100% correct.

Since the advent of the Premier League, English refs have a different take on how to manage & apply the laws of the game.

When there are refereeing controversies in the Prem, I always defer to Johan Cruyff's comments after the 2010 WC final which was ref'd by Howard Webb.

"When we say, often, that we do not like talking about referees, it is true and, above all, because only refereeing like that last night by the Englishman Howard Webb can create in us a state of such indignation that then, yes, it is necessary to comment."

"Because you can referee wrongly, make a mistake, but what you cannot do is create your own sense of justice and, even worse, invent a very personal application of the rules."

"Not only did he not send off two Dutchmen but he also looked the other way at times when he should have involved himself."

"A World Cup final deserves great refereeing and, above all, deserves a referee who dares to do everything it means to be a judge."

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jul/12/world-cup-final-johan-cruyff-holland

Webb set the stage for clowns like Clattenburg, who approached managing premier league games - not to apply the laws of the game fairly & evenly, but instead with his own script and gameplan.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42219327

When people say what is that..? Incompetence..? Corruption..? It is both. It is a corruption of the application of the rules, incompetently applied, with insufficient checks & balances.

With Webb in charge of PMGMOL, this type of approach has been normalised by the current crop of inadequates.

They need to go back to judging what they see and apply the laws fairly. If they miss something and VAR sees it, then the onfield ref should be made aware and correct it.

It really is that simple.