Duff was Wigan star

Last updated : 26 March 2010 By Tony Scholes
Michael Duff
Despite losing Hugo Rodallega in that fateful third minute of stoppage time, his performance won him both the man of the match vote and the player ratings on the message board in what was his first appearance since the game at Bolton, and just his sixth Premier League appearance.

He romped away with the man of the match, polling 49.2% of the vote. Midfielder Kevin McDonald took second place with 13.3% and Martin Paterson was third with 12.2% of the vote.

In the player ratings he was way ahead of the rest with a rating of 8.00 out of 10. Defensive partner Cort was a clear second with a rating of 7.09 and there were three players in joint third place. They were goalkeeper Brian Jensen, left back Stephen Jordan, starting for the first time since Old Trafford, and McDonald.

Duff won six points towards the Clarets Mad Player of the Year, there were three points for McDonald, two for Cort and one each for Jensen, Jordan and Paterson.

With only Jensen in the top five winning any points there is little change. Chris Eagles still has a fifteen point lead over Steven Fletcher at the top with third place Andre Bikey a further ten points behind.

The Current Table

65: Chris Eagles
50: Steven Fletcher
40: Andre Bikey
35: Tyrone Mears
33: Brian Jensen
26: Clarke Carlisle
19: Kevin McDonald
17: Stephen Jordan
16: Michael Duff
15: Martin Paterson
14: Wade Elliott
13: David Nugent
10: Graham Alexander & Robbie Blake
9: Jack Cork & Leon Cort
8: David Edgar
6: Fernando Guerrero
5: Chris McCann
4: Danny Fox & Joey Gudjonsson
2: Diego Penny & Steven Thompson
1: Steven Caldwell