Domestic-league season · Portsmouth.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Championship | 41 | 0 | 1 | 3620 | 6.67 |
 FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 7.2 |
 League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.9 |
Poole's current-season form is up 44% on last season (Season 25→36), while his Rating eased 56→52. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 51).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Portsmouth · 18th | 41 | 0 | 1 | 6.67 | 52 | 36 |
| 2024/25 | Portsmouth · 16th | 29 | 1 | 0 | 6.8 | 56 | 25 |
| 2023/24 | Portsmouth · 1st | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7.19 | 44 | 17 |
| 2022/23 | Lincoln · 11th | 44 | 2 | 3 | 6.95 | 51 | 51 |
| 2021/22 | Lincoln · 17th | 44 | 1 | 2 | 6.91 | 49 | 24 |
| 2020/21 | Lincoln · 5th | 45 | 1 | 2 | 6.78 | 50 | 48 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
R. Poole is a 28-year-old central defender at Portsmouth, rated 51.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 291st of 493 in the Championship. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (89.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.41 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Poole.
Judged on this season alone, Poole graded 36 — a strong campaign that ranks top 29% of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship, on 9 clean sheets and 3.406 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 25 → 36). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 52, 44th of 82 of the 82 centre-backs in the Championship. At 28 Poole is in his prime years, and a market index of 39.9 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
3.41 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 9 clean sheets across 41 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (18th of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 51.9, Poole carries the 44th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Championship of 82, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Portsmouth finished 18th of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.41 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years). Doing it for a lesser side, he profiles as a value buy for a club higher up the table.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~66), then tapers with age. At 28, Poole sits on 39.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Poole's projected Rating — 51.9 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
No transfer news found for this player.
