Boyd stars in QPR win

Last updated : 15 January 2015 By Tony Scholes

Boyd won the man of the match at the ground last Saturday and he's walked away with both the man of the match vote and the player ratings on Clarets Mad after his outstanding performance against QPR.

He won 62.5% of the man of the match vote with no other player reaching double figures and Michael Keane, playing his first game since signing a three and a half year deal with the Clarets, came second with an 8.2% share.

The two goalscorers took the next two places. Scott Arfield was third with 7.7% while Danny Ings won 6.5% of the vote to finish in fourth place.

The player ratings result was somewhat different, but the one common theme was Boyd ended well in front. His rating was 8.58 out of 10 and that saw him win comfortably from goalkeeper Tom Heaton who was second with a rating of 7.73.

Heaton just nicked second place from Keane whose rating was 7.71 and ahead of his captain and central defensive partner Jason Shackell who was fourth with a rating of 7.56 out of 10.

This result gives Boyd the maximum of ten points with five for Keane, three for Heaton, two for Arfield and one each for Ings and Shackell.

Although those points don't change things at the top of the Clarets Mad Player of the Year Table, those won by Boyd have moved him within three points of Arfield whose two points were the first he's won since October.

The man of the match vote and player ratings are now active for last night's FA Cup replay at Spurs and they will run until the end of tomorrow.

You can vote via the front page or the VOTING POLLS page and PLAYER RATINGS can be posted on the message board.

The result for the Spurs game is below along with the current player of the year table.

MAN OF THE MATCH

62.5% - George Boyd
8.2% - Michael Keane
7.7% - Scott Arfield
6.5% - Danny Ings
3.4% - Ashley Barnes
2.9% - Tom Heaton
1.9% - David Jones, Ben Mee & Kieran Trippier
1.7% - Dean Marney
1.4% - Jason Shackell

PLAYER RATINGS

8.58 - George Boyd
7.73 - Tom Heaton
7.71 - Michael Keane
7.56 - Jason Shackell
7.35 - Scott Arfield
7.33 - David Jones
7.21 - Danny Ings & Kieran Trippier
7.02 - Ashley Barnes
6.81 - Ben Mee
6.75 - Dean Marney

CLARETS MAD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

70: Danny Ings
64: Jason Shackell
55: Scott Arfield
52: George Boyd
45: Ashley Barnes
31: Tom Heaton & Lukas Jutkiewicz
28: Michael Duff
25: Kieran Trippier
22: Michael Keane & Ben Mee
21: Dean Marney
17: Stephen Ward
16: David Jones
10: Nathaniel Chalobah
4: Sam Vokes
3: Marvin Sordell
1: Matt Gilks, Michael Kightly & Matt Taylor