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Balancing my criticism at the weekend, much more urgency from him tonight and unlucky not to score - thought he did well when he came on. Maybe fitness still the underlying issue?

He is a great man manager, a good 'on-message' club man, and obviously wants to protect his big money signing from near-inevitable criticism of his performance from the press and social media. That is simply good, professional management - it doesn't mean that CH really thinks that Locadia...

Hemed was not always a goal threat, but his all round contribution was significantly better than Locadia's. I'm talking about work rate, making his presence felt (like Murray did immediately after he came on), occasionally winning something in the air, controlling the ball when it came in to...

He was woeful. I accept that away to Man City he was always going to have limited chances, but the utter lack of work rate, inability to hold the ball up or keep possession are a bad sign. At the moment, he would struggle to get a game in the Championship.