelberryhandpump7834]

I once saw Robbie buy 3 hair straighteners ,4 hair gel products 2 hair dryers 8 Shampoo and 19 conditioner products at NICKY CLARKES on Piccadilly And watched as his mum carried it all out to his BMW as his grandma was swearing at security because there was no discount That is true

[@oliprj8676]

This has popped up again after Leighton James' recent passing

[@leeblackmore3025]

Savage was a complete and utter donkey of a player and saw him play many times. . He's cursing toshacks policy with youngsters.... Bale, Ramsey etc.

[@shellsbignumber2]

Leighton James died the other day RIP

[@robertkiely4380]

He didn’t wanna be a pundit he says lol SAVAGE YOU PLONKER

[@superflyjimmysnucka9068]

And Savage slated JT and said he was entitled to his opinion 😂😂😂

[@markthompson8588]

Didn’t Robbie go on to be a pundit?

[@sratus]

Not a good one.

[@hoddymon10]

Once a claret always a claret well said Leighton James

[@rub1tan679]

I once saw Robbie Savage Comb 🪮 his hair … and ..apply some product 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@malfairplay6298]

Get Dion Dublin to drop him

[@SEBKAL]

..wih what? 😏

[@md-thecleverandplayful4597]

Attitude, start with... I'm never wrong James..

[@jackwalsh8894]

Subtitles were seriously lacking here.. 😂 🤣

[@stephengallagher2209]

Welsh IQ on full display, both sides.

[@karamsingh982]

Remember how JT said he take any critical from anyone but savage savage took it well lol

[@smurfymurder2010]

Gotta love robbie savage

[@WillJaques]

Do you? :/

[@millwallholdings]

Not me his a prat

[@Gibbo118]

Leighton James as a player would piss all over Savage. Such a talented winger. But he is completely clueless as a pundit. His managerial 'career' shows how much he knows about the game.

[@r4h4al]

How is he clueless exactly?

[@watts4433]

@michael brock because he’s incapable of being objective

[@welshwizzard8209]

Savage is always sour that he never qualified with us, and now in Euro 2016 we have a good chance he is bringing things up again and he never cared about us, he only cared about wales when he was playing not otherwise

[@mharding1258]

I was in school with Robbie.... sound guy.

[@albertupardsnipec5988]

Savage was underrated as a footballer.

[@yaboyj2191]

Who's Robbie Savage?

[@Al-ny8dk]

Who the fuck even is Leighton James?

[@ljs185]

how arrogan does Savage come across??? He doesn't understand why people hate him...... hes not Zlatan Ibraimovic he has no right saying hes better than the players that were picked at the time, how awkward would that make the dressing room???

[@thededoidheskey6128]

Leighton sounds like a complete disaster here. Needed to get a grip.

[@luislizard2626]

The guy played in premier league as pro footie fuck all the hate he became a pundit so what At least he doesn’t spit at “title kids in the face I rest my case

[@madwelshaber]

Robbie & Leighton are both Legends !! but of a differant era, they both played football at the highest level for both club or country and are very passionate welshmen, proud about everything welsh. i have nothing but total respect for both robbie & leighton, even the best have disagreements, lol well done both for yor contribution to football, thank you very much, cheers !!

[@iainmackenzie8372]

Hilarious how time changes things. All savage does is criticise now

[@Steaks652]

He's a pundit, that's the nature of they're job.

[@iainmackenzie8372]

@@Steaks652 for a crap pundit yeah. The good ones can offer balanced opinions. It doesn't always have to be negative. Shock jokey, nothing more and nothing less

[@Steaks652]

@@iainmackenzie8372, he has held down the job for a good few years now, so obviously his employees are happy with him, so your opinion is irrelevant .

[@iainmackenzie8372]

@@Steaks652 going by your own logic, that would make your opinion irrelevant also. Hitler was in charge of Germany for several years, does that mean he was also good at his job?

[@Steaks652]

@@iainmackenzie8372 , hah, not the point Iain lad, Savage is laughing his nuts off earning good wedge, while you have to work yours off for peanuts until you're 75 years old. Glad to see you brought Adolf into it though keep taking your medication butt!!!!!

[@Monkey_Joe_Tokyo]

This was the interview that got RS his media career.

[@roytheboy1963]

What an angry guy Leighton James came across as while he also was nasty in response to anything Robbie said!

[@jenko109]

Savage was and is a big headed dunce. Everything he said about not being a pundit he went back on, and everything James said about being a pundit was right lol

[@HullMarkCA]

I predict that out of the fifa top 20, only 1 or 2 will last the next 5 years. It's easy to predict managers won't last. Who was the last Wales manager to last more than 5 years?

[@DDavy2014]

Hahahahaha this Leighton who I’ve never even fucking heard of, sounds like he’s gonna burst into tears. Toys out the pram there mate. Be embarrassed if I was him listening to this back

[@JG91462]

Because you’ve got zero football knowledge.

[@cfcsteve86]

haha he became a pundit and a terrible one at that as well as a terrible player

[@antonjames2804]

wasn't world class but he's a better footballer than you ever could be cfcsteve86

[@SI-cd7xs]

savage is a great pundit he might not have been a great player but he's got more personality than the likes of sutton, gerrard, henry etc combined.

[@mickytheo6956]

That Welsh accent is horrific man

[@Erictheking07]

Leighton James. Is no longer with us.. and there has been a few since come out and said he wasn't a very nice fellow??

[@shellovski]

At that time Robbie was in fine form at a very good Blackburn team. James is ex Burnley and sounds like he has a petulant grudge....

[@dalek3086]

James was ex Derby County as well - try the truth

[@shellovski]

@@dalek3086 Yes, but in the days of 70's football the chants of "Leighton James Is A Homosexual" could be heard ringing throughout every corridor in East Lancs every Saturday afternoon. I don't think that Leighton was too enamoured with the Blackburn fans. That's the harsh truth. In those days the fans were brutally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. Anyway, at the time of this interview, Robbie was at Blackburn... not Derby.