When playing deeper and given a bit of protection from a Davids / Palacios / Sandro type destroyer, he really excelled, which is why he had standout seasons in 05/06, 10/11 and particularly 09/10 in which he was voted our player of the season in our most successful league season in a long time. People say he only looked good alongside Ledley, but that season King only played around half our games - most of the time Dawson was partnering Bassong and leading the defence.
He was outstanding in our run-in in the 09/10 season when we beat Arsenal, Chelsea and City on the way to claiming 4th. There was also a 0-0 draw against Man Utd in 2008/09 that was exceptional too where he kept Berbatov, Ronaldo and Tevez out of the game. And in the 06/07 season he started 58 out of 59 games for us, very impressive.