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This could all be with the VAR thread, because if you get rid of that a side benefit would be the phantom passages of play would disappear and lino's would have to start flagging when they see an offside again.

The players shouldn't have to officiate as well as play. Their job is to play to the whistle The job of the officials here is to prevent pointless passages of play. If we had better officials, they would have the balls to flag for all but the really tight ones. We don't and we probably never...

Because he was doing what we was told to do all through his time as a child, then through various youth set ups and for his whole career as a senior pro ... play to the whistle?

Yes. This is definitely not being wise after the event

If you give a match official a chance to shirk their responsibility to make a decision they will take it. Some of the decisions now are so painfully obviously onside yet the flag stays down. The issue is potential injury yes. But one thing it's easy to forget when your watching the game, is...

This is the problem. But you could have something like, any player who goes down during play or needs any treatment has to leave the pitch on a stretcher. Booking otherwise

Not sure I agree with this. In a situation where there's a goal that may or may not be scored players are more likely to undertake risky actions to score or prevent it that they would in another part of the pitch Phil Babb springs to mind

Which probably explains why he treated his liver so well afterwards