Birmingham
manager Steve Bruce has appealed to referees to give
Robbie Savage a break after his latest yellow card.
Savage
picked up yet another caution against Middlesbrough
on Saturday for what Bruce felt was no more than an
innocuous challenge.
Savage himself has expressed his fears that to a certain
extent he is a marked man - he picked up an amazing
15 bookings when he was playing for Leicester City
last season and that reputation seems to have followed
him to St Andrews.
He had to miss the first two games of the season for
Birmingham due to the 15 cards he collected last term.
Bruce can sympathise with Savage feeling that he is
a marked man, and he said: "This is why Robbie
gets frustrated as there seems to be rules for him
and rules for others. We know the crowd get on his
back.
"They associate with him because of his all-action
style.
"He created a foul against Middlesbrough, but
it was not a booking.
"I just think that people have got to give him
a break and not listen to the crowd and all the rest
that goes with him."
