http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/ Catch up on the latest Birmingham sport events. Local Birmingham sports news including updates on Birmingham City FC, Aston Villa, rugby RFC, cricket and more. en-gb Birmingham Mail no Catch up on the latest Birmingham sport events. Local Birmingham sports news including updates on Birmingham City FC, Aston Villa, rugby RFC, cricket and more. Birmingham sport, Birmingham sports, Birmingham City FC, Aston Villa, Birmingham rugby RFC, Birmingham cricket http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2009/10/15/it-s-a-bit-rich-to-call-owners-fit-and-proper-97319-24938045/ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:43:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2009/10/15/it-s-a-bit-rich-to-call-owners-fit-and-proper-97319-24938045/ I GET the feeling that if Adolf Hitler, Pol Pot, Idi Amin and Attila the Hun turned up at St James’ Park, St Mary’s or Meadows Lane or wherever in a Panzer tank to annex, sorry, take over a football club, then they would still be deemed fit and proper people by our football authorities. Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2009/08/13/the-colour-of-money-behind-bad-new-kits-97319-24435097/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:03:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2009/08/13/the-colour-of-money-behind-bad-new-kits-97319-24435097/ IT was as if it had never been away. We had Fergie ranting after a match and a referee who thinks consistency relates to cement or porridge and has nothing to do with football. Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2009/04/02/reality-tv-the-answer-to-this-tired-formula-97319-23296345/ Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:32:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2009/04/02/reality-tv-the-answer-to-this-tired-formula-97319-23296345/ JENSON Button has managed to breathe a bit of life into a tired old sport. Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2009/03/12/chambers-has-tainted-every-victorious-run-97319-23129241/ Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:26:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2009/03/12/chambers-has-tainted-every-victorious-run-97319-23129241/ THERE was something distasteful about Dwain Chambers winning the 60metres at the European Indoor Athletics Championships. Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/11/06/losers-have-a-special-place-in-our-hearts-97319-22196566/ Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:07:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/11/06/losers-have-a-special-place-in-our-hearts-97319-22196566/ WHY do we have such an obsession with losers? Is it because we can identify with them – we see them as some sort of soulmate? Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/10/30/us-billionaire-s-bounty-just-cheapens-the-game-of-cricket-97319-22152325/ Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:54:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/10/30/us-billionaire-s-bounty-just-cheapens-the-game-of-cricket-97319-22152325/ IS it just me or does the Stanford Super Series have the same sort of appeal and wow factor as an Estonian National Under-23 tractor pulling final qualifiers? Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/10/16/premier-chief-richard-scudamore-is-obviously-not-in-the-no-97319-22048937/ Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:11:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/10/16/premier-chief-richard-scudamore-is-obviously-not-in-the-no-97319-22048937/ WHAT is it about those in power that they cannot understand the simple concept of no. Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/09/25/a-ham-fisted-insult-to-the-poor-relations-of-football-97319-21899005/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:07:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/09/25/a-ham-fisted-insult-to-the-poor-relations-of-football-97319-21899005/ I DON’T think it would stretch exaggeration too far to say that if a Premiership club such as ... say, Sheffield United ... had brought in a couple of South Americans in murky financial and contractual circumstances, with a few porkies chucked in to muddy the waters even further, and then been caught bang to rights by the League, they would be playing their football somewhere around Conference North this season. Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/09/11/why-setanta-is-a-saviour-for-england-fans-97319-21795895/ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:42:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/09/11/why-setanta-is-a-saviour-for-england-fans-97319-21795895/ I MUST admit I am not one of those moaning about Setanta holding the rights to England’s away games. Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/09/02/michel-platini-is-bang-on-the-money-97319-21655871/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:26:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/09/02/michel-platini-is-bang-on-the-money-97319-21655871/ MICHEL Platini might lose a little in the translation as UEFA President but he does seem to have caught a dose of the same malaise that seems to have afflicted most soccer administrators – the old foot in the mouth. Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/08/28/time-wasting-rules-just-add-insult-to-injury-97319-21624905/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:57:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/08/28/time-wasting-rules-just-add-insult-to-injury-97319-21624905/ IT WAS remarkable that tennis player Ilie Nastase managed to play as well as he did considering his serious stomach complaint. Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/08/14/time-to-dive-into-the-olympic-drama-on-the-box-97319-21532528/ Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:15:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/08/14/time-to-dive-into-the-olympic-drama-on-the-box-97319-21532528/ DON’T you just love the Olympics? We are currently going through the old leap-year sports – the ones that appear on telly every four years – with the BBC doing cartwheels whenever a Brit appears adding a double somersault with twist if there is a medal as well. Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/08/07/bid-up-tv-is-what-greedy-cricket-is-after-97319-21482872/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:15:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/08/07/bid-up-tv-is-what-greedy-cricket-is-after-97319-21482872/ NOW let me get this right. The ECB, having seen snouts become gold-plated in football thanks to the Murdoch shilling and with the Ashes cheers still echoing through the Long Room, sell their soul, if not to the devil then at least to one of his representatives on earth for as much moolah as they could carry. Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/08/05/premiership-posers-fail-to-inspire-97319-21466549/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:38:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/08/05/premiership-posers-fail-to-inspire-97319-21466549/ IT HARDLY seems a couple of months since we had John Terry doing his big girl version of Midnight in Moscow as Manchester United lifted the Champions League trophy but time flies when you are having fun – just ask England’s cricket team. Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/07/31/the-premier-pack-running-low-on-credit-97319-21441270/ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:39:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/07/31/the-premier-pack-running-low-on-credit-97319-21441270/ IT LOOKS as if the credit crunch might even have hit the Premiership where clubs have only splashed out a paltry £231million on players this summer, less than half the £475milliion spent in the last close-season merry-go-round. Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/07/24/boo-boys-are-wrong-and-gareth-barry-right-to-seek-a-move-97319-21395973/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:53:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/07/24/boo-boys-are-wrong-and-gareth-barry-right-to-seek-a-move-97319-21395973/ NICE to see the Villa fans working so hard to change Gareth Barry’s mind about wanting to go to Liverpool. Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/07/11/olympic-torch-will-quickly-be-extinguished-97319-21326438/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:37:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/07/11/olympic-torch-will-quickly-be-extinguished-97319-21326438/ Olympic torch will quickly be extinguishedTHE hybrid, low-carbon emission eco-friendly Olympic bandwagon is starting to pick up pace. Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/07/03/sometimes-winning-isn-t-everything-97319-21222130/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:11:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/07/03/sometimes-winning-isn-t-everything-97319-21222130/ THERE are rare shining moments in sport which show it is not the winning that is important but the way you win. Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/07/01/del-boy-s-beijing-blinder-97319-21207719/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:56:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/07/01/del-boy-s-beijing-blinder-97319-21207719/ Del boy’s Beijing blinderWITH Euro 2008 out of the way we can sit back and tune the old 42in plasma into something we are actually taking part in (i.e. we didn’t have to qualify) – the Olympics. Roger's Rant http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/06/26/cricket-chiefs-are-asked-to-bail-out-the-pm-97319-21154923/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:54:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/rogers-rant/2008/06/26/cricket-chiefs-are-asked-to-bail-out-the-pm-97319-21154923/ FINALLY we have broken off sporting ties with Zimbabwe although the Government, as always, made sure it was someone else’s prints on the gun when they told the ECB they did not want next year’s tour to go ahead, leaving Lords to do the dirty work and risk legal action. Roger's Rant