Ronny Deila insisted on Friday night that Scottish football would benefit if referees gave a public explanation of their decisions after matches. The Celtic manager stressed he still had a positive view of officiating in this country despite the Josh Meekings handball debacle that helped kill his Treble dream last weekend. But Deila has called for similar transparency as in his Norwegian homeland, arguing that referees facing the media would help quell long-running furores and improve relationships. Celtic manager Ronny Deila speaks to the officials after his side's Scottish Cup semi-final loss to Inverness . Celtic wrote to the SFA in the aftermath of last weekend's defeat to Inverness, seeking 'to understand' how Steven McLean and his assistants failed to act on the Meekings incident. 'When my team has a bad performance, I have to stand in front of newspapers and everybody,' said Deila. 'If it's good, it's good. If it's bad, it's bad, but I have to stand up to it. 'I can't understand what the problem is with the referees doing it as well. 'They could say: 'I made a bad mistake, I'm so sorry, I'm irritated at myself, I should have done it better, I should learn from this.' What could you say after that? 'It's not important for me to speak with the referee. It's the Press. If the Press has a question for me and I say no comment, it never stops. If I say what I think, then you move on. 'It would be good for referees. We all know they will make mistakes in the future and do good and bad things. Inverness defender Josh Meekings will be allowed to appear in Scottish Cup final after his ban was dismissed . 'We will do the same, but just to be open and honest gets you much more respect. You have to be able to handle it through good times and bad times. 'If they shut themselves away, you don't get answers and that's why we are writing a letter to them just asking what happened. 'If not, we don't need to do that. They tell it to television. What's the problem? More and more in Norway, the referees go to speak to the media after the match.' Speaking in December, Deila said that Scottish referees had been 'fantastic' since he came to Celtic and that he had encountered more problems in European matches. Meekings was not sent off and no penalty was given as Inverness went on to beat Celtic 3-2 after extra-time . 'I haven't changed my mind,' he insisted. 'You see mistakes all over Europe and I think the referees here have been good, I have no problems with that. 'It's just afterwards there are a lot of things. So many meetings, appeals, I can't understand that system. But that's not up to me, it's up to others.' Referees have performances evaluated by assessors but Deila feels it would be better if they came under a more public disciplinary system similar to managers and players. 'I think it is strange that we have to do it and not the referees,' he added. 'We are all one unit – football. 'I think it should be the same rules for everybody. If my players are not performing well then I talk with them. And the solution might be that they are out of the team. 'How do you punish a referee? You could give another referee a chance instead, give someone a break. 'In Norway referees get banned as well. They get told they have to go down to the first division for a couple of matches or have a week off and then come back again. I think that is made public.'
Josh Meekings got away with a deliberate handball against Celtic.
Celtic went on to lose their Scottish Cup semi-final clash 3-2 to Inverness.
Celtic wrote to the SFA in the aftermath of last weekend's defeat.
The club sought 'to understand' how Steven McLean and his assistants failed to act on the Meekings incident.