Are Officials losing the plot?

[CAMiller]

There is nothing in the rules that says you have to allow any time for a team to set the wall up, but for decades in football the team that has committed the foul usually has someone to stand over the ball to stop a quickly taken free kick, wherever the foul was committed.

I miss the days when the refs used to goose step John Cleese like 10 yards forward if ever a team showed descent or failed to retreat on a free kick.