davidmatzdorf
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- Jun 7, 2004
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It's difficult to imagine how anyone could watch these two very good players and come to this conclusion.
Dawson: big-hearted, powerful, inexperienced, puts his body on the line and fights for the team, great header of the ball, but only in defensive situations, makes a lot of quite bad mistakes and has the luck to get away with many of them (unlike Tony Gardner).
King: unparalleled anticipation, great pace for a defender, such amazing tackling technique that he virtually never gets a yellow card and rarely even commits a foul, passing ability of a decent midfielder, quiet leadership ability, loyalty and good game-reading ability.
Dawson is an exciting young player with huge promise and a lot still to learn. King is a top international defender at the peak of his powers (when he's healthy) and arguably the best CB in England.
Not even close.
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