Does Dawson....

[ultimateloner]

Ah, then you're right, I did completely change what you were talking about. Still, I wonder why Dawson isn't first in line to ask Adebayor why so many previous managers have been so happy to get rid of him?

I think thats cuz he already knows or assumed the answer: he is a prima-donna who has a record of undermining managers.

 

[talkshowhost86]

Can't stand his long balls.

Thats as far as I get with Dawson, he's been doing it for years, simply passing over a good midfield a lot.

Then stop looking up his shorts you pervert.

 

[Spurger King]

Then stop looking up his shorts you pervert.

 

[Mr Pink]

Then stop looking up his shorts you pervert.

If long balls aren't his thing he Can count his lucky stars we never signed Leandro, who must be pushing 50 by now lol

 

[BringBack_leGin]

QPR were in the Premiership at the time...

 

[thinktank]

Top teams generally don't make their leader someone who's one of the weaker players in the team. It doesn't make sense. Liverpool have Gerrard, City have Kompany, Chelsea have Terry, we have Dawson. Great. He can't even get close to a sub-par England squad.

The very fact that we have a thread on here bemoaning the lack of respect amongst our own fans for our captain tells you all you need to know about his suitability for the captain's role.

He doesn't deserve some of the more vitriolic abuse he gets on here, but whilst his passion and commitment can't be doubted, he's not intimidating enough to be a leader other teams fear and his own teammates respect, and he's not a good enough player (like King was) to make up for that.

POTT


*post of the thread.

 

[nidge]

Can't stand his long balls.

Thats as far as I get with Dawson, he's been doing it for years, simply passing over a good midfield a lot.

Not a massive fan of them either but last game he wasn't the worst culprit. Kaboul made 0 out of 6 long passing attempts. Dawson at least completed 6 out of the 11 attempted.

 

[ultimateloner]

Sorry but that first sentence is nonsense. There are many ways of earning respect. Appreciation of one's ability is just one. My boss is very good at his job but I can't think of many people I respect less.

In order to really succeed in football you need both talent and application. Unless you're in the top echelon of players your talent won't be enough alone. Even then to really become one of the greats you need application (Ronaldo is renowned for tirelessly working on his game).

You could actually argue that application is even more important. A testament of this is the amount of players with minimal talent who have succeeded, whilst many super young talents are now in the lower leagues.

Anyway, its slightly off the point. This thread is not really about how good a pkayer Dawson is. It's the fact that everyone has already decided he is shit and anything that goes wrong in defence is blamed on him and aanything he does well is ignored. The notion that he gets fair criticism is simply not true. Why people can't just call things as they see them and on merit, rather than in some preordained viewpoint I just don't know.

I like your post. I have nothing against daws he is what he is and he can do a job. Not against Suarez though but the board knows this and it is up to them to sort it out.