Sadly if one person says it often enough it starts to be accepted as fact and the others that hear it can also start to spread it around too. (pyramid effect)
So many of the moans and complaints about this season have started like this and a lot of the grumbles about some of our players too -...
I take it you don't watch many of the Premier League highlights / matches because you will always see examples of keepers getting down sharply to stop a shot like the one you are referring to by Stockdale and the ball staying close by, just like the Stockdale one again as their reflect priority...