WE NEED TO MEET REFS MORE

DEAN BRENNAN believes morefrequent manager and referee meetings will help raise standards across football.
“I want referees to understand the tactics of the game,” Brennan says.
“I think that’s where it goes wrong. They don’t seem to understand the tactic of one manager who has got a team who wants to defend, stifle, make it frustrating, slow the game down. Then the other manager trying to keep a high tempo, keep the flow of the game.
“We had James Durkin against Rochdale. We lost 4-2. I thought he was outstanding. What a game of football it...

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