Taking to Twitter, many West Ham United fans weren't impressed with the performance of defender Craig Dawson during their encounter with Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux.

All eyes were on the centre-half position and how David Moyes would line up without the injured Angelo Ogbonna, who underwent surgery on his ACL injury.

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West Ham have been tipped to target a new defender in January, including the likes of James Tarkowski and Niklas Stark, but for now Moyes will have to improvise with his current crop.

He elected to start Dawson next to Kurt Zouma after some impressive performances recently, yet many West Ham fans feel he didn't have his best outing today.

The 31-year-old, as explained by West Ham correspondent Tom Clark, was often caught out by Wolves forward Raul Jimenez and struggled to cope with his diagonal runs in-behind at times.

He was also cynical in the challenge at points and among the lowest-rated West Ham players on SofaScore, leaving little wonder why supporters weren't blown away.

West Ham fans slam Dawson...

Taking to social media with criticism, West Ham fans took aim at his passing in parts whilst he also played the likes of Jimenez onside fairly frequently.

Find all of their verdicts down below:

"One of Dawson traits. Caught so many times last season with players running in behind him"

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"Mate how bad has dawson been. Giving the ball away playing them onside. No pace to cover himself. Dont know why diops not playing he’s always solid"

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"Dawson has been absolutely terrible so far, whole team not much better"

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"Diop instead of Dawson against city please"

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"said it once and ill say it again. Craig Dawson is very poor at passing"

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"Dawson passing been horrendous"

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"Dawson can’t continue starting. We are going to lose so many games because of him"

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"Dawson has been awful"

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