Because Murray was doing a brilliant job holding the ball up and winning free kicks, which was also running the clock down. It also gave the team a breather to reorganise. He new he didn't have the pace from the halfway line to get a 1 on 1 with the goalie in that situation.
Amazing how so many people on here were throwing in the towel, after we failed to bring in a striker at the end of the transfer window.
As it happens, it looks like we would survive anyway without Locadia, though its great to have him anyway.