Craig Dawson received his first call-up to the Irons side since his loan arrival from Watford in the summer with Balbuena being rested and Diop again ignored. Hughie tracked his every touch and here’s what he saw.
6 minutes: Was lost as Danny Ings converted an offside goal
12 minutes: No nonsense clearance into touch as danger threatened down the left
16 minutes: Did very well to with headed clearance for a corner from dangerous cross
18 minutes: Arrived in Saints penalty area but his attempted shot on goal saw his boot make contact with defender’s head instead
23 minutes: Flattened and wins free kick after good defensive intervention.
43 minutes: Clumsy foul leaves Saints with a dangerous free kick on the edge of box, thankfully fired over the top
56 minutes: Nice headed clearance from dangerous cross
70 minutes Got forward to produce hopeful cross into the box which was collected by keeper.
84 minutes: Fine tackle and clearance under pressure as Saints upped the momentum
Verdict: Given he hadn’t played since last season after a slow first 10 minutes he seriously grew into the game and was even given the Amazon man of the match award. I wouldn’t have gone quite that far but a very decent performance and played a serious part in the clean sheet. 7+
As a Watford fan I pray that performance means you keep him for the rest of the season. I believe he’s available for a permanent signing too 😉
Agree. A couple of nervy moments but quite solid. Also was in their keeper’s way on corners, something we haven’t done much without Antonio.
We have 4 solid centre backs. Look for a striker in the January window.
If you llike donkeys then dawson is your man. What on earth does west ham coming to? Top young defender class player diop and Moyes plays dawson shows finish his contract in Jan please send dawson back to stable and for christs sake either this board sells up and get rid of Moyes end of season asp.