The phrase "a poor bloke" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express sympathy or pity for someone, often in a casual or informal context.
Example: "After losing his job unexpectedly, he really is a poor bloke who needs some support."
Alternatives: "a unfortunate fellow" or "a sad guy".
But whatever happens, the fact that our boy (go the Pou!) has come this far is pretty bloody good given that a few years ago the poor bloke was in a wheelchair.
Either way, well done lads, you stole a bin of lager from some poor bloke trying to make a couple of hundred quid, probably to spend down the pub anyway.
As the hundreds of eager hopefuls lined up for an audition, even the poor bloke hired to act as the male part had no idea he was about to get the shit kicked out of him by a bunch of psycho wannabes intent on proving their acting skills.
These whirling dervishes are now the symbol of Turkey's tourism campaigns, and you can sip tea in your Istanbul hotel lobby watching some poor bloke in a tall beige felt hat whirling for your entertainment.
Dr Tom Webb, a marine ecologist at the University of Sheffield who worked on the census, says that many different methods are used to count marine species, but that it "often will come down to some poor bloke in a lab counting things" – molluscs in mud samples, plankton in seawater samples.
Poor bloke was a first timer, not coping too well, so I sorted him.
Try telling that to the poor bloke who downed a beer before the movie started and another while it's playing out.
Burn found out on the day of the match and the poor bloke put in a performance that can be accurately measured by the Stoke Sentinel's post-match interview with Oussama Assaidi.
A dopey half-grin, shoulders back, rabbit-in-the-headlights eyes, the poor bloke knows he's on a hiding to nothing.
This poor bloke is also "an ignorant Jew-hating worthless piece of shit" whose "hate can be seen in his eyes".
