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You are spot on there with your comments SN. The point I was trying to get across is that while I accept that scoring goals is obviously important for strikers, their role in the team is much more than that and that is where Hemed is seriously lacking. When your opponents are dominating...

I don't disagree with your comment on Murray, he's off the pace of the game at the moment as he's yet to play a full 90 mins - which is why I'm keen for him to get a good 90 mins under his belt on Tuesday to get that sharpness back that will help make him our first choice striker again.

I agree that strikers aren't the reason we lost tonight, but in terms of Hemed's individual performance take a look at a replay of their second goal tonight and Hemed's positioning from the moment the corner is taken and his movement. Another player could have comfortably prevented that goal.

I don't feel Hemed even puts in the work rate to close down defenders when they have the ball, he just ambles around while in contrast you see Gross putting in much more effort to close their players down. Murray is again far superior in defending from the front as well as his hold up play.

Hemed's goal last week papered over the cracks, he was a complete passenger tonight and if you watch the replay of their second goal - what the **** was he doing ! But what disturbs me the most is when the ball goes forward to him he really struggles to hold the ball up and protect it, and it...