Grant shines at Ipswich

26 March 2012 09:40
Goalkeeper Lee Grant was without question the man of the match in Burnley's 1-0 defeat at Ipswich last Wednesday and that was reflected it both the man of the match vote and the player ratings.

It was the lowest response we've ever had to either the vote or the player ratings and that reflects both the small attendance of Burnley fans, just 211, and the performance.

However, there are points to be had towards the Clarets Mad Player of the Year and Grant won the maximum six by winning both.

He polled 53.1% of the man of the match vote with Michael Duff coming in second with a 10.6% share. Dean Marney, my choice as our best outfield player, too third place with 8.0% of the vote.

Grant and Duff were the top two again in the player ratings. Grant won it with a rating of 8.00 out of 10 with Duff's rating of 7.00 giving him second place. Third place was shared by David Edgar and Chris McCann who both had ratings of 5.50 out of 10.

That result means six points for Grant towards the player of the year with four points for Duff. Edgar, Marney & McCann all get one point.

Those points have seen Grant, for now, move into third place behind Jay Rodriguez and Kieran Trippier who are still both some distance ahead. Grant now has a one point lead over Marvin Bartley and Marney.

The voting is currently underway for the West Ham game and due to the lateness of the man of the match poll it will now run until the end of Wednesday. You can vote for your man of the match from the front page of the site or from the VOTING POLLS page and you can post your PLAYER RATINGS on the message board.

Below is the result from the Ipswich game and the current player of the year table.

Man of the Match

53.1% - Lee Grant (60 votes)10.6% - Michael Duff (12 votes) 8.0% - Dean Marney (9 votes) 6.2% - David Edgar (7 votes) 4.4% - Marvin Bartley (5 votes) 3.5% - Danny Lafferty (4 votes) 2.7% - Chris McCann & Kieran Trippier (3 votes) 1.8% - Ben Mee, Martin Paterson, Jay Rodriguez & Junior Stanislas (2 votes) 0.9% - Charlie Austin & Ross Wallace (1 vote)

Player Ratings

8.00 - Lee Grant7.00 - Michael Duff5.50 - David Edgar & Chris McCann5.00 - Dean Marney, Kieran Trippier & Ross Wallace4.50 - Danny Lafferty, Martin Paterson & Jay Rodriguez4.00 - Charlie Austin, Marvin Bartley & Ben Mee3.00 - Junior Stanislas

Clarets Mad Player of the Year

63: Jay Rodriguez59: Kieran Trippier51: Lee Grant50: Marvin Bartley & Dean Marney43: Michael Duff31: Charlie Austin & David Edgar27: Chris McCann & Ross Wallace24: Ben Mee22: Andre Amougou17: Keith Treacy11: Brian Easton5: Wade Elliott & Junior Stanislas3: Danny Lafferty2: Danny Ings & Martin Paterson1: Zavon Hines

Source: FOOTYMAD