REPORT: Seventh heaven on the road

[ClaretTony]

Norwich v Burnley report

See link
https://www.uptheclarets.com/seventh-heaven-on-the-road

[Royboyclaret]

Seven away wins and 26 away points, evidence of another exceptional season.

Not sure about the Colin McDonald stat though, think Des Thompson may have been in goal for one of those 16 clean sheets in the 1954/55 season...?

[huw.Y.WattfromWare]

Seven away wins and 26 away points, evidence of another exceptional season.

Not sure about the Colin McDonald stat though, think Des Thompson may have been in goal for one of those 16 clean sheets in the 1954/55 season...?

Correct, as usual, Royboy. Thompson kept a clean sheet in a 2-0 win over Aston Villa.17-11-54

[Royboyclaret]

Correct, as usual, Royboy. Thompson kept a clean sheet in a 2-0 win over Aston Villa.17-11-54

In which case there's a lot riding on next week's game for Nick Pope. Jimmy Strong kept 16 clean sheets for us in the 1947/48 season. Even the great Jerry Dawson, I think, kept only 15 in the Champions season.

[Vegas Claret]

wasn't long ago where we couldn't buy an away win in the PL, amazing stuff

[ClaretTony]

wasn't long ago where we couldn't buy an away win in the PL, amazing stuff

Shows just how much we have improved

[bfcmik]

Shows just how much we have improved

We've inproved? I'm sure I read on here that we have been struggling to stay afloat with our lack of transfer activity and the Chairman's padlocked wallet.

[ksrclaret]

I remember about 15 years ago when we couldn't buy an away win in the Championship. Think we only managed 3 in the 2005/06 season.

[huw.Y.WattfromWare]

In which case there's a lot riding on next week's game for Nick Pope. Jimmy Strong kept 16 clean sheets for us in the 1947/48 season. Even the great Jerry Dawson, I think, kept only 15 in the Champions season.

Quick check of Clarets Chronicles has Jimmy Strong on 17 clean sheets in 47/48 but a 42 game season. In an era of goals that is an amazing stat.
Nick Pope is writing new history though and deserves every plaudit he’s getting.

[Vegas Claret]

Shows just how much we have improved

massive improvement and having that little bit of nous at PL level. It's a strange feeling watching games thinking (not expecting) we stand a good chance of getting something rather than hoping we scrape something !

[Cirrus_Minor]

Strange game, weird season, the stats are now outstanding for us in this league and a goalkeeper who is good between the sheets.

[ClaretTony]

One little stat I did add to the report yesterday evening is that we have now passed 250 Premier League points - current total is 251.

[mdd2]

I don't know if anyone watched MOD last night analysing Eddie's team whilst in the Premier league and it shows how little has changed since he left us.
To recap we were playing attacking football scoring for fun but at the back leaking like a sieve and the first game Sean was in charge and thereafter that leak has been largely plugged.
Bournemouth have conceded over 60 goals in all 5 seasons which the pundits think might reflect the coaching methods at the club-well slap my thighs who would have thought of that?
B mouth goals conceded 19-20 so far 64, 70, 61,67 and 67
Under Sean we have conceded 19-20 so far 48, 68,39, 55, 53 and under OC and BL 82 (ouch)

[Hipper]

To get points you need to win. To win all you need to do is score more then your opponent. Dyche does it by trying to concede less, Howe by trying to score more. Both ways work.

Howe's approach is different but until this season he'd done pretty well.

[ClaretTony]

I don't know if anyone watched MOD last night analysing Eddie's team whilst in the Premier league and it shows how little has changed since he left us.
To recap we were playing attacking football scoring for fun but at the back leaking like a sieve and the first game Sean was in charge and thereafter that leak has been largely plugged.
Bournemouth have conceded over 60 goals in all 5 seasons which the pundits think might reflect the coaching methods at the club-well slap my thighs who would have thought of that?
B mouth goals conceded 19-20 so far 64, 70, 61,67 and 67
Under Sean we have conceded 19-20 so far 48, 68,39, 55, 53 and under OC and BL 82 (ouch)

Frightening stats - and we were going nowhere when he was here.

I've looked at the goals scored and conceded with the two managers in the Championship - we scored and conceded 1.40 goals per game when Howe was manager. With Dyche we scored 1.44 goals per game and conceded 0.82 points per game.

[mdd2]

Although he wasn't doing so well with us. Had he stayed I am not certain we would have stayed up in 2012-13.