Player of the month Duff on top again

Last updated : 29 April 2015 By Tony Scholes

He started April by winning both the man of the match vote and the player ratings in the draw against Spurs and has ended it the same way with his performance against Leicester last Saturday in what was our third successive 1-0 defeat.

He was certainly a clear winner in both for last Saturday's game where all the points for the top four places in both the vote and the ratings went to the goalkeeper and the back four.

Duff won 48.9% of the man of the match vote, ahead of Kieran Trippier who secured an 11% share. Ben Mee was third, just behind Trippier with 10.5% and goalkeeper Tom Heaton took fourth place with 8.7% of the vote.

Jason Shackell was the only defender to miss out on a top four place, finishing fifth, but was there for the player ratings, replacing Mee who was fifth.

Duff was again the winner with a rating of 7.16 out of 10. Heaton came second; his rating was 6.76 and just behind were both Shackell and Trippier who jointly took third place with a rating of 6.73 out of 10.

The points awarded towards the Clarets Mad Player of the Year were the maximum ten for Duff, five for Trippier, four for Heaton and two each for Mee and Shackell.

That means Duff has won the April Player of the Month by some considerable distance. With just four matches played, he's won 32 points with two six pointers to add to the two maximums. He had double the 16 points won by Mee who finished in second place.

As for the player of the year, the points won by Shackell means he continues to chip away at the lead held by Danny Ings at the top of the table. That lead has now been reduced to twelve points.

The next vote will start on Saturday following our game at West Ham and below you can see the result for the Leicester game followed by the April player of the year result and the current player of the year table.

MAN OF THE MATCH

48.9% - Michael Duff
11.0% - Kieran Trippier
10.5% - Ben Mee
8.7% - Tom Heaton
7.3% - Jason Shackell
5.0% - Matt Taylor
2.3% - Lukas Jutkiewicz
1.8% - Scott Arfield & Danny Ings
1.4% - George Boyd & David Jones

PLAYER RATINGS

7.16 - Michael Duff
6.76 - Tom Heaton
6.73 - Jason Shackell & Kieran Trippier
6.08 - Ben Mee
5.41 - Scott Arfield
5.29 - Danny Ings & Matt Taylor
5.02 - David Jones
4.20 - Lukas Jutkiewicz
3.98 - George Boyd

CLARETS MAD APRIL PLAYER OF THE MONTH

32: Michael Duff
16: Ben Mee
14: Tom Heaton
10: Ashley Barnes & Kieran Trippier
7: Jason Shackell
2: David Jones
1: Scott Arfield & George Boyd

CLARETS MAD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

95: Danny Ings
83: Jason Shackell
79: Ashley Barnes
78: George Boyd
69: Scott Arfield
68: Michael Duff
64: Tom Heaton
61: Kieran Trippier
60: Ben Mee
38: Michael Keane
32: David Jones
31: Lukas Jutkiewicz
21: Dean Marney
17: Stephen Ward
14: Michael Kightly
10: Nathaniel Chalobah
8: Sam Vokes
6: Marvin Sordell
2: Ross Wallace
1: Matt Gilks & Matt Taylor