Juke goes to the top

Last updated : 28 August 2014 By Tony Scholes

Striker Jutkiewicz has replaced Scott Arfield at the top of the table but it was Dean Marney who claimed the man of the match award at Swansea. His strong performance in midfield was a feature of our second half performance that came close to winning us our first league points of the season.

He just beat Jutkiewicz to first place; Marney claimed 22.9% of the vote with Jutkiewicz just behind with 22.5%. Michael Duff, who turned in another assured performance at the back, was third with 19.3% and Marney's midfield partner David Jones claimed fourth place with 11.2% of the vote.

Three of those four players were also in the top four in the player ratings where Jutkiewicz shared first place with captain Jason Shackell. Both had ratings of 7.04 out of 10, and there were two players sharing the next position where both Duff and Marney scored 6.89 out of 10.

Jutkiewicz is awarded for this game and there are seven points for Marney and five for Shackell. Duff has won four points with one point for Jones.

Add those points to the ones won for the Chelsea game and Jutkiewicz has now moved into first place with 12 points and that's two points ahead of Chelsea man of the match Arfield and Duff.

Voting us currently in progress for the Sheffield Wednesday game. You can cast your vote for the man of the match on the front page of the site or the VOTING POLLS page.

Player ratings can be left at Eli's Message Board.

The result for the Swansea game is below along with the new player of the year table.

MAN OF THE MATCH

22.9% - Dean Marney
22.5% - Lukas Jutkiewicz
19.3% - Michael Duff
11.2% - David Jones
9.6% - Danny Ings
7.2% - Jason Shackell
2.4% - Kieran Trippier
1.6% - Tom Heaton & Matt Taylor
0.8% - Scott Arfield & Ben Mee

PLAYER RATINGS

7.04 - Lukas Jutkiewicz & Jason Shackell
6.89 - Michael Duff & Dean Marney
6.82 - David Jones
6.75 - Danny Ings
6.39 - Kieran Trippier
6.11 - Scott Arfield
5.96 - Tom Heaton
5.86 - Matt Taylor
5.14 - Ben Mee

CLARETS MAD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

12: Lukas Jutkiewicz
10: Scott Arfield & Michael Duff
7: Dean Marneyv5: Jason Shackell
1: David Jones, Ben Mee & Matt Taylor