Are Officials losing the plot?

[millertop]

I think that by not allowing a quick free kick that the team that was fouled ,are penalised twice. If an opposing player has deliberately fouled an opponent to either stop him from shooting, or stop him from playing someone in on goal, why then stop that team taking a quick free kick so the goalkeeper gets to set the wall up?
If the referee makes it clear to both teams before the match that if they want a quick free kick then they can take one, then it saves things like the incident at West Brom from blowing up in the refs face, however, because the ref had told them to wait for the whistle, then he definitely came to the correct decision in the end, once he realised the goalkeeper was still lining the wall up.

They still need to set the wall up

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

They still need to set the wall up

I don't see why

Surely the ref tells them to wait for the whistle so that he can get in position not for the defence to line up their ducks