braineclipse
Garth Crooks
Purely defensively I agree. Though I think his defensive shortcomings get overstated at times compared to Spence, Udogie, VdV, Romero and even the (defensively excellent/really good) Palhinha, Sarr and Bentancur) he's the weakest.
On the ball and going forward he's one of the best. The one closest to Romero in terms of passing. Probably our best crosser and definitely the best crosser out of our full backs.
With our starting deep midfielders and some of our other defenders having their shortcomings in on the ball stuff, passing, creativity, press resistance Porro's strengths are really important for the team and our overall balance.
Sure, players like Sarr, Palhinha, Bentancur and Romero have to help him a bit defensively, cover for his weaknesses. But just as much Porro covers for the weaknesses of others with what he offers on the ball.
Overall I don't see him as the weakest link at all. I think he's a very important player for us and luckily we have three really good full backs where one of them can also play either side. That will very much be needed.