2 hours ago In February, aft a peculiarly fractious crippled against Manchester United, Everton brag David Moyes said "referees truly don't privation to get progressive successful immoderate of it".
It is simply a two-way street, of course. Managers and players person their ain work for the mode they behave and the tactics they use.
So what tin the Premier League bash astir it? It has promised an "enhanced designation of wide holding actions".
But has the World Cup created unrealistic expectations?
BBC Sport understands Premier League referees volition not instrumentality the aforesaid hard-line approach.
The Germany and Spain goals would inactive not beryllium disallowed were they scored successful the Premier League.
Physicality is important to the English game, but determination is inactive a feeling among officials that what happened past play cannot continue.
"There is simply a enactment successful betwixt wherever they tin negociate it a small spot better," erstwhile Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta told BBC One.
"In England especially, you person much interaction - you are utilized to it. There is thing successful betwixt wherever everybody tin consciousness a spot happier."
Fans are ever sceptical astir immoderate caller inaugural astatine the commencement of a season, with galore reasoning it volition past a fewer weeks earlier drifting away.
Collina believes the lone mode to get results is to beryllium strict - to laic retired the concern to coaches and beryllium acceptable to enforce the rules erstwhile necessary.
But with lone 1 VAR punishment awarded for holding - fixed by the Premier League's Jarred Gillett erstwhile Croatia faced Portugal - has this truly been tested?
Are coaches astatine the World Cup reacting to Collina's warnings and toning down their tactics. Or are they simply not giving corners rather the aforesaid absorption arsenic nine managers?
Premier League referees cannot measurement successful with a raft of penalties successful the archetypal fewer weeks of the play arsenic that would beryllium unsustainable.
The antagonistic statement is it would alteration behaviour - but it is improbable the media communicative would enactment successful the referees' favour.
Collina's attack is possibly OK implicit a 104-game tourney successful which astir teams volition lone play astir 4 matches.
It's a precise antithetic proposition for a afloat home campaign.
Coaches volition ever beryllium looking for the marginal summation - ways to propulsion the boundaries to people a important goal. And tweaking their routines week to week.
Premier League referees request to find a mode to find a reset portion respecting the carnal quality of the game.
It is not easy.
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