Burnley have an amazing defensive record and in so have kept 30 clean sheets. But they are still not top. Leeds are top by way of goal difference. So even by only conceding 15 goals all season Burnley might still not be Champions. Leeds have let on almost double the amount that Burnley have.....but have scored far more goals than they have conceded.
Ergo. Clean sheets by themselves do not win you titles.
You don’t have to score the most goals or concede the fewest to win the league. It’s a daft thing to be obsessed about. But you cannot lose if you don’t concede.
this debate is daft - golfie was right - he made the point that our defence was good at the start of the season but the lack of goals was a big problem - others seemed to think we could grind our way to success but it wasn't until we sorted the attack out, that we turned the corner - a good defence will only get u so far but is generally considered to be the starting point to build from and so it has proved this year
I take all the brick bats that are thrown at me but I was right. Clean sheets dont win you titles.
Clean sheets & scoring goals do.
Was that really what you were saying all along? Really?
Well its obvious you have to do both, but I started the thread when Burnley had just kept 12 clean sheets in a row..........but I think a few of those games ended 0-0. Imagine if a few of those 0-0's ended 2-1. They wouldn't have set a record but they would have won the title.
Or, turning one of their two 1-0 defeats into a 0-0 would have also won then the title, along with an even more impressive clean sheet record.
At least with dirty sheets they can only get dirtier but clean sheets need washing all the time to keep then clean and this contributes to global warming, chemical saturation in the water and soil and ruins planets.
i'd rather rely on huge amounts of goals scored than keeping perpetually clean sheets, you know it makes sense.
this debate is daft - golfie was right - he made the point that our defence was good at the start of the season but the lack of goals was a big problem - others seemed to think we could grind our way to success but it wasn't until we sorted the attack out, that we turned the corner - a good defence will only get u so far but is generally considered to be the starting point to build from and so it has proved this year
Golfie said Burnley wouldn’t get automatically promoted in his first post. He was wrong.
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i'd rather rely on huge amounts of goals scored than keeping perpetually clean sheets, you know it makes sense.