Wigan Athletic chief offers refereeing solution - 'It's a nightmare'
Gary Caldwell will once again offer referees an open invitation to visit the Wigan Athletic training ground this summer for a mutually beneficial experience.
But he won't be holding his breath for a positive response!
The Scot has spoken out repeatedly during his short time back at Wigan about what he believes to be a drop in standards from match officials.
Latics were on the wrong end of the very last big decision of the EFL regular season, when Stevenage were awarded a stoppage-time 'goal' that seemingly didn't cross the line.
Not only did it deny Latics a point, it also saw Stevenage leapfrog Luton Town and Plymouth Argyle into the play-off picture in the dying seconds of the campaign.
While acknowledging the difficulty of the job, Caldwell remains frustrated that referees 'have not really been forthcoming in wanting' the situation to improve.
He said: "There's no point talking about it. I'm sure we will get an email over the summer, that we need to go for a day, and if we don't go on the day we'll get a five grand fine.
"But nobody seems to want referees to get better.
"I did it during my time at Exeter, and I've done it here, where I try to get referees to come in and help us with training, where they can referee our training, because it's a nightmare for us to do that.
"I'll be honest, they're not really been forthcoming in wanting to do that and to improve.
"Until that happens, we're always going to get up and down refereeing. And I feel for them, because it is difficult.
"I think they make it harder for themselves, and I'm not criticising them, I want to help them to be better, I want to bring them into the club and do whatever we can.
"I want everyone to work together rather than it being a closed shop. But nobody seems to want to accept constructive criticism.
"We get it every week, and I wouldn't say it's always constructive. But that's how we get better, we do something about it."