Shaun Ryan triple premiership umpire retires!

barks4eva · Post: # 1168858Post **barks4eva** » Mon 24 Oct 2011 2:30pm

Shaun Ryan another Geelong great has retired bringing down the curtain on a stellar umpiring career that included three premierships!

Shaun Ryan grew up supporting Geelong and lived the dream by being a key player in Geelong's 2009 premiership success.

A lawyer as if we didn't already know he cannot be trusted had possibly his finest moment for Geelong when standing only five metres away and with a clear unobstructed view chose to call play on when Schnieder had his jumper almost ripped off into Lennox street.

St kilda leading by two points 20 minutes into the last quarter with Schnieder 30 metres out on any other day would have received a free kick but Ryan dug deep and did his bit for the team.

Then with only five minutes to go with scores level and the ball kicked to Riewoldt in the goal square, Taylor grabs him by the shoulder as Scarlett charges front on with no eyes on the ball and makes strong contact.

On any other day a free kick for either incident but once again Ryan held firm to deny the opposition and his performance was pivotal in his teams premiership success.

Even this year when Pendlebury kicked what would have been the winning goal against Geelong in the home and away season which umpire incorrectly called it back and disallowed the goal helping Geelong win the game?

No prizes for guessing!

CHEAT!

dragit · Post: # 1168864Post **dragit** » Mon 24 Oct 2011 2:35pm

very good barksâ€¦

joffaboy · Post: # 1168871Post **joffaboy** » Mon 24 Oct 2011 2:43pm

gurubob101 · Mon 24 Oct 2011 2:52pm

Good riddance! Most umpires are incompetent, egocentric wannabes and this man was the worst of the lot. The game is better for his retirement IMO.

clarky449 · Post: # 1168911Post **clarky449** » Mon 24 Oct 2011 3:47pm

Please shhhh.

saintspremiers · Mon 24 Oct 2011 4:04pm

barks, get back on your meds please!

HSVKing · Post: # 1168925Post **HSVKing** » Mon 24 Oct 2011 4:20pm

Where were you all those weeks ago when this was announced B4E?

saintspremiers · Mon 24 Oct 2011 4:48pm

HSVKing wrote:Where were you all those weeks ago when this was announced B4E?

Most of the institutions have been closed down, so it's hard to nail down a location nowadays.

goyousaints · Mon 24 Oct 2011 4:53pm

Can Geelong now promote someone from their rookie list???

Dr Spaceman · Mon 24 Oct 2011 5:08pm

SACK HIM!!!!!!!!!

Oh wait

Little Dozer · Mon 24 Oct 2011 5:13pm

Don't forget the goal that was a point. I'm sure he saw that too...

gringo · Post: # 1168987Post **gringo** » Mon 24 Oct 2011 6:11pm

Now with retirement fund money he can get some f$#@ing glasses.

samuraisaint · Mon 24 Oct 2011 6:38pm

I read on saintsational that Ryan was a cats supporter after our Qualfiying Final win against them in 2010. The tone of that forum was that if Ryan had been the closest umpire to the play we would not have received the free that we did, which effectively saved the game for us because Ryan barracks for Geelong.
But I heard Ryan interviewed on SEN recently, who said that he sort of barracked for Richmond as a kid, but didn't really follow any team
passionately as he was living in South Warnambool when he was a kid.

stinger · Post: # 1169104Post **stinger** » Mon 24 Oct 2011 9:31pm

samuraisaint wrote:I read on saintsational that Ryan was a cats supporter after our Qualfiying Final win against them in 2010. The tone of that forum was that if Ryan had been the closest umpire to the play we would not have received the free that we did, which effectively saved the game for us because Ryan barracks for Geelong.
But I heard Ryan interviewed on SEN recently, who said that he sort of barracked for Richmond as a kid, but didn't really follow any team
passionately as he was living in South Warnambool when he was a kid.

'

beefa never lets the truth or the real facts stand in the way of a good rant....and his paranoid hatred of lawyers is legendary...

barks4eva · Post: # 1169279Post **barks4eva** » Tue 25 Oct 2011 2:37pm

samuraisaint wrote: But I heard Ryan interviewed on SEN recently, who said that he sort of barracked for Richmond as a kid, but didn't really follow any team
passionately as he was living in South Warnambool when he was a kid.

He's a lawyer, of course he would say something like that to cover his tracks and hide his true clandestine agenda!

A Geelong supporter and a cheat!

I'm just glad I've moved on and built a bridge!

clarky449 · Post: # 1169282Post **clarky449** » Tue 25 Oct 2011 2:42pm

barks4eva wrote:
samuraisaint wrote: But I heard Ryan interviewed on SEN recently, who said that he sort of barracked for Richmond as a kid, but didn't really follow any team
passionately as he was living in South Warnambool when he was a kid.
He's a lawyer, of course he would say something like that to cover his tracks and hide his true clandestine agenda!

A Geelong supporter and a cheat!

I'm just glad I've moved on and built a bridge!

Dont say you have moved on when you clearly havent. Do you always make up crap like he is a cheat, you must know him pretty well?

joffaboy · Post: # 1169283Post **joffaboy** » Tue 25 Oct 2011 2:48pm

The exact moment after Ryan, the renown Geelong support and cheat cost us the flag.

Lenny is restraining Ryan who was trying to penalise Schneider for taking a dive.

We were lucky Lenny didn't get reported.

8856brother · Tue 25 Oct 2011 6:43pm

Filthy white maggot

bobmurray · Post: # 1169421Post **bobmurray** » Tue 25 Oct 2011 8:48pm

8856brother wrote:Filthy white maggot

In Yellow

8856brother · Tue 25 Oct 2011 8:50pm

bobmurray wrote:
8856brother wrote:Filthy white maggot
In Yellow

Colour blind. Still a maggot!