It is but it is also the way football has traditionally been. The organized goodbyes the like of Bobby got is not the norm. Far more common is you leave when you leave, with that coming for a lot of players after having started pre-season with a hope of fighting for a role in the coming season. The best most can get is that at some point later they’ll get to come back and goodbye. And that is all even prior captains like Emlyn Hughes and Phil Neal got (pretty sure Thompson as well).