Right back options

[Sibierskii]

I like him, great desire. Cracking cross aswell.

 

[bell_mcfc]

Porro to rotate with Nunes would be great. Let’s be honest Nunes has played pretty much the whole season as Lewis has barely played.

 

[thomas1307]

i'm confused by this i thought nunes has done a very good job this season. so don't know why we want someone who's gonna want to play most weeks. unless they have other plans for nunes

 

[richards30]

i'm confused by this i thought nunes has done a very good job this season. so don't know why we want someone who's gonna want to play most weeks. unless they have other plans for nunes

Unless Maresca just wants a RB and not someone who learnt to be one?

 

[Gumzy97]

If it is 50 million I don't think we are spending that on a rotation option, Porro will be coming in as he's been picked by Maresca for his system

 

[thomas1307]

Unless Maresca just wants a RB and not someone who learnt to be one?

that's could be a point, of all our rb links porro is the only one i have watched so wouldn't know how the other players would fit

 

[neph27]

Ultimately we need rotational players at the position. We have to sign someone. Porro fits into the theme of "familiar"

Familiar with City, like Maresca
Familiar with Viana, via Sporting

The club should be VERY aware of who he is, what he's about, what his level is, what his strengths and weaknesses are, etc

 

[WallyA]

I actually think his greatest potential is from left back. 2here he can ghost into great positions.

Start him in midfield and a can DM pick him up easily and you blunt his nature advantage

Like Nunes, we might see a rotation of both options.

But I agree, people are really wanting to jump onto O Reilly midfielder permanently.

But his potential as a LB is worlds best.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Unless Maresca just wants a RB and not someone who learnt to be one?

If they have learnt to be one, then they're a rb, no?

 

[blueparrot]

Unless Maresca just wants a RB and not someone who learnt to be one?

He learnt very well and became a better right back than Porro though.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Porro is fine. He'll never be elite but as a second choice fullback, it's good depth. The issues are the price. That's a lot of money to pay for what he would be and he'll be on very good money at Spurs.

We've been trimming big earners recently but we'll have to pay big money for contract renewals of key players and those who have earned themselves improved contracts, can't be giving this guy top wages if his status in the squad doesn't reflect it without it costing us dearly.

There is also the fact we had him and sold him and had a chance to bring him back and declined, if we deemed him not good enough twice, does bringing him back now, reflect the new lowered bar?

 

[thomas1307]

Porro is fine. He'll never be elite but as a second choice fullback, it's good depth. The issues are the price. That's a lot of money to pay for what he would be and he'll be on very good money at Spurs.

We've been trimming big earners recently but we'll have to pay big money for contract renewals of key players and those who have earned themselves improved contracts, can't be giving this guy top wages if his status in the squad doesn't reflect it without it costing us dearly.

There is also the fact we had him and sold him and had a chance to bring him back and declined, if we deemed him not good enough twice, does bringing him back now, reflect the new lowered bar?

i do wonder if there's a change in policy from the club in bringing players in that are from the league so there's no as much adaptation process. almost worked very well with guehi and semenyo

 

[Dax777]

Porro is SHITE be fuming with that tbh. Nunes is probably the best right back in the League for me other than Timber at Arsenal. Don't think it's a major need. Sort the midfield out first. If we can get a Tino Livramento sort yeah great but not fucking Porro.

I wouldn't even straight swap Sav for him.

We may not need a starter, but we need competition and a backup.

Some ( myself included) will argue we were lucky Nunes stayed relatively healthy all season. We simply don't have anyone who can deputize long-term. Like say for a whole month.

I suppose someone who can do that is valuable. We have 5hat at every other position except Right back

 

[Dax777]

i'm confused by this i thought nunes has done a very good job this season. so don't know why we want someone who's gonna want to play most weeks. unless they have other plans for nunes

Competition. Nunes will win, but he'll have solid competition.

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

With luck Porro doesn’t come because he wants regular first team football. In other words the same reason for posters saying why Trafford should/will leave.

 

[Dax777]

This is the Porro we are discussing, right? Not some slouch.

 

[thomas1307]

Competition. Nunes will win, but he'll have solid competition.

that's a fair point

 

[kingn6]

Unless Maresca just wants a RB and not someone who learnt to be one?

Nunes has not learned he has mastered it. He is now the best rb in the league. We can do better than Porro. Porro is a player playing for relegation fodder team and we have rejected him in the past.

 

[Gumzy97]

 

[Gabriel]

Buying right-backs from Tottenham Hotspur is fraught with difficulties, for historians. As Jonathan Wilson opined in 2017: “How are historians going to explain a society that has lived under austerity for seven years yet smiles benignly at a decent right-back going for £50m?”

Decent doing some heavy lifting.