I agree fully on both accounts,even back in my days playing football when tackles were tackles,and the hardman on the pitch physically showed his pressence to you within the first two minutes,and if you were kicked up in the air you just got up got on with them game and made sure that offending player got one back twice as hard........and all this done without one bit of complaint or bitch back at the ref if he happened to mark your cards just a good old whatever and carried on with game.

It seems Fifa,Uefa and the FA in bringing in all these new rules to safe-guard players etc,has done more damage than ever by generating more and more softy players who wish they still had hold of mummys apron strings and spoilt rich kids attitudes.