I think there is at least an element of truth to this. I seem to remember people painting him as the future of this club, even before his first team debut, and I don't recall ever seeing it. I don't mean I don't think he has ever played well, just that even his good performances were not that...
And to not penalise the players who weren't here for games, this is the same chart but only including the games that players didn't play in while they were on in our squad. (e.g., Will Buckley was only with us for the first two games of the season, and only on was a league game, Leon Best has...