By Lewis Rutledge Last updated: 17th September 2007
Dempsey: Staying positive
Clint Dempsey believes Fulham should take the positives from their 1-1 draw at Wigan as they continue to search for their first away win of the season.
Dempsey fired Fulham ahead early on but missed two opportunities to score again and Jason Koumas equalised from the penalty spot ten minutes from time.
Fulham did at least manage to cling on to a point to end a run of six straight defeats on the road, but they have still not won away from home for 20 matches in the Premier League.
Dempsey, who is happy with his own form, feels it will only be a matter of time before Fulham break their away-day hoodoo.
"I only had three chances and I scored one, so to me that is a good stat. I have to keep looking at the positives and I'm scoring goals right now," the American told The Sun.
"We thought we might be on for a win so it's disappointing, but we've got a point and that's better than we've done the last few times away.
"If we look at the positives then we'll be a better team for it. We can't dwell on it and think 'what if', then we'll just find ourselves in a hole."
Though he thinks Fulham outplayed Wigan for long periods at The JJB Stadium, Dempsey was not too disheartened with the draw.
"I thought we were the better team and at least we ended up with something to show for it," he explained.
"I don't think people will be low but I don't think people will be jumping around on the bus home either."

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| Time | Fixture |
|---|---|
| Saturday 15th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Aston Villa vs Wigan |
| 15:00 | Blackburn vs Man City |
| 15:00 | Bolton vs Sunderland |
| 15:00 | Chelsea vs Hull |
| 15:00 | Everton vs Arsenal |
| 15:00 | Man Utd vs Birmingham |
| 15:00 | Portsmouth vs Fulham |
| 15:00 | Stoke vs Burnley |
| 15:00 | Tottenham vs Liverpool |
| 15:00 | Wolverhampton vs West Ham |
| Tuesday 18th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 19:45 | Birmingham vs Portsmouth |
| 19:45 | Burnley vs Man Utd |
| 19:45 | Fulham vs Blackburn |
| 19:45 | Hull vs Tottenham |
| 19:45 | Sunderland vs Chelsea |
| 19:45 | Wigan vs Wolverhampton |
| Wednesday 19th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 19:45 | Liverpool vs Stoke |
| Saturday 22nd August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Arsenal vs Portsmouth |
| 15:00 | Birmingham vs Stoke |
| 15:00 | Burnley vs Everton |
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Sunday 24th May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle | |
| Blackburn 0 - 0 West Brom | |
| Hull 0 - 1 Man Utd | |
| Man City 1 - 0 Bolton | |
| Sunderland 2 - 3 Chelsea | |
| Fulham 0 - 2 Everton | |
| Arsenal 4 - 1 Stoke | |
| West Ham 2 - 1 Middlesbrough | |
| Wigan 1 - 0 Portsmouth | |
| Liverpool 3 - 1 Tottenham | |
| Monday 18th May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Portsmouth 3 - 1 Sunderland | |
| Sunday 17th May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Chelsea 2 - 0 Blackburn | |
| West Brom 0 - 2 Liverpool | |
| Saturday 16th May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Newcastle 0 - 1 Fulham | |
| Bolton 1 - 1 Hull | |
| Stoke 2 - 0 Wigan | |
| Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Aston Villa | |
| Tottenham 2 - 1 Man City | |
| Everton 3 - 1 West Ham | |
| Man Utd 0 - 0 Arsenal | |
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