Barnes pips Ings to February Player of the Month

Last updated : 11 March 2015 By Tony Scholes

Barnes went into the Swansea game a week last Saturday with a two point lead over Ings for the month; it was reduced to one with Barnes claiming the award he also won in December when he scored goals against Southampton, Tottenham and Man City.

February's final game against Swansea ended in a disappointing 1-0 defeat for the Clarets with Michael Keane voted our best player in both the man of the match and the player ratings.

He won the man of the match with 26.1% of the vote, just ahead of fellow defender Ben Mee  who was second with a 21.3% share. There was something of a drop to the rest but Kieran Trippier was third with 9.6% while Ings took fourth place with a 9.0% share.

Keane was the clear winner in the player ratings. It was the first time he'd won the man of the match vote but this is his second player ratings success having come out on top in the Spurs home game in the FA Cup.

This time he won it with a rating of 6.70 out of 10, ahead of his captain and central defensive partner Jason Shackell whose rating of 6.43 won him second place. The two strikers couldn't be separated, both had ratings of 6.38 out of 10 to finish in joint third place.

The Clarets Mad Player of the Year points awarded are ten to Keane, three each to Ings, Mee and Shackell with two each to Barnes and Trippier.

Barnes ended February with 16 points from the five games with Ings having 15 points and David Jones just behind with 14 points; Jones having jointly led with Barnes going into the last game.

The Liverpool result will be revealed tomorrow while the next vote will be for the Man City game, starting on Saturday evening.

Below is the Swansea result followed by the result of the February Player of the Month and the current Player of the Year table.

MAN OF THE MATCH

26.1% - Michael Keane
21.3% - Ben Mee
9.6% - Kieran Trippier
9.0% - Danny Ings
8.0% - Ashley Barnes
5.9% - Scott Arfield & David Jones
4.8% - Jason Shackell
4.3% - Michael Kightly
3.2% - Tom Heaton
2.1% - George Boyd

PLAYER RATINGS

6.70 - Michael Keane
6.43 - Jason Shackell
6.38 - Ashley Barnes and Danny Ings
6.36 - David Jones, Ben Mee & Kieran Trippier
6.02 - Tom Heaton
5.51 - Scott Arfield
5.21 - Michael Kightly
5.17 - George Boyd

CLARETS MAD FEBRUARY PLAYER OF THE YEAR

16: Ashley Barnes
15: Danny Ings
14: David Jones
11: Michael Keane & Ben Mee
8: George Boyd
7: Jason Shackell
6: Kieran Trippier
3: Michael Kightly

CLARETS MAD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

95: Danny Ings
72: Jason Shackell
69: Ashley Barnes
62: George Boyd
57: Scott Arfield
47: Kieran Trippier
37: Ben Mee
36: Tom Heaton & Michael Keane
31: Lukas Jutkiewicz
30: David Jones
29: Michael Duff
21: Dean Marney
17: Stephen Ward
14: Michael Kightly
10: Nathaniel Chalobah
6: Marvin Sordell
4: Sam Vokes
2: Ross Wallace
1: Matt Gilks & Matt Taylor