The standard of refereeing is no better or worse than it has ever been - what has amplified things is the cry baby mentality of fans emboldened by social media who simply can't handle the fact a human might have made a mistake and it simply must be a conspiracy
This pathetic entitlement that every single decision should be correct "there's too much money involved" has burdened us with the football vandalism that is VAR
Chelsea fans started a petition to ensure the ref from Sunday never refs them again because in their opinion he made a couple of errors. I can only assume they have set up similar petitions to ensure 3 or 3 of their players never play for the club again after they also made mistakes in the same game