Boyd and Ings star in Newcastle draw

Last updated : 08 January 2015 By Tony Scholes

Boyd, who scored that late third equaliser, romped home with the man of the match, securing 44.5% of the vote. Ben Mee, who moved from left back into the centre of defence, was third with 18.0% and was followed by the front two Ings and Ashley Barnes who took the next two places with 9.9% and 8.8% of the vote.

It was tight in the player ratings with Boyd and Ings finishing joint top. Both had ratings of 8.26 out of 10 and there were two other players who reached the eight out of ten. Michael Keane, who had three different defensive partners throughout the game, was third with 8.18 and Barnes took fourth place with 8.00 out of 10.

That result means Boyd won the maximum ten points towards the Clarets Mad Player of the Year with seven points for Ings, three for Mee and two each for Barnes and Keane.

Those points have brought a new leader in the table with Ings now moving five points ahead of Shackell at the top. Barnes has now moved within nine points of third place Scott Arfield and now with a lead of just two points over Boyd.

The voting continues for the Tottenham cup tie and will run for the remainder of today.

You can vote for the man of the match via the front page or the VOTING POLLS page.

PLAYER RATINGS can be posted on the message board.

The result of the Newcastle game and the current player of the year table can be found below.

MAN OF THE MATCH

44.5% - George Boyd
18.0% - Ben Mee
9.9% - Danny Ings
8.8% - Ashley Barnes
6.0% - Michael Keane
5.3% - Michael Kightly
3.2% - David Jones
1.8% - Kieran Trippier
0.7% - Scott Arfield & Steven Reid
0.4% - Tom Heaton & Dean Marney

PLAYER RATINGS

8.26 - George Boyd & Danny Ings
8.18 - Michael Keane
8.00 - Ashley Barnes
7.97 - Ben Mee
7.88 - Michael Kightly
7.68 - Kieran Trippier
7.41 - David Jones
6.97 - Steven Reid
6.88 - Scott Arfield
6.79 - Tom Heaton
6.41 - Dean Marney

CLARETS MAD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

68: Danny Ings
63: Jason Shackell
53: Scott Arfield
44: Ashley Barnes
42: George Boyd
31: Lukas Jutkiewicz
28: Michael Duff & Tom Heaton
25: Kieran Trippier
21: Dean Marney
17: Stephen Ward
16: David Jones
14: Ben Mee
10: Nathaniel Chalobah
9: Michael Keane
3: Marvin Sordell
1: Matt Gilks, Michael Kightly & Matt Taylor