Gieschen backs double goal
AFL umpiring director Jeff Gieschen yesterday backed field umpire Jason Baldwin's decision to award a "double goal" to Essendon at the MCG on Saturday.
Gieschen deemed Baldwin's decision to award Bomber forward Matthew Lloyd a free kick on the goal-line in a tense last quarter to be correct.
"The video that we have seen probably doesn't show it conclusively but I checked with (Baldwin)," Gieschen said.
Gieschen said Baldwin had talked him through the scenario that unfolded 23 minutes into the last quarter.
"Jason said he ran in to give the all-clear and he could see that (Melbourne's Alistair) Nicholson was going towards Lloyd because Lloyd had said something which he didn't hear," Gieschen said. "Then Jason said something like, 'Don't go near him, don't touch him,' pre-empting that . . . maybe there was going to be a bit of push and shove.
So he has little idea what happened yet the umpire told him it was all good so that'll do? It's no wonder people have so little respect for the umpiring fraternity.
Gieschen was clearly robbed to be sacked as Richmond coach a few years back, but there's no reason to take it out on the rest of us by trying to completely screw the game up.
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