clean sheets</p> <table style="border-collapse: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="611" border="0"><tbody><tr style="height: 20px"><td class="xl65" style="width: 23px; height: 20px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"></td><td class="xl65" style="width: 32px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"></td><td class="xl65" style="width: 36px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"></td><td class="xl65" style="width: 38px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"></td><td class="xl65" style="width: 39px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"></td><td class="xl65" style="width: 41px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"></td><td class="xl65" style="width: 41px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"></td><td class="xl65" style="width: 37px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"></td><td class="xl65" style="width: 34px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"></td><td class="xl65" style="width: 36px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"></td><td class="xl65" style="width: 39px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"></td><td class="xl65" style="width: 61px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"></td><td class="xl67" style="width: 90px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"></td><td class="xl67" style="width: 48px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"> </td><td class="xl67" style="width: 82px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"></td><td class="xl67" style="width: 55px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"> </td><td class="xl67" style="width: 40px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"></td><td class="xl67" style="width: 40px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"></td></tr><tr style="height: 19px"><td class="xl66" style="height: 19px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">P</font></td><td class="xl72" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent"><font face="Arial" size="3">HW</font></td><td class="xl73" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent"><font face="Arial" size="3">HD</font></td><td class="xl83" style="border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent"><font face="Arial" size="3">HL</font></td><td class="xl73" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent"><font face="Arial" size="3">HF</font></td><td class="xl74" style="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent"><font face="Arial" size="3">HA</font></td><td class="xl85" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #ece9d8; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent"><font face="Arial" size="3">AW</font></td><td class="xl73" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent"><font face="Arial" size="3">AD</font></td><td class="xl73" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent"><font face="Arial" size="3">AL</font></td><td class="xl73" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent"><font face="Arial" size="3">AF</font></td><td class="xl74" style="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent"><font face="Arial" size="3">AA</font></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">GD</font></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">clean sheets</font></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">%</font></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">fail to score</font></td><td class="xl69" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">%</font></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">pts</font></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">ppg</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 19px"><td class="xl65" style="height: 19px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">18</font></td><td class="xl75" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">2</font></td><td class="xl70" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">3</font></td><td class="xl84" style="border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">3</font></td><td class="xl70" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">12</font></td><td class="xl76" style="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">13</font></td><td class="xl71" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: #ece9d8; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">2</font></td><td class="xl70" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">0</font></td><td class="xl70" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">8</font></td><td class="xl70" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">10</font></td><td class="xl76" style="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">23</font></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">-14</font></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3"> 1</font></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">5.6%</font></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3"> 5</font></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">27.8%</font></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">15</font></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">0.83</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 20px"><td class="xl65" style="height: 20px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">26</font></td><td class="xl90" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">7</font></td><td class="xl88" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">1</font></td><td class="xl91" style="border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">6</font></td><td class="xl88" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">15</font></td><td class="xl89" style="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: #ece9d8; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">15</font></td><td class="xl86" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: #ece9d8; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">4</font></td><td class="xl77" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">1</font></td><td class="xl77" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">7</font></td><td class="xl77" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">16</font></td><td class="xl78" style="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">26</font></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">-10</font></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3"> 9</font></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">34.6%</font></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3"> 8</font></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">30.8%</font></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">35</font></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">1.35</font></td></tr><tr style="height: 20px"><td class="xl65" style="height: 20px; background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">44</font></td><td class="xl79" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">9</font></td><td class="xl80" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">4</font></td><td class="xl92" style="border-right: #ece9d8; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">9</font></td><td class="xl80" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">27</font></td><td class="xl81" style="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">28</font></td><td class="xl87" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: #ece9d8; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">6</font></td><td class="xl80" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">1</font></td><td class="xl80" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">15</font></td><td class="xl80" style="border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">26</font></td><td class="xl81" style="border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext; border-left: windowtext; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; background-color: transparent" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">49</font></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="3">-24</font></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3"> 10</font></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">22.7%</font></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">13</font></td><td class="xl82" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">29.5%</font></td><td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">50</font></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: #ece9d8"><font face="Arial" size="3">1.14</font></td></tr></tbody></table></p>
RE: Scoring First? too often heads dropped when we conceded a goal , score fisrt and it seems to give them the confidence that we can actually win. key word - confidence
Have to agree........... All this Ritchie played more attacking football Ritchie 22 goals for in 18 games = 1.22 per game Davey 31 goals for in 26 games = 1.19 per game So there's only a single goal in it The fact remains we were letting too many in at the other end. Which Davey looks to have sorted out.
Have you seen how many goals we have let in? Up to the Birmingham game we were shipping them like nobodies business.</p> </p>
Have you seen how many goals we were letting in before that? Ritchie 36 goals against in 18 games = 2 per game Davey 41 goals against in 26 games = 1.6 per game