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For the Blackburn game, Duff won the man of the match with 50.7% of the vote. Behind him in second and third places were Kevin McDonald (132.8%) and Brian Jensen (10.3%). In the player ratings, Duff won that with a rating of 6.61. Second was Robbie Blake with 5.86 and a rating of 5.67 out of 10 saw Stephen Jordan in third place.
Jack Cork came on as a second half substitute against Manchester City, and his performance on the waterlogged pitch saw him get the maximum six points. He won the man of the match with 26.7% of the vote. That was just ahead of Fletcher who had 25.3% with David Nugent in third place with 15.7% of the vote.
In the player ratings, Cork won with a rating of 5.88, second was Nugent with 5.38 and that 5.22 out of 10 got Fletcher third place.
Both Duff and Cork won six points towards the player of the year and there were three points each for forwards Fletcher and Nugent. Blake and McDonald both won two points and Jensen and Jordan got one each.
Chris Eagles still leads the table comfortably although Fletcher reduced his lead by three points. However, it seems unlikely any other player will get into the reckoning.
The current table
65: Chris Eagles
53: Steven Fletcher
40: Andre Bikey
35: Tyrone Mears
34: Brian Jensen
26: Clarke Carlisle
22: Michael Duff
21: Kevin McDonald
18: Stephen Jordan
16: David Nugent
15: Jack Cork & Martin Paterson
14: Wade Elliott
12: Robbie Blake
10: Graham Alexander
9: Leon Cort
8: David Edgar
6: Fernando Guerrero
5: Chris McCann
4: Danny Fox & Joey Gudjonsson
2: Diego Penny & Steven Thompson
1: Steven Caldwell