Shackell leads the case for the defence

Last updated : 20 February 2014 By Tony Scholes

In a game played in the worst conditions we've seen since our trip to Blackpool last season, it was a game of few chances with defenders able to shine, and our two central defenders were very much to the fore.

Shackell secured 30.3% of the vote to win the man of the match with defensive partner Duff in second place with 28.5%. Goalkeeper Tom Heaton took third place with 11.8% and substitute Keith Treacy, scorer of our equaliser, was fourth with 9.5% of the vote.

The same four players took the top four places in the player ratings, and in the same order. A rating of 8.07 out of 10 gave Shackell first place with Duff's rating of 7.20 giving him second place. Heaton, in third place, had a rating of 7.07 and Treacy was fourth; his rating was 6.47 out of 10.

Shackell, therefore, picked up the maximum ten points towards the Clarets Mad Player of the Year. Duff won six points, there were four points for Heaton and two points for Treacy.

Those points have tightened things up at the top of the table with Shackell now having reduced Sam Vokes's lead at the top to just six points.

Saturday evening will see the start of the man of the match vote for the Nottingham Forest game and from next Wednesday there will be an opportunity to vote for the February Goal of the Month with eight goals already having been scored during the month.

The result for the Bournemouth game is below along with the updated Clarets Mad Player of the Year Table.

MAN OF THE MATCH

30.3% - Jason Shackell
28.5% - Michael Duff
11.8% - Tom Heaton
9.5% - Keith Treacy
5.4% - Ben Mee
4.5% - Dean Marney
2.3% - Kieran Trippier
1.8% - David Jones & Ross Wallace
1.4% - Danny Ings
0.9% - Scott Arfield, Michael Kightly & Sam Vokes

PLAYER RATINGS

8.07 - Jason Shackell
7.20 - Michael Duff
7.07 - Tom Heaton
6.47 - Keith Treacy
6.33 - Sam Vokes
6.27 - Ben Mee
6.20 - Dean Marney
5.93 - David Jones
5.73 - Kieran Trippier
5.67 - Scott Arfield
5.33 - Michael Kightly
5.27 - Danny Ings
5.13 - Ross Wallace

CLARETS MAD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

128: Sam Vokes
122: Jason Shackell
105: Danny Ings
80: Kieran Trippier
69: Scott Arfield
63: Michael Duff
57: Dean Marney
53: David Jones
49: Tom Heaton
33: Ben Mee
28: Keith Treacy
9: Kevin Long
8: Alex Cisak
7: Michael Kightly & Junior Stanislas
3: Danny Lafferty