
Originally Posted by
talisman
The award of MoM is a bit iffy.
1) Only awarded to highest rated player of the winning team;
2) Where two players are equally rated, it's given to the one who last did something 'extra-ordinary', rather than the one who had the best overall performance (e.g. player A scores a hat-trick in the first-half, rates 10 and keeps this rating to the end of the match; player B plays well, assists twice and scores a penalty towards the end of the match and rates 10 - the three-goal hero usually misses out);
3) The only time it's truly open is if there's a draw, in which case the highest-rated player overall gets the award; even then I've disagreed with that sometimes...