Championship player no more no less

Well said bigrob68, If he was any good teams like Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City would have been after him. Lazio are said to be after Clasie, Cardiff after Gallagher and several teams after Rodriguez and Long. But no one wants Prowse says it all really.

You can't base his worth on who wants him, nobody came for Lallana until he was 25, and the same was said of him when he was 22 that he was a championship player when he was playing in the championship, many said Lallana wouldn't make the jump to PL as well. JWP isn't comparable to Lallana though as he is not meant to play on the left or play on the right. Compared to Davis whom has declined over the last few seasons while JWP has improved. I believe he will surpass The level SD was at when he came from Celtic in the next few seasons before he reaches that age. So would you say Steven Davis was a championship player when he signed on or his first few years? Also everyone mentions his dead ball play which is superb, but even leaving that out of the equation entirely I believe he can become as good or better than Davis was playing the same kind of role. He is not going to beat defenders on the dribble or make runs through the back line, but good passing, aggression, and follow up behind the run of play he does well.

James BackWards-Pass is the most over-rated young footballer at St Mary's, the fact that he is now an almost automatic pick for Puel speaks volumes about how dire we have become.