Quote Originally Posted by SmiffyPie View Post
Got to agree with that. George is a good player but as of yet not head and shoulders and certainly not a match to the hype of the article.
Recency bias applies to everything in football. When things are going well the manager "is the next Jimmy Sirrel", we've got the best owners ever, the loudest fans, never seen so many new young supporters etc. etc. When it's going bad, Sirrel would "turn in his grave", players not fit to wear the shirt, worst atmosphere ever, an ageing fanbase that's dying out.... and so on.

You need the perspective of at least 5 years to make fair comparisons and to put it all into proper context.