SIGNED: Craig Dawson (West Ham)

[Mile End Wanderer]

He’s been superb so far for us

 

[Bangla Wolf]

Dawson was first one across to Lopetigui during the Costa injury treatment. I'm pretty sure he had realised we were getting overwhelmed by the Spurs tactics and he was encouraging a change in formation by his body language.

 

[Kebab Warrior]

Ballon D’awson is immense.

How in gods name did Wet Spam agree to sell him to a rival relegation threatened club?

 

[Parkfieldswolf]

Same here. He's that brilliant combination of a tough CB, who reads the game very well, and a very good footballer - his control and passing out from the back is better than decent. He's one of those lovely players you just feel comfortable with near the ball.

Tremendous signing for us, no big Gomesesque fanfare but he's made a massive difference.

I just think there’s a huge amount to be said about signing experienced Premier players and Dawson being a perfect example. The English game is like no other and you’ll hear and read articles by foreign players describing how difficult it is to adapt to it. We’ve had a few that have got to grips with it fairly quickly like Neves & Jota but plenty who have struggled too. It’s telling that Lemina & Dawson have been our most astute January business and both have Premier experience. Dawson signing was a master stroke.

 

[Evthewolf]

Funny isn’t it really? If he was Spanish, Brazilian or Portuguese and cost 30 million, everyone would be raving about him and posting every 2 minutes but because he’s English and only cost around 3 million (even though he has been better than virtually all our other signings this season), he goes unnoticed.

I think he deserves a lot more praise than he’s getting. He leads on the pitch and has made us difficult to breakdown. Also think Max finding his form is partly down to Craig.

Dawson and Lemina have given us the steel we have been missing for ages.

 

[Bill S Preston Esq.]

I just think there’s a huge amount to be said about signing experienced Premier players and Dawson being a perfect example. The English game is like no other and you’ll hear and read articles by foreign players describing how difficult it is to adapt to it. We’ve had a few that have got to grips with it fairly quickly like Neves & Jota but plenty who have struggled too. It’s telling that Lemina & Dawson have been our most astute January business and both have Premier experience. Dawson signing was a master stroke.

Dawson & Lemina (along with Lopetegui) are why we're staying up.

 

[lostwolf]

Ballon D’awson is immense.

How in gods name did Wet Spam agree to sell him to a rival relegation threatened club?

We need a Ballon D'awson song. Any ideas?

 

[Parkfieldswolf]

Dawson & Lemina (along with Lopetegui) are why we're staying up.

Being a Wolves fan I’m still rubbing my rabbits foot and kissing my 4 leaf clover but I reckon you might just be right.

 

[lostwolf]

I just think there’s a huge amount to be said about signing experienced Premier players and Dawson being a perfect example. The English game is like no other and you’ll hear and read articles by foreign players describing how difficult it is to adapt to it. We’ve had a few that have got to grips with it fairly quickly like Neves & Jota but plenty who have struggled too. It’s telling that Lemina & Dawson have been our most astute January business and both have Premier experience. Dawson signing was a master stroke.

Spot on kid. I like the mix of signings we're making now... it makes sense to vary things and look at proven if slightly uninspiring sometimes.

(I wish we'd stuck on MGW though, he'd have been special in this side in my opinion. The price looked too good to turn down; then you see Nunes and Guedes...)

 

[VancouverWolf]

Dawson is so good and an incredible signing that I feel something‘s wrong…….Wolves aren’t supposed to have good things.

 

[Kebab Warrior]

Ballon D’awson is immense.

How in gods name did Wet Spam agree to sell him to a rival relegation threatened club

I just think there’s a huge amount to be said about signing experienced Premier players and Dawson being a perfect example. The English game is like no other and you’ll hear and read articles by foreign players describing how difficult it is to adapt to it. We’ve had a few that have got to grips with it fairly quickly like Neves & Jota but plenty who have struggled too. It’s telling that Lemina & Dawson have been our most astute January business and both have Premier experience. Dawson signing was a master stroke.

bang on Park

 

[arctic rime]

Superb signing

 

[Tring Wolf]

We need a Ballon D'awson song. Any ideas?

At West Ham, he had the ‘He’s Brazilian/Korean’ chant.

He’s Craig Dawson,
Cost £5 million pounds and he’s awesome,
Cross the ball and he scores ’em,
He’s Craig Dawson

Guess we could give him the Craddock song.

One Craig Dawson,
There’s only one Craig Dawson.
He played for the ****e
But now he’s alright
Walking in a Dawson wonderland…

 

[Monketron]

Bigger question is how was he not a regular in West Ham's team?

 

[lostwolf]

At West Ham, he had the ‘He’s Brazilian/Korean’ chant.

He’s Craig Dawson,
Cost £5 million pounds and he’s awesome,
Cross the ball and he scores ’em,
He’s Craig Dawson

Guess we could give him the Craddock song.

One Craig Dawson,
There’s only one Craig Dawson.
He played for the ****e
But now he’s alright
Walking in a Dawson wonderland…

The latter. Perfect. If I have enough ale in me next week I'll get it going.

 

[EastDorsetWolf]

Dawson has been just brilliant and an incredibly astute signing.

 

[TooMutchBull]

A shrewd signing like Dawson in 2020 when we moved Ryan Bennett could have made the last three years much less tumultuous! Particularly on current form.
At the time we were bringing in Semedo, Ait Nouri, Hoever and Marcal...
Dawsons leadership would have helped the first two of those guys settle much quicker and he would have saved us the bother of bringing the latter two in at all.

 

[Oh Robbie Robie]

Best signing of the season for me. That hit he took to the upper chest today was incredible. Stood there and took it like a heavyweight boxer. Wins so much in the air and the discipline he has brought to the back line is truly impressive. Much has been made of us giving Coady to Everton but we've effectively replaced him with Dawson and he's been magnificent.

 

[SA Wolf]

Best signing of the season for me. That hit he took to the upper chest today was incredible. Stood there and took it like a heavyweight boxer. Wins so much in the air and the discipline he has brought to the back line is truly impressive. Much has been made of us giving Coady to Everton but we've effectively replaced him with Dawson and he's been magnificent.

This!
I put up a poll a couple of months ago to see who mixers thought would be our best buy in January. Serabia, Cunha and Gomes (for obvious reasons) got plenty of votes, but Dawson went under the radar to a large extent. Been the best of our purchases by a long-chalk, so far.
His block on Son's goal-bound shot just after half time (the one deflected onto the bar) kept us in the match allowing us to eventually win it.
Shout out to @let's all have a disco, who championed this signing since the summer. I wasn't convinced, but am now.
Superb signing!

 

[Mark Rankines Lovechild]

Dawson is, arguably our best signing.

 

[WickedWolfie]

This!
I put up a poll a couple of months ago to see who mixers thought would be our best buy in January. Serabia, Cunha and Gomes (for obvious reasons) got plenty of votes, but Dawson went under the radar to a large extent. Been the best of our purchases by a long-chalk, so far.
His block on Son's goal-bound shot just after half time (the one deflected onto the bar) kept us in the match allowing us to eventually win it.
Shout out to @let's all have a disco, who championed this signing since the summer. I wasn't convinced, but am now.
Superb signing!

I think that many folk had doubts because of his age, the fact that West Ham were prepared to let him go and, probably most importantly, who one of his former clubs were....

Spot on re @lets all have a disco though, credit where it is due.

 

[Oldskooldayz]

Best signing of the season hands down, wish we could've got him in the summer although if that happened maybe we'd still have Bruno in charge. Timing is everything and sometimes things happen for a reason

 

[Achilles Last Stand]

As Dawson's family lives somewhere north of the Midlands, he wanted to move out of London and closer to the family.
Luckily he wanted to come to us...

 

[SuperGran]

Dawson rubs salt into gaping West Ham wound as Wolves rave about new cult hero

 

[Northampton_wolf]

ballon dawson

 

[Mark Rankines Lovechild]

Dawson rubs salt into gaping West Ham wound as Wolves rave about new cult hero

Love reading that. I was wondering if they realise how much we rate him?
I may pop over to their forum to see if there is any discussions.

 

[GoldenHorseshoe]

Love reading that. I was wondering if they realise how much we rate him?
I may pop over to their forum to see if there is any discussions.

Don't forget to report back, agent Mark.

 

[MelbourneWolf]

Relying solely on what Jorge recommended took us down a dangerous path.
Its refreshing now to get players like Dawson and Lemina. Long may it continue

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Relying solely on what Jorge recommended took us down a dangerous path.
Its refreshing now to get players like Dawson and Lemina. Long may it continue

Hopefully more to come. It’s going to be hard to replace Neves & Moutinho their experience is invaluable atm

 

[Ches78]

Him and Lemina, 2 fantastic signings, and, whilst not wanting to over play things, could well be the reason why we stay up. It's not like recent signings have improved our scoring much but we're definitely way better defensively now - and it's not just their performances, its also their impact on other players like Sa, Kilman and Collins. In terms of bargains, (based upon performances to date) they must be up there with the best we've had under Fosun, especially the way they've settled in and performed from day 1...

 

[Bill S Preston Esq.]

We need a Ballon D'awson song. Any ideas?

99 red (gold) Ballon D'awson's

Up up up and away on my beautiful, my beautiful Ballon D'awson.

 

[Hoganstolemywife]

I was always jealous of him at West Brom. No idea why West Ham let him join us. Great CB

 

[Sketchead]

I was always jealous of him at West Brom. No idea why West Ham let him join us. Great CB

Consensus from West Ham fans was that he's been asking to move since last summer to be a bit closer to family (not sure where they are - Wiki says he was born in Rochdale so maybe that way), he thought he was leaving but then ended up staying for an extra six months, but really wanted to go at that point. So he wanted to leave, but purely for location rather than anything else it seems.

Seems happy here though and he's been brilliant so that'll do for us.

 

[maws]

At West Ham, he had the ‘He’s Brazilian/Korean’ chant.

He’s Craig Dawson,
Cost £5 million pounds and he’s awesome,
Cross the ball and he scores ’em,
He’s Craig Dawson

Guess we could give him the Craddock song.

One Craig Dawson,
There’s only one Craig Dawson.
He played for the ****e
But now he’s alright
Walking in a Dawson wonderland…

Yep I agree the Dawson wonderland song is the one to go with

 

[sillytuna]

I was told his wife wanted to be in the midlands and west ham had little choice really.

 

[ombyman]

Dawson is the defender that Cosdy thinks he is, but just isn't

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Dawson is the defender that Cosdy thinks he is, but just isn't

Steady leader can pick a pass. Coady ain’t bad but his limited you can tell Dawson played at a high level for a long time

 

[Flump]

you can tell Dawson played at a high level for a long time

Based on the 2 years at West Ham, or are you counting West Brom as a high level?!

 

[1986]

Relying solely on what Jorge recommended took us down a dangerous path.
Its refreshing now to get players like Dawson and Lemina. Long may it continue

Dawson and Lemina brought with them Premier League experience . Nunes , Cunha and Sarabia didn't . The first two settled in straight away , the other three are taking far more time with fitness just being one of those reasons .

If there is a half decent player available with PL experience , then you're getting a ready made player for this league , rather than having to wait ages for them to settle in . They are more expensive - but what price is too expensive if said player is an instant hit .

 

[SA Wolf]

Dawson is the defender that Cosdy thinks he is, but just isn't

Sorry, but this is a laughable comment. Two, totally different players. Dawson more of a traditional CB, whereas Coady more of a sweeper. Different personalities with Coady more outgoing and exuberant off the field. Dawson more of a threat at corners.... The list goes on.
Wolves ****ed up big time when Shi/Lage/?? let Coady (and others) go as all personality and leadership was torn from the team. Luckily, Loppy has recognised this by bringing in Dawson and Lemina, but to compare Dawson and Coady is incorrect imo.