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Wolves boss O'Neil: More to come from Dawson

Wolves boss Gary O'Neil feels there's more to come from Craig Dawson.

O'Neil says the stopper is still finding his way at Molineux.

He stated: “He is finding his way, but he needs to keep going. I'm delighted with how well he's done, but it's still a very short period of time, so of course it's fantastic, five games, five goal involvements, and some real good performances this season, but the challenge to Matheus, as it is to all good footballers, is can he keep it going for longer spells.

“'It's not a purple patch, this is me and this is what I do.' That's the challenge to him and that's the challenge to our group as well, and hopefully we can keep him performing at that high a level.

“There's a lot of improvement in him, just in the understanding of the game and understanding things better, not that he's bad at that, but he has real individual ability where he can do things and change things on his own.

“We're trying to improve his understanding of how important he is to the team in certain situations and things that he needs to do that will definitely help him, and to be fair he's taking it on board, he's trying to improve every day, and I'm glad he's got rewards from how we wanted him to do things. I'm pleased for him that he's adapted things in his game and he's started to benefit with goals and assists, and he's getting recognition to go with the undeniable quality he has."

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