Houghton

[Prez]

Thought he was excellent today, hardly wasted a pass. Probably the best game I have seen from him so far. MOM for me. 

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

Agreed he was excellent as was Alcock.

[Bessie Red]

Best player this season for me. Its crucial that we extend his loan in January.

[roversdude]

Said to my mate he was MOM just before Alcock got it
Great performance by everyone today even Everidge caught some crosses

[glosterred]

Just needs to add a goal or two to his game

COYR

[elmsallrover]

Player of the season for me

[Andy Walkden]

Agreed

[Lesonthewest]

He was excellent, along with Alcock, but for me I thought Coppinger was outstanding.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Yes, I agree. Keeps it simple. Rarely wastes a pass. He's got everything you need for that position.

[Bezza]

thought he had an excellant 2nd half, the teams shape looked good today

[Retdon1]

I agree he was good today. I think he only gave the ball away once all game, which considering the amount of touches he had is impressive. I was worried when I heard McCullough was out for the season and where as he's not quite as good on the ball, houghton does get around the pitch well. Worth noting a few crunching tackles from Blair today which was good to see.

[drfchound]

In the role Houghton plays he almost goes unnoticed. He is rock solid in front of the back four and has that knack of being in the right place to pick up the ball.
As has been said, he has been one of our best players all season.
Nice to see Alcock back and playing well too.
Today we had Alcock, Baudry,Houghton, Coppinger, Rowe,Blair and Marquis who all looked a class above everyone else on the pitch and who are very comfortable with the ball in tight situations.

[Mac the hooped man]

He was excellent, along with Alcock, but for me I thought Coppinger was outstanding.

Really?,   i worship the ground Copps walks on, but his first touch was non existent for me today.  Several times let simple balls go out of play with poor control..

[Padge_DRFC]

Mason at left back for the rest of the season to. No more Evina hopefully

[RobTheRover]

He was excellent, along with Alcock, but for me I thought Coppinger was outstanding.

I remember him doing it once,  when he hook turned and didn't realise he was so close to the touchline. Other than that,  and especially in the first half,  he led Hartlepool a merry dance. They didn't know whether to go left or right, he had them terrified.

Really?,   i worship the ground Copps walks on, but his first touch was non existent for me today.  Several times let simple balls go out of play with poor control..

[The Red Baron]

Outstanding today. My MoM. Fergie wants to extend his loan. I really hope so.

[mushRTID]

Class act.

[Copps is Magic]

He were good.

[Lesonthewest]

I only saw him once miscontrol the ball & let it run out of play, I said to my son at the time that you could count on one hand the times he has done that over the past few years. He was excellent especially second half today, making runs & linking up play with the front two. Funny how we all see games differently.

He was excellent, along with Alcock, but for me I thought Coppinger was outstanding.

Really?,   i worship the ground Copps walks on, but his first touch was non existent for me today.  Several times let simple balls go out of play with poor control..

[drfchound]

Agreed on the Coppinger thing.
His quality shines through in most games and was no different against Hartlepool.
He has to be one of the best players in this division.

[NickDRFC]

He was excellent, along with Alcock, but for me I thought Coppinger was outstanding.

Really?,   i worship the ground Copps walks on, but his first touch was non existent for me today.  Several times let simple balls go out of play with poor control..

Can't agree with that. I went with a couple of lads who had never been before, I pointed him out before the game, and twice one of them turned to me and likened him to Bergkamp. The touch he had both of those times, I found it hard to disagree.

[Mac the hooped man]

He was excellent, along with Alcock, but for me I thought Coppinger was outstanding.

Really?,   i worship the ground Copps walks on, but his first touch was non existent for me today.  Several times let simple balls go out of play with poor control..

Can't agree with that. I went with a couple of lads who had never been before, I pointed him out before the game, and twice one of them turned to me and likened him to Bergkamp. The touch he had both of those times, I found it hard to disagree.

Thing is, we r so used to seeing him ghost by a player and run with the ball as if it's glued to his feet, I thought he was off his usual high standards to day..

[Mike_F]

I thought that Copps was top-class again. I remarked on how he didn't seem to do things at pace but still drifted past players with ease, wrong-footing them constantly. Yes that one hook out of play stood out but that's because it was so out of keeping with everything else he did.

Regarding Mason at left back, there were a couple of cross-field balls to him that would have terrified Evina but he controlled them admirably.

[DearneValleyRover]

I thought Copps was below par today, misjudged passes and didn't look up to see what was on a few times, the pass he should have made to Marquis for a tap in for example. I'm not saying he was bad just not his usual standard.

[Mac the hooped man]

I thought Copps was below par today, misjudged passes and didn't look up to see what was on a few times, the pass he should have made to Marquis for a tap in for example. I'm not saying he was bad just not his usual standard.

Agreed,  JM was unmarked 10 yds out, and he passes to mandy  who has an acute angle and a defender on him.  The most bizarre thinking of the day.  He will be back on top form very soon.. 

[Mike_F]

To be fair, I had forgotten about that one but it was frustrating at the time. Radar was a bit out of sync on that.

[chrisd_123]

Back to Houghton, he's still young but have begun to get the impression that if he plays well, we play well.

Really beginning to get hold of the team in that number 4 role and really does make us tick. He allows Copps and Rowe to just go off and do their thing. If he had could add a goal or two, he could really push this team forward but that's being hyper critical.

Very impressed by him and the regular games seems to be improving him too. There was one point in the game where he left 2 Hartlepool players for dead by just stopping the ball. Looks a class act.

[Bentley Bullet]

A couple of Copps' passes went astray, which is quite unusual for his standards, but apart from those he was like Messi.

[Colemans Left Hook]

To be fair, I had forgotten about that one but it was frustrating at the time. Radar was a bit out of sync on that.

talking of beinga bit out of synch  (video at the bottom of the link)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/11/21/hilariously-awful-pass-from-peterboroughs-michael-bostwick-revea/

[drfchound]

Would like to see that but it says video removed when i click on the link.