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West Ham United fans react to Javier Hernandez’s performance

West Ham United's Mexican striker Javier Hernandez (L) is tackled by Crystal Palace's Serbian midfielder Luka Milivojevic during the English Premie...
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Javier Hernandez has only scored four goals for West Ham United in 21 games.

Javier Hernandez of West Ham celebrates scoring his teams second goal during the Premier League match between Southampton and West Ham United at St Mary's Stadium on August 19, 2017 in...

Javier Hernandez is doing very little to win the affections of West Ham United fans at the moment after another inept display in Sunday’s 0-0 draw at Shrewsbury in the FA Cup.

The £16 million signing was hauled off after 71 minutes for Toni Martinez following another reminder that he isn’t the player who supporters thought he was last summer.

Liverpool's German-born Cameroonian defender Joel Matip (R) tackles West Ham United's Mexican striker Javier Hernandez during the English Premier League football match between West Ham...

The 29-year-old striker, who has netted four goals across 21 games in all competitions since joining the Irons, was man-handled by the League Two’s side physical defenders and the former Manchester United man simply had no response to it.

And fans of the East London club have been anything but complimentary toward him on Twitter.

Javier Hernandez of West Ham United celebrates scoring his sides second goal during the Premier League match between Southampton and West Ham United at St Mary's Stadium on August 19, 2017...

Hernandez wasn’t the only culprit for West Ham’s stalemate, with the likes of Andre Ayew and Cheikhou Kouyate also enduring terrible performances it must be said.

But the Mexican hitman was a very high-profile capture from Bayer Leverkusen, which means the spotlight is always going to burn bright on him and, considering he hasn’t scored since October, perhaps criticism from the fanbase is entirely deserved.