Savage denies media work is impacting role as manager

Peterborough United boss Robbie Savage has rejected criticism of his work as a co-commentator and pundit as "a narrative that gets created if we're not winning games".Savage was appointed on 2 October and won his first two games in charge but Posh have failed to win any of their past six games.Before Saturday's 5-0 home defeat by Reading in the FA Cup, Savage co-commentated for TNT's coverage of AEK Athens v Real Madrid and Oxford City v Leicester City on Wednesday and Friday respectively. The 52-year-old has also continued to present 606 on BBC Radio 5 Live, although did not feature on the post-match reaction show last weekend.But Savage said his "commitment" to the League One club was absolute, telling the club's in-house media, external he was "first one in and last one to leave".Since the 3-1 win at Leicester City on 10 October, Peterborough have drawn two and lost two of their next four league games to fall back to 22nd in the table.They also missed out on a place in the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup after they were knocked out by fellow third-tier side Bradford City on 27 October.Savage, who played as a midfielder for clubs including Derby County, Birmingham City, Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers, succeeded Luke Williams as Posh boss having previously managed Forest Green Rovers and Macclesfield."It's all about winning games of football," added Savage. "The narrative can be spun in any way but I'm a football man."It's my life. It's what I love doing and I love watching football. I'm not somebody who goes home and sits in front of the TV, or goes to the pub or has any hobbies outside of football. "I'm not a golfer. I just love football. I'll go and watch every game that I can."I'm very fortunate that when I go and do games for TNT or 606, I'm getting knowledge all the time."Savage added that he had also recently attended the games of local sides including Peterborough Sports and Wisbech Town. "I put my hood up, I go to games, I pay to go in because I want to give back to grassroots football clubs," he said. "I go and watch every single game of football I can, I go and watch league games, because I love it. "It hurts the fans the most when we lose, it hurts me a lot. But it's a narrative that gets created if we're not winning games of football. "The bottom line is let's win games of football and then it all goes away."