Events in football are regularly measured in isolation and consistently forgets the wider context of historical comparison or context.
We all like blowing things out of proportion and catastrophizing something as "the worst thing to ever happen" at that current moment.
A lot of this feels relevant to the fallout of December's controversial Romelu Lukaku interview with Sky Italia. This event threw Chelsea Twitter into a spiral of meltdown, calling for the Belgian's dismissal and anger at his apparent betrayal.
But history tells us at Stamford Bridge that Lukaku's current situation is not unsolvable, proving that the route back to affection comes from a current teammate.
Back in the now-infamous 2018/19 season under Maurizio Sarri, a toxic division between supporters occurred, and the Italian's eventual departure became inevitable, even after a brilliant Europa League victory.
A victim of this was Jorginho, who very quickly became the poster-boy for Sarri's shortcomings, an easy scapegoat on the pitch to pin all of Chelsea's issues with.
It is easy to forget that the Italian was booed by Chelsea's support at home to Malmo when coming off the bench.
His name was singled out not only on social media for blame but also in more mainstream circles by high-profile pundits like Rio Ferdinand on BT Sport.
This came to a head in the home draw with Wolves in March when the midfielder's substitution prompted sarcastic cheers from the crowd.
Because the midfielder had been integral to Sarri's system in Naples and west London, the expectation was that his favoured 'regista' would follow when the maligned coach departed.
But that did not happen, and the £60m signing remained for the beginning of Frank Lampard's tenure.
If you had posed the likelihood to Chelsea supporters in March 2019 that Jorginho's name would be loudly sung by supporters the following season, and he would go on to be one of many heroes in the Champions League victory under Thomas Tuchel, most would have laughed.
Jorginho is now a widely appreciated figure at Chelsea, a player who has cemented his legacy no matter what happens now.
Do people also forget that Stamford Bridge once booed Diego Costa departing the pitch days after Jose Mourinho's dismissal in December 2015? Didier Drogba's diving antics sparked boos and reports of him wanting to leave a 'broken' Chelsea in 2007?
Eden Hazard during that miserable 2015/16 season also came in for criticism, and the conclusion was he'd be departing the following summer without much fondness given his under-par performances.
All three of those players I mentioned came back and achieved great things, now beloved and etched into the club's history in the best way.
Romelu Lukaku's 2021 return felt almost cinematic in his career arc in coming back to the club he grew up loving to take the role he always dreamed of having.
The Belgian has not suddenly become a terrible forward, nor were his misguided words soo damaging that there is absolutely no way back for him.
A big goal in the FIFA Club World Cup, the Carabao Cup Final, the Champions League and FA Cup are all chances for Lukaku to create exceptional memories and soothe the wounds created over the past month.
As Jorginho has proven, football is a fickle game.
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