Chambers was in a bullish mood when fronting the media to start off his grand final week, having worn plenty of criticism for his sledging, suspensions and on-field performances in 2018.The 30-year-old Queenslander returned to Melbourne's line-up only last week from a three-game suspension for an ugly crusher tackle on Jarryd Hayne, having already served a two-week ban for a grapple tackle against Sharks sparring partner Paul Gallen.Along with enforced stints on the sidelines, Chambers also endured a tough Origin campaign at the hands of Mitchell, the emerging Roosters star who will push to claim Chambers' Australian Test jumper at season's end.While often painted as one of the game's remaining villains thanks to his
confrontational and niggling playing style, Chambers says he has never been concerned by how he is seen by the public or the slings and arrows he has worn at times in the press."I don't really mind, it's what people see and what you guys write and put about someone," Chambers said on Monday."It's the media and however I'm portrayed, I'm portrayed. I'd like to think I'm a loving, caring father and a great friend to the boys at the club."But at the end of the day, I can't stand here and say 'I'm this, I'm that'. It's what you guys write and what's said about me. That's footy, that's life. I live in front of these cameras and that's our life printed in media."Asked if the negative perceptions had ever got to him or his family in the past, Chambers buckled down with his apathy."I take it with a laugh, just have a bit of a laugh about it," he said.
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