Cork and Eagles pull further away

Chris Eagles - man of the match against Port Vale

This time it was Eagles on top with Cork and Tyrone Mears taking the other points after the 4-2 win. No one could have a word of criticism over the selection of Eagles who had an assist on the first goal, won the free kick from which we scored the second, scored the third and played the ball for Mears who won the penalty for the fourth.

Still hampered by the back injury that forced him out of the side for a few games, he's almost back to the form he showed earlier in the season and it was no surprise to see him collect 43.2% of the vote towards the man of the match.

Cork was running him close before ending with 31.6% for second place whilst a 12.3% share of the vote ensured Mears finished third.

It was similar in the player ratings. Eagles was again in front with a rating of 7.88 out of 10. He was followed this time by Mears whose rating was 7.65 whilst a rating of 7.35 gave Cork third place.

Eagles, therefore, wins the maximum six points towards the Player of the Year with both Cork and Mears winning three points. The points have made no difference to the table in terms of positions although it has enabled Eagles to close the gap on Cork to thirteen points.

Mears, meanwhile, remains in fifth place but is now only one point behind Clarke Carlisle as he moves ever closer to the top four.

The QPR man of the match vote will start at the beginning of Sunday with the December Goal of the Month vote currently underway and ending at the end of Saturday.

Clarets Mad Player of the Year Table

70: Jack Cork
57: Chris Eagles
33: Andre Bikey
25: Clarke Carlisle
24: Tyrone Mears
20: Wade Elliott & Lee Grant
18: Jay Rodriguez
13: Chris Iwelumo
11: Brian Jensen
9: Brian Easton & Dean Marney
8: Michael Duff & Ross Wallace
6: Martin Paterson
3: Leon Cort, John Guidetti & Steven Thompson
1: Graham Alexander & Danny Fox