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Simon Dawkins


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Such an unusual career. He was relatively old when he came to us, but had hardly played any games. Then he hadn't played for three years until moving to Monterey Bay less than a couple of years ago to hook up with his old San Jose coach who started a new "expansionist" team in February 2021, playing in the American (regionalized) second tier. I expect he'll end up coaching in America.

Technically very gifted (hence he hung around some top teams for a long time) but never had the cutting edge for me. 

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Liked Dawks a lot. Bit of crazy gang about him, always full on effort, tried stuff that didn’t always come off but when it did he was a game changer, the one who unlocked a door with a bit of magic. Good teams need a Dawkins

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  • 4 weeks later...

He was very talented and had a bit of a Rolls Royce quality about him, and he ran with the ball like he was having a love affair with it. His lack of end product was partly because he was rather unlucky, hitting the post for Martin to get the tap in, which happened more than once.

As with so many others he was wasted at Derby. He felt his best position was in the hole, but we played him wide left most of the time. He did stand in for Will Hughes in the hole and absolutely ran the match. His reward next match was to warm the bench!! ??

It was the Derby way!

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