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There's a decent point in here but, in terms of the comparison with Owen, it doesn't quite work. Owen's hamstrings started pinging by the age of about 20 and he suffered from it thereafter. I'm not so sure that this (or anything else) has been an issue with Hernandez.

Oh, I agree with this, but I really don't want to be relying on Baldock playing up-top on his own in the PL. He's neither enough of a sniffer nor a natural finisher (as that opportunity demonstrated), and he lacks the strength to play up-top on his own. Hernandez's movement and finishing is...

I don't see it happening, but I think he'd fit our style perfectly. At present, opposition defences can really push up high closing down the space in the middle of the pitch and in our half, because neither of our central attacking players (whether Murray, Hemed or Gross) has the pace to outrun...

He's played most of his career up top on his own, so I'll dispute this. Such a player needs to have at least three of the following: pace, goalscoring ability, movement, strength. Hernandez has certainly got the first three of those.