Referees are pretty much told how to referee like a robot! But what referees need to do is be consistant over a season, when most of the time they are not consistant in the same game. This is the thing that I hear the most and if you are not giving the same decisions in the same game, then this will cause huge problems.
I do think that refereeing is much tougher these days, with players diving and cheating all over the pitch. In the olden days, players would not go down unless they were really kicked or punched in the face, which made it more clear cut for the referee.
There is something every week and it is normally a player cheating! Also hand ball should be handball no matter if the player meant it or not, this would rule out bickering over this grey area.
waits for a clip of a player clearly diving from the 70's and 80's!