I'll support the idea

In real football the MotM is nearly always awarded to a player on the winning team. I can't, off the top of my head, think of an example where a losing teams player received a MofM. However as is pointed out a lot in this forum this game does in no way replicate real life football so why shouldn't the best player get the award.

As for the skill point award, it does all depend on how fast a trainer the player is. If a player is MotM his blue training bar will rise more because of this, but that does not always equal a skill point.

Good luck for retaining your league position, and next season those cups will be yours : D