You're absolutely spot on.

And when a player gets something wrong, what's the first thing he generally does?... He apologises to his team-mates.

How often do referees apologise for anything?

And this isn't only on the individual referees - Most of the current crop just seem to be robotically applying the most inane of the rules right now, which has to have come from higher up.
But also, maybe some/a lot are just too inexperienced/unsure of themselves to stand up and question either whether it is correct to do so, or more importantly, whether the rule should be applied in that way (e.g. Defenders stand square, attacker takes a step to the side, the defenders are penalised for not being square at the PTB, just as an example)?

Agree,

Hampshire
Douglas
Keighran
Eckersley
Marshall
French
Farrimond
Byrne
Leeming
Dupree
Nsemba
Isa
Ellis

Mago
Hill
Forber
Chan

Resting Wardle, Miski, Field, Thompson, Farrell, O’Neill, Smith

Although I think Peet will go for a much stronger team given the poor performance last week

I’d go with exactly that.

I think we'll see a full strength team. I just get the impression Peet wasn't all that impressed with 'key players' as he put it. It's a risky strategy in this day and age with potential HIAs and bans but I feel we'll look to build some fluidity as we looked underdone v Salford.

I despair at some of the people on here.

No idea how you manage to watch games every week.

It's always the people you most expect too.

And yes, I worship Chris Kendall as a god. He's biased, not you, and I love it.