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

[annew]

BT on 3AW said Swans fans were protesting unnecesssarily as Razor Ray did a great job keeping 2 young umpires under control.

[Panttz]

Please just call him Ray. The nickname has obviously gone to his head.

[giant]

I can pre empt the Giesch's response now

They were all correct

It's like you're psychic!

[giant]

I want to add my thanks to the site moderators, and those that keep it going through their postings.

I think this is a fantastic site for gaining insights into the Swans, their players, and getting an appreciation of AFL generally.

Agree whole-heartedly with this.

In relation to this thread, I haven't learnt much - I think I already knew we played badly, only lost by 11 points, and we had more frees 'against' than 'for'.

Surely other topics can be more informative and interesting.

Thanks again to the site administrators for all their effort and good work.

Bollox to this. Except for a 15 min period on Q3 we were the better side yesterday. But whereas we had to bite & scrap & scratch for every goal (partly the conditions, partly our own fault, partly Freo having 18 men in our half for most of the game), they were gifted a goal many times they went inside 50. In 30 years of watching footy, I could count on one hand the games I've seen that have been decided by umps - yesterday would be high up in that list

[SwansFan1972]

BT on 3AW said Swans fans were protesting unnecesssarily as Razor Ray did a great job keeping 2 young umpires under control.

BT would have screamed blue murder if his beloved pies were served up rubbish officiating like yesterday. It would never happen at the MCG though - the umpies know they wouldn't get out in one piece down there.

On one point I can agree with him. Ray certainly led his junior colleagues - they dutifully followed him to the letter - all three of them screwed us pretty comprehensively yesterday.

[Primmy]

Please just call him Ray. The nickname has obviously gone to his head.

Point. Lets just go back to Raymond. Raymond Chambers. It kid of lets the air out of the tyres doesn't it. Wardy, the moderators splattered my insightful comment! Can't think why!!

Am I allowed now to say that we thought some of the extraordinary decisions came because we thought he couldn't actually see over the big boys in front of him?

OK, lets have a Sticky on whether we think the afl would give him a Granny gig.

[Untamed Snark]

Thank you, MM.

PS: Untamed snark, go to your room and don't come out. Until 2pm Saturday!! (Thanks)

Aw but...
(slinks off scuffing feet on carpet)

[SwansFan1972]

just watching 'On the Couch'.

We are all obviously just suffering from bias and/or over active imaginations. Barely any reference to the umpiring yesterday. And not even a passing remark about the crowd reaction after the game (which happens very very infrequently across the league).

Also just announced that Freo have lost Roger Hayden to a leg fracture. Too bad it wasn't their other Hayden IMO ...

They have a ready replacement though - they should just rookie list Ray Chamberlain to replace him. Raaaaaay won't have anywhere near as much influence as the 22nd man as he did as the 23rd however!!

[bondy]

Is there any chance of getting the contentious decisions spliced together and put on youtube? My wife missed the game and I want to show her how awful the umpiring was

[Big Al]

Is there any chance of getting the contentious decisions spliced together and put on youtube? My wife missed the game and I want to show her how awful the umpiring was

That clip would go for 2 1/2 hours.

[SwansFan1972]

Is there any chance of getting the contentious decisions spliced together and put on youtube? My wife missed the game and I want to show her how awful the umpiring was

Doubtful! No one here wants to relive the pain! And no one from Freo would want to admit they were passengers on the Raaaaay train!

Agree also with other posters to drop the razor moniker. He has slashed a few games in his time, but the word is far more positive than it should be. Raaaaay's not a razor, he's a very naughty boy (apologies to Life of Brian)..

[bondy]

Agree also with other posters to drop the razor moniker. He has slashed a few games in his time, but the word is far more positive than it should be.

Just think of it as 'Ray's a..... '

[SPC]

just watching 'On the Couch'.

We are all obviously just suffering from bias and/or over active imaginations. Barely any reference to the umpiring yesterday. And not even a passing remark about the crowd reaction after the game (which happens very very infrequently across the league).

Also just announced that Freo have lost Roger Hayden to a leg fracture. Too bad it wasn't their other Hayden IMO ...

They have a ready replacement though - they should just rookie list Ray Chamberlain to replace him. Raaaaaay won't have anywhere near as much influence as the 22nd man as he did as the 23rd however!!

Gerard did ask Roosy about the umpiring & he said the Swans were furious about the decisions, then showed 2 frees involving Ballantine that he said shouldnt have been frees and he sucked the umpires in (Ray special mention) which makes a difference in an 11pt game!

[Bindo]

just watching 'On the Couch'.

We are all obviously just suffering from bias and/or over active imaginations. Barely any reference to the umpiring yesterday. And not even a passing remark about the crowd reaction after the game (which happens very very infrequently across the league).

Also just announced that Freo have lost Roger Hayden to a leg fracture. Too bad it wasn't their other Hayden IMO ...

They have a ready replacement though - they should just rookie list Ray Chamberlain to replace him. Raaaaaay won't have anywhere near as much influence as the 22nd man as he did as the 23rd however!!

Oh, I think that Roo's was very p***ed off with the umpiring, and showed the two decisions that were totally wrong and pointed out that there's 12 points in an 11 point win. That free against Grundy was such a joke!

Raymond has 'small man syndrome' - enough said.

[SwansFan1972]

Gerard did ask Roosy about the umpiring & he said the Swans were furious about the decisions, then showed 2 frees involving Ballantine that he said shouldnt have been frees and he sucked the umpires in (Ray special mention) which makes a difference in an 11pt game!

Yeah, but two or so goals to dodgy frees happen pretty much every game. Anyone who hasn't seen the game would have no idea how one sided it was - one report today said Freo had eight goals from direct frees or the play directly following a free kick. THAT surely requires some mention - can anyone nominate another game they've seen where one team got such a cart into a game? I can't think of one (and have seen plenty of games over the years)!!!