As anybody who has attended a shared leaving party at their workplace will surely attest, they can often prove a particularly difficult balancing act. After all, some people will always be more popular than others.
Such will perhaps be the case at this afternoon as Anfield prepares to wave farewell to four players who each played their specific part in helping Jurgen Klopp's first great Liverpool team achieve unprecedented success.
Evidence from the King Power Stadium on Monday night suggests Roberto Firmino will be afforded the greatest amount of affection from supporters, at least in terms of his vocal support. But there will also be boundless respect for the ever-reliable and often underrated vice-captain James Milner, and an acknowledgement the efforts of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Naby Keita would have been greater but for untimely and serious injury setbacks.
