Wayne Henderson admitted today he had a point to prove after helping Albion to a precious draw in the battle to beat the drop.

The former Aston Villa youngster kept his second clean sheet in four games with first-half saves from Preston strike partners Danny Dichio and Dave Nugent in Saturday's stalemate at Withdean.

Henderson's attempted punch gifted Plymouth their winner in the previous match. "That was a bad goal for me personally," he said. "I learned from it and I put everything we worked hard on during the week into practise.

"This is my first season playing first team football as a No. 1. I have definitely got a point to prove and hopefully I have gone some way to doing that."

Henderson, signed permanently in January after impressing on loan, has taken over from Michel Kuipers, currently on a second loan spell with Boston United.

"The first three months I came here I thought I did really well," said the Republic of Ireland international.

"The last couple of weeks we have let in some strange goals but hopefully I have proved the manager right and the fans right for sticking by me.

There's a group of fans who are totally behind me every week and I admire them for that."

Albion, away to QPR on Saturday, remain five points adrift of safety with eight games to go after the bottom four all drew.

"Any point we get now is a point gained," Henderson said.

"We've been a little bit unlucky, but we need to be just that littlde bit more ruthless as a team at both ends really."

Meanwhile, Kerry Mayo has cleared up remarks he made in reference to chairman Dick Knight during an interview on Talksport Radio before Saturday's match.

The long-serving defender described the chairman as "stupid" if he accepts relegation.

Mayo, an unused substitute against Preston, said: "To clarify any misinterpretation, I am not saying the chairman is stupid, it was just out of context.

"If anyone said we are going to get relegated I'd say they are stupid for saying it. I believe we've still got a fighting chance."