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 ca n'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 do n't get answers and that 's why we are writing a letter to them just asking what happened . 'If not , we do n'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 have n'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 ca n'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 Treble 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 .