In the days of social media and click-bait websites, an endless news cycle and vacuum of opinion, overreactions are easy to come by.
The old adage of studying the league table in the early months is often ignored, and summer predictions are routinely written off before the second international break. A lot was written and said about Sheffield United in the last fortnight or so.
Five matches, zero wins, one goal. Not good enough to challenge for promotion. Another to follow in the footsteps of the large list of clubs to fall from the Premier League and plummet.