Dogs coach Brendan McCartney defends the goal umpires Tough gig: Brendan McCartney supports the goal umpires. WESTERN Bulldogs coach Brendan McCartney has defended the goal umpires after another contentious AFL scoring incident. Late in the second term on Saturday night, Geelong captain Joel Selwood went to soccer the ball in the goalsquare and the Cats were awarded the goal against the Bulldogs. But it was unclear on video replays whether Selwood had made contact or whether it should have been a rushed behind. Live HQ: Dogs v Cats "We were more disappointed in how the ball actually got there," McCartney said. A lot of things happen pretty fast on the goal line. I don't envy goal umpires sometimes - it's a very quick game, there are bodies flying around and then they get subjected to 15 different views of the decisions. Our philosophy is don't let the ball get there in the first place and you don't have to dice with misfortune. The goal umpires and the new scoring review system are under scrutiny following Richmond's controversial one-point loss to Fremantle in Perth. The Tigers are furious that there was no review of an incident late in the game, where the ball hit the goal umpire and stayed in play before being rushed through for a behind. Richmond is adamant that if the ball had not hit the umpire, it would have gone through for a goal.