It is a pity about the pole but otherwise I like this a lot. I totally got the people off to the side in the composition and the connection with the title and that plus the depth of focus (which I also liked) encouraged me to give it a 6. Kind of wish now I'd been one of your 7's :)
I'm not sure what the subject is in the shot. The people on the left are sharp, but dark. The pole in the middle is not interesting and the background is interesting but obviously not the topic.