Charlie's hat trick wins him Pompey man of the match

05 April 2012 11:21
Charlie Austin came on as a substitute for the Clarets seven minutes into the second half at Portsmouth and ended the game with the match ball after netting a hat trick in our 5-1 win against the relegation threatened side.

Alongside Danny Ings, who was in superb form during the second half, they tipped the game in our favour with Ings having already scored his first Burnley goal to give us a 2-1 lead before Austin came on for the injured Martin Paterson.

The two of them dominated the man of the match vote and the player ratings to take the top two places in both.

Austin was the winner and polled 47.0% of the man of the match vote with Ings coming second with a 31.7% share. Midfielder Dean Marney, with just 4.1% of the vote, took third place.

It was the same result in the player ratings with Austin again coming out on top with a rating of 8.86 out of 10. Again Ings was not far behind, claiming second place with a rating of 8.71 and this time it was captain Chris McCann who took third place with a rating of 7.71 out of 10, a full point behind second place Ings.

Austin, therefore, wins the maximum six points towards the Clarets Mad Player of the Year. Ings gets four points with one point each for both Marney and McCann.

Those points haven't made much impact on the table with only Marney in the five winning any points. He remains in fifth place but now two points behind Marvin Bartley.

Voting is still underway for Tuesday's Birmingham game. You can vote for your choice as man of the match via the front page of the site or the VOTING POLLS page and PLAYER RATINGS can be left on the message board.

The vote will run until the end of tomorrow with the voting for the Brighton game starting on Saturday morning.

The results from the Portsmouth game and the current player of the year table are shown below.

Man of the Match

47.0% - Charlie Austin (126 votes)31.7% - Danny Ings (85 votes) 4.1% - Dean Marney (11 votes) 3.4% - Kieran Trippier (9 votes) 3.0% - David Edgar (8 votes) 2.6% - Chris McCann (7 votes) 2.2% - Michael Duff (6 votes) 1.9% - Marvin Bartley & Ross Wallace (5 votes) 1.1% - Lee Grant (3 votes) 0.7% - Ben Mee (2 votes) 0.4% - Martin Paterson (1 vote)

Player Ratings

8.86 - Charlie Austin8.71 - Danny Ings7.71 - Chris McCann7.43 - David Edgar7.29 - Kieran Trippier7.00 - Dean Marney6.86 - Marvin Bartley6.71 - Lee Grant & Ross Wallace6.43 - Michael Duff & Martin Paterson5.71 - Ben Mee

Clarets Mad Player of the Year

63: Jay Rodriguez59: Kieran Trippier56: Lee Grant53: Marvin Bartley51: Dean Marney43: Michael Duff37: Charlie Austin31: David Edgar & Chris McCann27: Ross Wallace25: Ben Mee22: Andre Amougou17: Keith Treacy11: Brian Easton6: Danny Ings5: Wade Elliott & Junior Stanislas3: Danny Lafferty2: Martin Paterson1: Zavon Hines

Source: FOOTYMAD