I think Porro is probably better pure striking technique, but Spence creates every bit as much as him with his running abilities. I'm sure he's got plenty of technique to hit a ball in his locker too. Porro obviously thought is much worse than Spence defensively.
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Player Djed Spence
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Porro has 2 goals and five assists in 24 matches
Spence has 0 goals and 1 assist in 15 matches.
There is a danger that Spence is not effective coming forward. Time will tell
Spence is being played out of his best position though, unlike Porro.
Our best player again yesterday imo.
I doubt he gets that chance, unless he wins the Europa he will be dismissed in the summer
Spence needs to be given a go at right back before anyone can make a judgement , just for balance play him there and Regi left back . Give the opposition something to think about as opposed to the freedom of the left wing .
I don’t know how he’s doing it but he’s the only one who isn’t regressing week on week playing under Ange.
Likely because he hasn't played the whole season and should be one of the freshest players on the pitch.
He’s also had to play like he’s had something to prove. A few of the others don’t have to do that, they’re already made in football terms. Fair play to him, he’s put some of the senior players to shame.
How do you feel about that and why would a manager sell a better player than the one he regular picks for the team?
Why do you think that is happening?
How many goals against has Porro cost Spurs?
Pedro Porro is playing at right back.
A case could be made for playing Porro on the wing, in rotation with Brennan but; Spence is the best Spurs have as a full back.
Spence can defend and attack.
Also; Spence can't put outswinging crosses in down the left.
If Spence plays 24 games down the right, instead of Porro, that would tell you more regarding stats so far at Spurs.
If Ange can't see that Spence is better than Porro he deserves the sack.
If Ange has been leaving Spence out for the last two seasons, on someone elses say so, I want Ange sacked.
THFC has a disease.
It needs to be correctly diagnosed before we move forward.
Because we didn't purchase a LB in the summer transfer window.
The contrast between them yesterday was outrageous. I rest my case. Its no longer even close them assists are very expensive indeed. Yesterday Porro looked like he'd won a competition to play. I guess we stopped counting Spence goal that saved the fraud against Coventry.
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Hang on.
Ange has played Archie Gray at right back, in Porro's absence, while Spence played down the left.
Gray has also played at left back, after Udogie was injured, while Spence was being left out of the side completely.
Who do you honestly believe is the best right back Spurs have available?
It was the Tamworth winger that showed the world why the Spanish manager didn't pick Porro for the national team.
We only have one RB, Porro was brought in to be a RWB when Conte was the manager IIRC.
What I meant though is the reason Spence plays on the left presently is because we're short in that position. it seems like out of our available players Spence is the best LB. What do you suggest, play Spence as RB,. Gray as LB, and drop Porro?
Coaching a player's better instincts out of them over a period of time is a real thing....
Eg. Conte did it with Son and Kulu.
Combined with physically unsustainable tactics; it's perfectly plausible Ange could be making players worse (or frustrated and disinterested).
My opinion is that Djed Spence is so obviously the best right back at THFC it's fucking embarrassing that he has been left out of the side completely since the current manager arrived in the summer of 2023.
Spence is the best available left or right back at the club as far as I'm concerned.
He can defend and attack in equal measure.
Pedro Porro is a clear defensive weakness, exploited by every opposition team, every time he is selected to play at right back for THFC.
For me that is just a simple fact that is bleedin obvious.