Duff and Cork take maximum points

09 April 2010 16:30
Two shocking home performances against Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City brought some of the lowest ever player ratings as we lost both games to remain next to bottom in the Premier League. Jack Cork - maximum points from the Manchester City gameOnly Duff, in the Blackburn defeat, scored over 6 out of 10 in the message board player ratings, 6 being the score for an average performance with Steven Fletcher getting a point towards the Player of the Year with a rating as low as 5.22.For the Blackburn game, Duff won the man of the match with 50.7% of the vote. Behind him in second and third places were Kevin McDonald (132.8%) and Brian Jensen (10.3%). In the player ratings, Duff won that with a rating of 6.61. Second was Robbie Blake with 5.86 and a rating of 5.67 out of 10 saw Stephen Jordan in third place.Jack Cork came on as a second half substitute against Manchester City, and his performance on the waterlogged pitch saw him get the maximum six points. He won the man of the match with 26.7% of the vote. That was just ahead of Fletcher who had 25.3% with David Nugent in third place with 15.7% of the vote.In the player ratings, Cork won with a rating of 5.88, second was Nugent with 5.38 and that 5.22 out of 10 got Fletcher third place.Both Duff and Cork won six points towards the player of the year and there were three points each for forwards Fletcher and Nugent. Blake and McDonald both won two points and Jensen and Jordan got one each.Chris Eagles still leads the table comfortably although Fletcher reduced his lead by three points. However, it seems unlikely any other player will get into the reckoning.The current table65: Chris Eagles53: Steven Fletcher40: Andre Bikey35: Tyrone Mears34: Brian Jensen26: Clarke Carlisle22: Michael Duff21: Kevin McDonald18: Stephen Jordan16: David Nugent15: Jack Cork & Martin Paterson14: Wade Elliott12: Robbie Blake10: Graham Alexander9: Leon Cort8: David Edgar6: Fernando Guerrero5: Chris McCann4: Danny Fox & Joey Gudjonsson2: Diego Penny & Steven Thompson1: Steven Caldwell

Source: FOOTYMAD