Thomas Frank surprised Tottenham Hotspur fans by omitting Pedro Porro from the leadership group
Tottenham Hotspur have steadied the ship since Thomas Frank took charge of the reins in North London. The Dane head coach has justified what was a bold decision by Daniel Levy to shuffle up the head coaches. And that shows beyond just the assurance on the pitch, the Lilywhites are sitting third in the Premier League and unbeaten in Europe.
Spurs have now rediscovered a sense of structure and stability which was evidently missing in those months under Ange Postecoglou.
And what has been a source of headlines lately has been one of the key decisions that the former Brentford manager recently took in forming his five-man leadership group. Now this is what has been a major thing of debate among the Lilywhites’ supporters and pundits as well.
No Porro in leadership group at N17
There was one highlight omission in that leadership group in Pedro Porro. The Man City academy graduate is one of the most consistent and vocal performers at Hotspur Way. And many were left baffled, including Spurs podcast Lilywhites Rose owner John Wenham. He branded the decision “slightly surprising”.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Tottenham News, he said:
“I was slightly surprised that Porro was omitted from the leadership team.
“He had captained Tottenham, I think it was against Doncaster, and then the announcement was literally a week later, when he wasn’t in a group of five.”
The leadership group named by Thomas Frank has club skipper Cristian Romero followed by James Maddison, Ben Davies, Guglielmo Vicario and Micky van de Ven.
If we look at this on paper, this is quite a balanced approach to the leadership group. You have experience but with personality. Though it doesn’t change the fact that there is no Porro. The Spaniard took up the skipper’s armband a few times in domestic games.
TTLB Opinion
Although Thomas Frank‘s decision to exclude Pedro Porro from the leadership group is quite surprising, we cannot exactly term it as madness. It is clear that the Dane head coach values having a psychological core in his leadership group, and that shows with the kind of players he has picked.
And while Porro is someone who sets standards, how many times have we seen him emotionally overdriven in games? But that being said, the current group are the leaders who speak up, and Porro is someone who lets his game do the talking. A leadership group needs both. And if his performance stays at this level, where he is consistent, he will find his way into that leadership group before long.
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