Ray Chamberlin is a ******* ****** who agrees?

[aardvark]

From the Swans Facebook wall -

Even a dingo wouldn't swallow Ray.......

[Yuri H]

If my nieces-in-law hadn't been sitting right behind me at the game I'd've been ejected for sure at all the insults, abuse, and general outraged screaming I had bottled up inside me. The way we were playing, we didn't deserve the win (our usual brave/desperate clawback at the last minute aside) but THAT MALIGNANT DWARF was so blatantly biased, corrupt, and hysterically WRONG ... man, I'm doing internet all-caps yelltyping, I'm so angry.

Good lord, I haven't been so consumed with contempt since watching Fox News accidentally once back in the US. I think I've calmed down and then I think about that smirking mutant and my blood boils all over again.

Surely there's so mechanism for reporting umpires and getting them investigated? I mean, this was over the top. Past incompetence and straight into hostile bias.

[Dosser]

Well, I hate to say it but I often have a chuckle at the rants against the umpires by supporters. More often than not, the team loses because of how they played, not the umpires. I will always maintain that the umps call it as they see it - they are never deliberately favouring a particular team, merely displaying incompetence with incorrect decisions.

However, I can honestly say that I cant remember a more sustained run of imcompetence seemingly to favour a particular team than what I saw in the 3rd quarter. this was highlighted by the 'jumper punch' by Grundy when at no stage did he bend his elbow. The fact that Chamberlain was standing right there like a vulture waiting for a transgression made it all the more obvious that something here was not right. For Grundy to try to hold off a player who was swinging his arms at him and then concede a free kick by doing so was a mockery. Where was Chamberlain when McGlynn was hit by a roundhouse right from McPhee? Surely McPhee deserves some weeks for that?

Once again, I will not accuse umpires of being dishonest - only incompetent, however when the incompetence favours the same team again and again and again then it is extremely disappointing and the fact that we have no recourse on this adds to the frustration.

At the very LEAST Longmire should issue a 'please explain' to the Geish, but that still wont change the scoreboard.

Aaaaargh! I am so frustrated.

[AnnieH]

Chamberlain is a ****

Fewo's 19th man today.

Half their score came from very dubious free kicks.

As a card carrying member of this club, I'd certainly like a "please explain" from the AFL. If they did review it and find that even two of his decisions were the wrong decisions in front of goal, all they're going to say is "opps, sorry". We wont get the win or our four points.

I'm extremely pissed off.

[Doctor]

Well, I hate to say it but I often have a chuckle at the rants against the umpires by supporters. More often than not, the team loses because of how they played, not the umpires. I will always maintain that the umps call it as they see it - they are never deliberately favouring a particular team, merely displaying incompetence with incorrect decisions.

However, I can honestly say that I cant remember a more sustained run of imcompetence seemingly to favour a particular team than what I saw in the 3rd quarter. this was highlighted by the 'jumper punch' by Grundy when at no stage did he bend his elbow. The fact that Chamberlain was standing right there like a vulture waiting for a transgression made it all the more obvious that something here was not right. For Grundy to try to hold off a player who was swinging his arms at him and then concede a free kick by doing so was a mockery. Where was Chamberlain when McGlynn was hit by a roundhouse right from McPhee? Surely McPhee deserves some weeks for that?

Once again, I will not accuse umpires of being dishonest - only incompetent, however when the incompetence favours the same team again and again and again then it is extremely disappointing and the fact that we have no recourse on this adds to the frustration.

At the very LEAST Longmire should issue a 'please explain' to the Geish, but that still wont change the scoreboard.

Aaaaargh! I am so frustrated.

This.

As much as I want to, I'm not going to attack the umpires personally. Professionally however they were absolutely abysmal today. I'm a passionate but objective supporter and if the free kicks are there I'll admit it (like Mummy's stupid elbow that led to the opening goal) but that was THE most one-sided umpiring performance against the Swans that I have ever attended. There is absolutely no doubt that it cost us the game. What makes matters worse though is that it clearly encourages grubs like Ballantyne to continue with playing the way they do. Do we want kids growing up learning to act like that in order to win games? He was validated by wretched umpiring.

[laughingnome]

Well, I hate to say it but I often have a chuckle at the rants against the umpires by supporters. More often than not, the team loses because of how they played, not the umpires. I will always maintain that the umps call it as they see it - they are never deliberately favouring a particular team, merely displaying incompetence with incorrect decisions.

However, I can honestly say that I cant remember a more sustained run of imcompetence seemingly to favour a particular team than what I saw in the 3rd quarter. this was highlighted by the 'jumper punch' by Grundy when at no stage did he bend his elbow. The fact that Chamberlain was standing right there like a vulture waiting for a transgression made it all the more obvious that something here was not right. For Grundy to try to hold off a player who was swinging his arms at him and then concede a free kick by doing so was a mockery. Where was Chamberlain when McGlynn was hit by a roundhouse right from McPhee? Surely McPhee deserves some weeks for that?

Once again, I will not accuse umpires of being dishonest - only incompetent, however when the incompetence favours the same team again and again and again then it is extremely disappointing and the fact that we have no recourse on this adds to the frustration.

At the very LEAST Longmire should issue a 'please explain' to the Geish, but that still wont change the scoreboard.

Aaaaargh! I am so frustrated.

Too right, Dosser.

The frustration nearly bubbled over the top today with the amazing inconsistencies being flaunted, topped by the SEVEN goals that resulted directly from Chamberlain's free kicks to Freo, most of which were blatently wrong (like Ballantyne's v Grundy) or dubious 50:50 calls at best that should have been let go in the wet (Richards HTB in goal square).

Add to the the stunning 50m penalties and you make for one unhappy camper.
Just on that: What the hell did Jesse do wrong for that one in the first quarter? Takes the mark, (which a whistle would have been blown for), goes back to take his kick, looks at umpire, gestures mark (as to question which way the kick is going), then IMMEDIATELY throws the ball flatly and squarely to the Freo player. It all happened in about 3 seconds from whistle to ball, and that's "dissent and not returning the ball"? Seriously, WHAT THE FUDGE?

[Untamed Snark]

Hey ray-a dingo ate your rule book.

Not sure who I hate more,chamberlain or ballantine

[Big Al]

I would like to thank Ray and his posse of morons. Under this svelte chiseled exterior I can only store so much anger. Most of this was used on the incompetent buffoons today instead of some of our players who richly deserved a bake.

[Dosser]

The problem was that he should have returned it then complained (same as Kennelly's). However, the umpires were too hot on this and gave NO leeway. Although we should have known better, the umpires jumped too soon.

[unconfuseme]

I've been to a few Swans games where they have been harshly dealt with by the maggots, but I can't recall hearing such loud and sustained booing of the umpires as there was from a relatively small crowd, as soon as the final siren sounded, until long after they disappeared up the race.

It was 100% warranted.

It didn't seem that all of the one way decisions were going to matter, with the Swans failing to get out of first gear for 3 quarters ... they looked out played and on the end of a deserved hiding ... but then once they clicked after 3/4 time, the umpiring clearly decided the outcome.

... if they had just done what they do in front of 80,000 at the MCG ... put the whistle away in the final quarter, because they are spineless, talentless, freaks, I would have copped that!

But no, in difficult conditions for all, they had to impress the locals with their knowledge of the rules, and total lack of understanding of the game!

Naturally the patronising morons who run the game south of the border will do nothing, because, although "they seem to be becoming more knowledgable" NSW fans don't know the rules anyway!

The umpires will go away and review the tape (without the sound) and sit around and pat each other on the back, counting the number of times they got on the big screen, and admiring their ball bouncing and backward running skills.

As for Ray, please don't send him to Sydney anymore, he obviously resents it!

I agree with a previous post, we should refrain from the razor reference, and refer to him only a "Dopey", or "Dopey Ray" ... there is certainly a strong resemblance, and he is surely the dopiest of the 7 dwarves, but in good company today!

Congratulations Umpires, should be proud, today you were bigger than the game!

[Yuri H]

At least one of the (unsurprisingly multiple) I-hate-Ray-Chamberlain pages of Facebook claims he's gay and a big equal rights campaigner? Please, speaking as one of RWO's resident basically well-adjusted poofier sorts, I beg someone to tell me this isn't true. I really wouldn't be able to live down being remotely connected to/lumped in with this inept goon.

[Dosser]

I have to say that until today I was ambivalent towards Ballantyne as I really had no idea how he played. Until today...

By the way, just how good is Fyfe going to be - he is only 19!!?!

[Cardinal]

Well it's certainly a mixed up world in afl this week - Sam Mitchell was all concerned about diving and playing for frees on the weekend.

[giant]

That was the most shameful umpiring effort I've seen in 30 odd years of watching Aussie Rules.

After the disgraceful ROK HTB decision, I've given him both barrels when he's come to the boundary - and he's had a sly smile when he's heard me. Two mins later he gives the ***** outrageous free to Ballantyne and I have no hesitation whatsoever in saying it was his way of getting back at me.

Needs to be something done about this bloke - he is very very bad for football.

[Dosser]

At least one of the (unsurprisingly multiple) I-hate-Ray-Chamberlain pages of Facebook claims he's gay and a big equal rights campaigner? Please, speaking as one of RWO's resident basically well-adjusted poofier sorts, I beg someone to tell me this isn't true. I really wouldn't be able to live down being remotely connected to/lumped in with this inept goon.

I hate to say it my friend, but I resent Ray being called human, too.