Supporters of any non-Big Six side know the feeling all too well, where “Oh wow, he’s amazing” quickly becomes “Ah balls, he’s amazing.”
Once a player has strayed from doing well to doing too well, the vultures start circling, and one of football’s most depressing equation comes into effect: “Phwoar, X would be great for Y.”
Give or take the phwoar we are all guilty of it while watching the Premier League, and for two reasons X currently equals Antoine Semenyo.
Firstly, because the Bournemouth forward is in red-hot form, trailing only Erling Haaland (nine) in the Premier League for goals (six) and both Jack Grealish and Mohammed Kudus (four) for assists (three).
No player has been directly involved in more league goals since the start of May, with Semenyo topping up to 12 after two g