- Jul 10, 2003
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1. I'm not scapegoating Hemed. Read what I said which included the phrase "as good as he is" for instance
2. I've since seen MotD, and Murray was on the pitch for that Knockaert cross, and got close to it, far closer than Hemed did for Bruno's
3. Murray is a fine poacher, he's very alive in the box, and it's only that he's tall that people don't associate him with the 'fox in the box'.
I thought Hemed was in a very similar position on Bruno's cross to Murray on Knockaert's. Both of them had come towards the cross looking for the short pass. Both times we hit the cross long and hard. If I have a criticism, it is that both Murray and Hemed, not being the fastest, tend to come short rather than outpace the defence. Maybe we should be looking for that more, rather than the hard low cross beyond the defender.