Towler v Pollock

One piece of class I saw from Towler was in the Alty game with a ball coming down from the sky, a lesser defender would have hacked the ball clear but he waited for it to bounce before launching it down the field in a more controlled manner

As someone else said, it’s a shame he isn’t ours!

Towler and Waterfall - best defensive pairings for a long time.  Towler can only get better playing alongside the experienced Waterfall and I can see why his parent club will let him stay for the full season

Towler is much the better player. Good luck to Mattie Pollock, but his agent deserves an oscar for getting him to a current Premier league club and I hope Mattie has a great contract that sets him up.

Pollock’s a regular starter in league one so he must be playing well. Think last season was a tough one for a young centre back, but good to see he’s bounced back.

But, as others have said, I think Towler is a better all round centre back.

For me, and I said it during yesterday's game, a young
Paul Futcher.

That's some accolade.

Pollock looked incredibly promising from the point when he broke into the team.  His last season was tainted by poor planning for the whole team, a lack of confidence, carrying an injury and playing in a poor team.

However he never looked leagues above where he was playing.  I think with better facilities and development, he will improve dramatically.  

Towler, on the other hand, looks absolutely levels above where he's playing. Fully accepting that we're a level lower than last season but I can't imagine he would struggle in the league above, far from it.  

First ten minutes on Saturday I was worried as he was getting bullied by their centre-forward but he grew into the game and was absolutely peerless.  As composed a defender as I've seen in a Town shirt for a long time.