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Greg Evans
May 21, 2020
The UK government's daily press briefings are a way for ministers to address the nation about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, with members of the public and journalists also contributing questions.
A major talking point for what feels like months now is when football will be returning both at a professional and grassroots level like it already has in nations like Germany and South Korea.
It's an important question and the man who wanted to get to the bottom of it was Robbie Savage. Yes, that Robbie Savage.
Why can people have tennis and golf training sessions, but can't play football? asks Robbie Savage "I understand w… https://t.co/BL20qanqzh— BBC News (UK) (@BBC News (UK)) 1590080393
Now as a journalist and a football coach Savage was more than qualified and within his right to ask the question which Matt Hancock and the governent's experts duly answered.
However, as you can probably tell in Hancock's voice he was probably a bit surprised to be hearing from the former footballer, who has a history in the game for being a bit of a joker and a 'jack the lad.'
So given the serious nature of these press briefings, it was a little odd to see Savage on our screens addressing the government and in all fairness asking a very good question.
We're in one twilight zone of a reality where Robbie Savage is holding the government to account— Elliot Hackney (@Elliot Hackney) 1590080556
Robbie Savage asking a question at the #DailyBriefing is like when Hugh Grant said he was from ‘Horse & Hound’ sent… https://t.co/sgChKLyMGw— The Dad Joke Man (@The Dad Joke Man) 1590080588
Was beginning to think I'd never tick off my Pandemic Bingo "ROBBIE SAVAGE INTERROGATES THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER" box.— Damian Counsell (@Damian Counsell) 1590080475
Words I did not expect to hear at this presser: “and now we go to Robbie Savage”— Lewis Goodall (@Lewis Goodall) 1590079567
Thought I'd seen everything until I just saw Robbie Savage putting questions to Matt Hancock on the government's Covid-19 response— Matthew Garrahan (@Matthew Garrahan) 1590079979
- What was 2020 like, grandad? - Well, we almost went to war with Iran in Jan. Then had a storm every weekend in F… https://t.co/dotoOIW2yE— Horacio (@Horacio) 1590079904
People have already started wondering who will be on next?
"Thank you Robbie Savage for those important questions. We now go over to Gemma Collins, who has an urgent questio… https://t.co/Epa4S2xTGz— Moonraker (@Moonraker) 1590080325
If Robbie Savage can ask a question, can we get someone like Sir Ian McKellen to ask about the future of the theatr… https://t.co/BarlCyzaEq— Elliot Gonzalez (@Elliot Gonzalez) 1590080004
New heights reached in the #DailyBriefing as Matt Hancock hands to Robbie Savage https://t.co/O5hPj6Ksx8— Ian Brannan (@Ian Brannan) 1590079820
Still, it's probably not the most unexpected moment of his career.
This is still the best Robbie Savage press conference moment though, for me https://t.co/yVZMqJgd8G— Adam Hurrey (@Adam Hurrey) 1590080632
You might think Robbie Savage would be out of his comfort zone asking questions to the Health Secretary at a govern… https://t.co/xl3iV6u5uy— FourFourTwo (@FourFourTwo) 1590080600
“We now go to Robbie Savage.” #PressBriefing https://t.co/uP3WlUg7d4— Ben (@Ben) 1590079728
We can also guess which former footballers will be turning up next but if all their questions are as good as Savage, we say bring them on.