Inverness manager Terry Butcher is more than happy with his players adopted attitude of 'score more one than you' in the SPL this season. Caley Thistle take on St Johnstone in Perth today having scored in all 25 of their games this season - a total of 55 goals. Butcher's side drew 0-0 at McDiarmid Park on 7 April and another goalless draw, at home against Dunfermline, secured their SPL status on 2 May. This season Butcher has guided his side to second-place having hit 44 goals in 20 SPL games. Butcher said: "Certainly that 0-0 was a great point for us, we were still trying to stay in the SPL. It is amazing how far we have come. The last 0-0 draw was against Dunfermline with three games to go. That gave us 33 points, which is what we are on now after 20 matches. We have a great amount of goals and we have surpassed last season's total. Nil-nil is a thing we don't do very often. If we did draw 0-0 it would send seismic shock waves through the SPL if we failed to score, because it has been a remarkable success story and we are making chances all the time. I spoke to the players and they said 'look gaffer, all we are concerned about is scoring more goals than the opposition'. That's a pretty basic way of looking at it but it is certainly working for us." Inverness and St Johnstone drew 1-1 earlier in the season and Butcher is not necessarily expecting all the goals to come at one end. Butcher said: "Steve Lomas has got a very good squad and a big squad. He has players who can get forward from midfield like (Murray) Davidson and Liam Craig and they have quite a few options up front. They have (Steven) MacLean, (Gregory) Tade, (Nigel) Hasselbaink can play up front, and they have Rowan Vine as well. They have goals in their team as well and we have to be on our guard. But we played well in that 1-1 draw in October and that match gives us confidence."
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