MJB
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I find it odd and yet understandable why footballers do. Andy Burgess was the same, muddling the timeline of when people came and went in his time with us from Jan 2006 to Sept 2007.
As if we remember every project we did, when we did it and what day in the office that amusing thing happened. To them, it's a job and I don't blame them for not remembering every goal, game, opponent, team mate and even season and so on. We're football geeks on the subject, wasting our time keeping knowledge of obscure loanees from decades ago when useful stuff could be in our heads.
Absolutely.
The increased media and social media focus at the top level means that modern players probably remember more of their stats, how goals were scored and various bits of narrative related to their time at a club.
But for most it’s a job as you say. Also, players want and need to be living in the moment during games, rather than taking mental pictures to talk about in podcasts in thirty years’ time!