Kightly wings in at Barnsley

Last updated : 15 April 2014 By Tony Scholes

His overall performance saw him win the man of the match vote and the player ratings, the latter alongside central defender and captain Jason Shackell.

It's Kightly's second man of the match success this season; the previous one came for his performance in the 2-1 home win against Reading back in October.

The Barnsley performance saw him win the man of the match with 36.6% of the vote and that was ahead of goalscorer Barnes who polled 17.9%. The two central defenders came next, Michael Duff coming third with 15.4% and Shackell fourth with a 7.7% share of the vote.

The same four players took the top four places in the player ratings too.  Here Kightly and Shackell shared first place, both with a rating of 8.06 out of 10. Duff was again third; his rating was 7.87 and Barnes was fourth with a rating of 7.71 out of 10.

Those results have given Kightly the maximum ten points towards the Clarets Mad Player of the Year. There are six points for Shackell and four each for Barnes and Duff.

Those points move Shackell that bit closer to leader Sam Vokes. The lead is still 17 points so Shackell is going to have to put in a couple of top performances to pip the injured striker for the end of season award.

You can still cast your vote for the Middlesbrough game. You can vote for the man of the match from either the VOTING POLLS page or the front page of the site and Player Ratings can be left on the message board.

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

MAN OF THE MATCH

36.6% - Michael Kightly
17.9% - Ashley Barnes
15.4% - Michael Duff
7.7% - Jason Shackell
7.3% - Scott Arfield
5.1% - Ben Mee
3.7% - Dean Marney
2.6% - Chris Baird
1.5% - Danny Ings & David Jones
0.7% - Tom Heaton

PLAYER RATINGS

8.06 - Michael Kightly & Jason Shackell
7.87 - Michael Duff
7.71 - Ashley Barnes
7.58 - Chris Baird
7.13 - Dean Marney
7.10 - Ben Mee
7.03 - Scott Arfield
7.00 - Tom Heaton
6.97 - David Jones
6.90 - Danny Ings

CLARETS MAD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

160: Sam Vokes
143: Jason Shackell
115: Danny Ings
102: Scott Arfield
95: Kieran Trippier
80: Michael Duff
72: David Jones
69: Dean Marney
58: Tom Heaton
54: Ben Mee
28: Keith Treacy
19: Michael Kightly
17: Junior Stanislas
11: Ashley Barnes
9: Kevin Long
8: Alex Cisak
6: Chris Baird
3: Danny Lafferty
1: Ross Wallace