It’s definitely gone up. The difference is we don’t have the same gap between the worst and best players in the Premier League. There are a lot more good players today than there were in the past, so we have a harder time saying certain guys are so clearly above everyone else. Still happens of course, but still.
Nostalgia definitely plays a part as well. I remember playing games on my PS3 when I was a kid and thinking of how good the graphics were. Then, when I play the same games today, it’s clear that they’re a product of their time, and not even close to the same level of graphical fidelity we have today.
The younger and less knowledgeable we are of the game, the less likely we are to notice the flaws in what we see happen on the pitch, erasing the negatives and amplifying the positives in our memory.
It’s definitely gone up. The difference is we don’t have the same gap between the worst and best players in the Premier League. There are a lot more good players today than there were in the past, so we have a harder time saying certain guys are so clearly above everyone else. Still happens of course, but still.
Nostalgia definitely plays a part as well. I remember playing games on my PS3 when I was a kid and thinking of how good the graphics were. Then, when I play the same games today, it’s clear that they’re a product of their time, and not even close to the same level of graphical fidelity we have today.
The younger and less knowledgeable we are of the game, the less likely we are to notice the flaws in what we see happen on the pitch, erasing the negatives and amplifying the positives in our memory.