Top billing for Big Kev on first Premier League start

Last updated : 10 December 2009 By Tony Scholes
Kevin McDonald
He won both the man of the match vote and the message board player ratings as the Clarets fell to a seventh away defeat of the season.

Despite tiring in the last half hour of the game or so his performance in the first hour ensured he won the man of the match easily, polling 45.6% of the vote. Striker Steven Fletcher took second place with 13.6% and Chris Eagles came in third place with 11.6% of the vote.

The same three players took the top three places in the player ratings although on this occasion the second and third places swapped. McDonald was again the clear winner with a rating of 7.34 out of 10 whilst Eagles was second. His rating was 6.69 and Fletcher came third with a rating of 6.44 out of 10.

McDonald gets six points towards the Clarets Mad Player of the Year and there are three points each for Eagles and Fletcher. They are McDonald's first points of the season whilst for the other pair it takes them further ahead of the field in the top two places with Fletcher still holding an eleven point lead.

The current Clarets Mad Player of the Year Table

40: Steven Fletcher
29: Chris Eagles
25: Tyrone Mears
19: Andre Bikey
16: Brian Jensen
14: Wade Elliott
12: Clarke Carlisle
10: Graham Alexander
7: Stephen Jordan & David Nugent
6: Fernando Guerrero & Kevin McDonald
5: Chris McCann
4: Joey Gudjonsson
2: Robbie Blake & Diego Penny
1: Steven Caldwell