spurspinter1
Pat van den Hauwe
He isn't, never was nor ever looked like it.
Fans have got tied up by the fact that he is one of our own and given time and space (as most decent PL players can) he has put in a few good crosses against lesser opponents. He's physically small (and isn't agressive to counter that), poor in the air (he gets badly exposed by crosses out wide in the air (something Aurier is much better at covering), neither brilliant going forward or defending.
He's a good lower level PL player that with game time and good coaching probably will have an ok career, not top 6 material and is just another good academy product we can sell for a few million (along with Carroll, Mason, Caulker, etc.).
Good luck to the kid
I reckon he's more of an Adam Smith type that can cut it in the prem for sure, just needs a solid loan. I don't believe that two EPL MOM games is a coincidence and he would benefit hugely from being a part of a solid defensive unit, like Crystal Palace however it looks like Southampton is more likely to happen...
Run of games would be massive and Walker-Peters isn't going to get them here.