Another top Vokes show at Doncaster

Last updated : 07 October 2013 By

It wasn't quite as comprehensive as in the previous game against Charlton and both were close run affairs with Vokes just about coming out on top.

He polled 27.8% of the man of the match vote and that gave him first place just ahead of Scott Arfield who had a 26.1% share. Some way behind, Michael Duff was third with 9.4% with David Jones and Kieran Trippier sharing fourth place, both with 8.5% of the vote.

Vokes and Arfield followed that up with the top two places in the player ratings, and in the same positions. Vokes' rating was 8.33 out of 10 with Arfield on exactly 8 out of 10 coming second.

Trippier and Jones, joint fourth in the vote, were split this time. Trippier was third with a rating of 7.86, and Jones, just behind with 7.81 out of 10, came fourth.

Vokes again had the maximum 10 points towards the Clarets Mad Player of the Year. Arfield won six points, Trippier collected three points with both Duff and Jones securing two points.

What a change there's been. In a period when Jason Shackell has been in outstanding form at the back he's virtually lost his lead at the top of the player of the year table because of the form of our strikers, and in particular Vokes.

Shackell is still top but his lead is now only one point from Vokes with Ings just another six points behind that. The way things are going this season it could be really close throughout and Arfield became the latest and eighth player to reach 20 points.

Voting for the Reading game continues until the end of tomorrow. You can vote for the man of the match via the front page of the site or via the VOTING POLLS page. Player Ratings can be left on the message board.

Wednesday sees the start of the Goal of the Month vote for September with a selection of eleven goals to choose from.

The result from the Doncaster game is below along with the current Clarets Mad Player of the Year Table.

MAN OF THE MATCH

27.8% - Sam Vokes
26.1% - Scott Arfield
9.4% - Michael Duff
8.5% - David Jones & Kieran Trippier
5.1% - Jason Shackell
4.7% - Tom Heaton
3.0% - David Edgar
2.6% - Danny Ings & Ben Mee
1.7% - Michael Kightly

PLAYER RATINGS

8.33 - Sam Vokes
8.00 - Scott Arfield
7.86 - Kieran Trippier
7.81 - David Jones
7.52 - Jason Shackell
7.48 - Michael Duff
7.43 - Tom Heaton & Danny Ings
7.33 - Ben Mee
6.71 - Michael Kightly
6.67 - David Edgar

CLARETS MAD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

50: Jason Shackell
49: Sam Vokes
43: Danny Ings
33: Kieran Trippier
24: Tom Heaton
23: David Jones
21: Scott Arfield & Keith Treacy
9: Michael Duff
8: Alex Cisak
5: Junior Stanislas
4: Ben Mee
3: Kevin Long
2: Dean Marney