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Phil Smith: 7 = Thought he played pretty well, exept the goal and made a good punch in the second half

Jack Smith: 7 = Average at right back, put a few decent tackles in. Intercepted play occasionally.

Jerel Ifil: 8 = Again a good performance from the beast, only let his man slip through once.

Ady Williams: 6 = Got behind the ball well but was nothing special IMHO.

Jamie Vincent: 6 = Again average and could have got more involved, prefer to see nicho in his position.

Ricky Shakes: 7 = Thought he had a good, solid game today. As luggy mentioned on the radio his crossing was better today.

Curtis Weston: 6 = Didnt seem to be involved as much as usual, May not be 100% fit.

Michael Pook: 8 = Had a good game in my eyes, should have had a goal early on but made plenty of oppertunities for our forwards.

Sofiene Zaboub: 9 = Again a great performance from the "boub". Hope his injury is not too serious.

Lee Peacock: 7 = Had an average game, put plenty of effort in. Would have rather seen Jutkiewicz.

Christian Roberts: 7 = Should have had two goals including the penalty scored. Looked lazy at times.

Blair Sturrock: 5 = Hard to judge for the period of time he was on the pitch, caused a few problems though.

Lukas Jutkiewics: 5 = Again hard to judge due to the period of time he was on the field.

Aaron Brown: 4 = Didnt even see him run with the ball.

you're absolutely miles off

Shut up Dave

dave how can you say that and not give your opinion.
what ratings would you give.

6's all round, except for shakes and zaboub who can have a 6.5.

thats a joke right?

Phil Smith - 7 - Decent enough. Didnt really have much to do. Claimed the crosses well.

Jack Smith - 6 - Thought he was very below par today, his man got past him and he kept getting caught in possesion

Jerel Ifil - 7 - Normal beast really

Adie Williams - 7 - Pretty standard as expected performance from him to

Jamie Vincent - 7 - Played well today, got forward alot more and did always hoof it. One some good headers as well

Ricky Shakes - 8 - Again, thought he was played very well today. Much improved in recent weeks. The extra/different training is working. Long may it continue

Michael Pook - 5 - Thought he was awful, well off the pace, missed a sitter, hardly ever won the second ball, didnt tackle. In his defence he has perfected the backwards pass  :roll:

Curtis Weston - 6 - Not his best game for Town. Did well in fits and spells but then was very quite for a while

Sofiene Zaaboub - 7 - Well taken goal, some good crosses. Had to do a fair bit of defensive work. Not his best game but steady enough

Christian Roberts - 6 - Thought he was lazy, his first touch was poor, always lost the ball. Was screaming at Sturrock to take him off....then he pops up with a goal. Well a penalty. I think I'd rather have Lukas uptop than Roberts.

Lee Peacock - 8 - Thought he worked really hard. Winning alot of flick ons. Doing defensive work when needed to. Did a solid job when asked to fill in at left wing and in midfield. Probably should have done better with his chance in the first half, but did everything right with the one in the second half. Good save by the keeper.

pook was better than a 5.and shakes wasn't an 8 nor peacock
6 each imo
pook should have scored(great run poor shot)
shakes got lucky after woefull touch (but great workrate in his defence)
peacock did little of note
zaboob my mom
but pretty much agree with the rest of dv's ratings.
deffo liked vincent today(first time for me)

I'm not his biggest fan, but I thought he had a decent game today.

So did Sturrock, whose opinion I value more than yours..........

He was my MOTM

That said I didnt go or listen,i watched hornblower instead :mrgreen:

Quality.

Prefer Sharpe though........................

I also thought Andy Monkhouse was good.....but then what the hell do I know!?

I actually lied about Sturrock saying he had a good game.

But he was probably thinking it...................

I still think he is! But it wasn't to be and Zaaboub is better, and that's all that matters.

and the few that booed brown when he came on :nuts:

I was certain I had listened to the whole of Sturrocks interview on the radio and he didnt mention Pook once....was sure if I listened to it all anyway.....

are you going to harp on about monky like you do about fallon?

are you sure it was boooo and zaboooooooooooub?

nope...we've got a good enough squad so Monky is replaceable unlike Fallon....I still wouldnt have got rid though....

those that continually knock pook without any real justification know very little abotu footy imo.
i've watched him over the last few weeks and have concluded he has done no worse in those games than most other players but gets the most flack,
not fair on him at all.
oooh so he passed back instead of a square ball a couple of times today, but we kept possession of the ball each time.when he did go back he looked to pass forward but had no options,if he'd passed forward to noone then the groans would have happened then.
the lad cant win and i feel sorry for him as he's better than alot give him credit for

zaboob had long been off the pitch but i cannot be 100% sure.it was after browns name was said that i heard the boos

Good post arriba.

I've got some total dickhead near me who continually slags off Pook, Roberts, Vincent, Williams and Peacock.

I know players can sometimes infuriate, but does screaming out they're useless cunts actually have any positive effect?

All this Pook bashing is a fucking disgrace. Stupid bandwagon jumping pricks! Especially that Chubbs twat, rather see us draw than Pook score!? He deserves a slap in his fat viking face.

Obviously I'd love to do it but I've got a bit of shrapnel in my wrist....Falklands.....don't like to talk about it.

Spot on, except he was poor at MK.

Didn't help him playing alongside Weston today, especially seeing as Weston didn't really do anything of note.  They are quite similar in some ways, so I think both of them would look better playing alongside Timlin.

didn't see the Franchise game but thought pook was better than weston today

Yes.

No.

Weston passed forwards. Pook passed backwards. Weston wins.

Thought they were pretty much the same to be honest....

Ok, but nothing special.

The difference is that Weston can play a much better game, whereas Pook hasn't yet shown that.

But he has improved IMO.

The boos for when Brown appeared were for the departing Boob.....who incidentally showed his appreciation of the Zofiane Zaaboub song (to the tune of KC and the Sunshine Band.....Give it up) by applauding the right side of the TE singing it.

   Na na na na na na na na na na na.....Sofi...ane Sofi...ane Sofi..ane   Zaaboub  :D

Completely.  

Today, Pook just about outshone a poor Weston.  Only Weston won't get any shit.

only game i've seen since rovers was Franchise and he was fucking atrocious in that game. i'm sure the majority would agree with me.

sadly he seems to be a player who raises his game for the 'big games', i.e. palace but has trouble motivating himself in general. his lack of consistency will be his undoing imo.

personally i thought he would improve tenfold this season after coming through last season in a poor side but he's not improved enough.

the fact he's a swindon lad doesn't really bother me as he seems no more committed than anyone. i'd like to see him do well simply because he's a swindon lad but it doesn't mean he should be exempt from criticism.

pook lacks notable skills, he's an efficient worker, willing runner but can't pass or tackle sufficiently well enough. he's not gifted with talent either. at his best he's looked above average in league 2, is he the sort of player we need?

our central midfielders always seem to get stick though, regardless of who they are.

Hmm... there was rife speculation that Weston would go in the transfer window.

However, he's got injured and played shit since the start of January.

Coincedence?

In a way, he's like Ifil.

Think Pook would do much better along side a vocal 'captain' midfielder to bark orders at him.

IMO, pook doesn't have the talent to be a 'fancy dan' midfielder, in the way that weston is. From what ive seen of him over the last season and a half, his strengths seem to be tackling, harrasing and breaking up play. However, he goes missing far too often at times, and doesn't take the responsibility that he perhaps should. He does have potential, and he does have ability, but he needs to recognise his strengths, play to them, and like DV says, probably needs a more vocal, experienced player playing alongside him.

but pook has improved a great deal this season imo.no world beater but a good squad player who is doing ok in my opinion at the moment

Which is exactly his job in the team. He also gets box to box and even gets on the end of attacks beyond the strikers.

Proper sh*te. :wink:

that song was ace :mrgreen:

Good post. Pook can play well and still be given grief.

He's a boy ffs. (Cue the "Exactly why he shouldn't be in a man's team" comments)

I thought he was good today, no way a five and an easy 7. He has only been poor on a couple of occassions. He only gets greif because people love to hate him and it's the new "in thing".

He was loads better than Weston today, but because pook passes sideways and backwards, (like Beckham when he isn't crossing yeah?) he's shit? People then give Weston a better rating then pook because he's had a few standout perormances so far this season, yet goes equally absent.

I think it's laughable how people focus on a young lad who clearly puts in the effort and doesn't sqander possession in pursuit of glory.This band wagon jumping, lets give Pook shit bollocks is so seriously fucking pathetic. :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

I'm not on any bandwagon.

I think Pook is shit. Really.

Given a fit Evans, a non-suspended Timlin and a fit Weston then he wouldn't even be on the bench.

those three on top form i would pick before him but he aint shit. weston who is fit wasn't better than him today

We weren't that good today. Pook isn't good, stop pretending. Nobody booed Zaboub, they were saying 'boooooouuuub'.

You're a dweeb.

pook was better than weston in this match, let's be honest.

should have at least hit the target with the chance he had in the first though.

Obviously I don't get to as many games as you guys, the games I have been to in the past I haven't been impressed with Pook, however it sounds like he is being operated as more of a defensive midfielder, similar to Lennon at Ceptic and Makalele at Chelsea. Obviously not in the same class but an important role nonetheless. If he can go about the game winning tackles, mopping up, giving the easy balls etc then he is doing his job surely?

i didn't say zaboob got booed you muppet!
and i never said we were that good either.
too many sherberts pieman!

Um Brown came on for Zaboub and that's when the boooob things were. I didn't hear any booing and that is what I was referring to.

Weston wasn't any good and Pook was better than him, but that doesn't make Pook good or have potential. That's what I was referring to.

It seems sticking up for Pook is now the new 'in thing'

I thought he was rubbish yesterday and with a fully fit squad wouldnt get near the match day 16.

He doesnt posses any stand out skills, he's a decent enough backup player to draft in when players are injured, but he very rarely creates anything or makes anything happen.

Weston has the ability to run at players and get pas them, to create something....yesterday wasnt his best game but he still got forward made some nice runs and as usual got stuck in and broke up just as much play as Pook did.

Pook is an ok player, but I give it 3 years before he's non-league...

Pook was poor yesterday, he huffs and puffs but he constantly makes the wrong decisions, especially on the ball.

steve said a number of players had average games- but rated them between 6, 7 and 8. how does this work?

he said williams did his job well and gave him a 6 but ifil, who steve acknowledged cost us a goal with wanky marking, got higher.

there's a start.

I don't think you can represent someones effort and ability over many different areas of the game with just a simple number on a weird scale which seems to range from 3 to 9, and quite frankly I find in offensive to do so. Good day to you sirs.

 :D  I knew he would come good! I said that from day one DV! Maybe you lot will ease up taking the piss out of me rating Shakes when I get back  :mrgreen:

How Pook can get any praise for Saturday is beyond me. He is firmly in the Bobby Howe/Matt Hewlett bracket, only not as good. I'm even considering rating Fraser McHugh higher.

I too used to think that Pook was shite .. but decided this was no good for the team and Pook himself as everyone gets on his back.

As a result I started the support Pook campaign based on a joke STFC Bart  made about him .. the sarcastic comment that "Pook is the r ock that the opposition defences flounder upon" .. hence the nickname!

This resulted in our little section watching him more closely than usual and generally supporting him that bit more .. creating a flag for the back of the nationwide and just giving him a little fan club.

Now when you watch a player that bit more closely you realise exactly what they are doing in a match - Pook does make some mistakes but these are seized upon by the moaners at the ground all too quickly. He often produces good tackles and some amazingly good passes that split defences as well

His confidence could be better (which goes hand in hand with fans on his back all the time) and should really score more goals .. but he is no way a bad player. He never stops running for the whole game and his effort is beyond most of the players in the squad.

With a little fan power and support im sure his performances would improve even more  ... I dream of the day the Michael Pook song is sung - (like the old Andy and Ashley Cole tune of old - OOOOO MICHAEL POOOOK is the Swindon Town RRROCKKKKK is the Swindon Town RROOOCCKK etc)

Finally the one thing that angers me most about the barracking of Pook is that he is a local lad and surely the fans should support and encourage local players not run them down

End of Pook rant!!

I have a personal vendetta against him so I'll always think he's a cunt.

And he's a shite footballer most of the time aswell. He just has no footballing brain whatsoever. For those of you that stay he's still a boy, Weston is younger than him yet looks like twice the player.

He didnt on Saturday (tho to be fair he didnt look fit!)

I see Pook is doing well in the "Most Improved Player" Poll on the thisis site.

 :wink:

http://a662.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/9/l_ab257c4fdbbde8a9a38d2ab7d2971c7d.jpg

but you rated him when he was shit....