Austin takes Barnsley points with defenders on top against Blackburn

Last updated : 06 December 2012 By Tony Scholes

Austin won both the man of the match and the player ratings against Barnsley. He polled 29.7% of the vote for the man of the match, just ahead of Michael Duff who had a 26.4% share. The next two places were taken by Ben Mee (12.8%) and Brian Stock (9.5%).

In the player ratings, Austin, with a rating of 7.50 out of 10, was the only player to hit the seven out of ten for a good performance.

Duff and right back Kieran Trippier were next with ratings of 6.67 and Mee came fourth, his rating was 6.50 out of 10.

To last Sunday and the winner of the man of the match was Duff with 27.4%.

Trippier was second with 18.6% and was followed by Ross Wallace and Brian Stock who claimed 16.9% and 16.1% respectively to take third and fourth places.

Duff's central defensive partner Jason Shackell who the player ratings. He had a rating of 7.17 out of 10, ahead of Duff on 7.07, Trippier with 7.06 and in fourth place was Stock with a rating of 6.98 out of 10.

The result of these two games gives Duff a total of 14 points towards the Clarets Mad Player of the  Year. Austin, still well clear at the head of the table and stretching that lead claimed 10 points.

Other point scorers were Trippier with eight, Shackell with five, three each for Mee and Stock and two points for Wallace.

The result from the last two games is below along with the current player of the year table.

BARNSLEY (AWAY)

MAN OF THE MATCH

29.7% - Charlie Austin
26.4% - Michael Duff
12.8% - Ben Mee
9.5% - Brian Stock
5.4% - Jason Shackell
4.7% - Kieran Trippier
3.4% - Ross Wallace
2.7% - Chris McCann
2.0% - Lee Grant & Martin Paterson
0.7% - Marvin Bartley & Danny Ings

PLAYER RATINGS

7.50 - Charlie Austin
6.67 - Michael Duff & Kieran Trippier
6.50 - Ben Mee
6.28 - Lee Grant
6.00 - Danny Ings
5.94 - Jason Shackell
5.83 - Brian Stock
5.22 - Chris McCann & Ross Wallace
4.72 - Martin Paterson
3.89 - Marvin Bartley

BLACKBURN (HOME)

MAN OF THE MATCH

27.4% - Michael Duff
18.6% - Kieran Trippier
16.9% - Ross Wallace
16.1% - Brian Stock
7.1% - Jason Shackell
6.8% - Dean Marney
2.2% - Charlie Austin
1.7% - Chris McCann & Ben Mee
1.0% - Lee Grant
0.5% - Martin Paterson

PLAYER RATINGS

7.17 - Jason Shackell
7.07 - Michael Duff
7.06 - Kieran Trippier
6.98 - Brian Stock
6.89 - Ross Wallace
6.52 - Dean Marney
6.43 - Lee Grant
6.37 - Charlie Austin
5.50 - Chris McCann
5.48 - Ben Mee
4.93 - Martin Paterson

CLARETS MAD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

92: Charlie Austin
63: Lee Grant
62: Brian Stock
55: Dean Marney
40: Ben Mee
31: Michael Duff
30: Chris McCann
28: Kieran Trippier
27: Jason Shackell
18: Brian Jensen
15: Joseph Mills
14: Junior Stanislas & Sam Vokes
10: Martin Paterson
7: Ross Wallace
6: Marvin Bartley
3: David Edgar & Danny Lafferty
2: Steven Hewitt