Pardon me for voicing an opinion,you are obviously all knowing and how dare my opinion not be the same as yours !
I didnt know he had already been picked for the under 21's and as for him sat on the bench, the thread was about who would replace missing centre halves for England and against the likes of San Marino, Dawson could do a job at short notice.
I could say the same to you taking offense to me voicing mine, never said your's was wrong, only that it was logical for both if he pulled a Butland and stayed at the level below.
Dawson is eligable and a part of the under 21's till after the next tournament and would have to have spectacularly bad form to be dropped after his perfomances for them, he's a near constant and he's probably the best the u-21's have but at the same time there are fully fledged defenders that play for their teams who can play for England. Losing one defender is not enough to pull a defender from the youth team when there are plenty of defenders with previous caps. Too much of a risk unless he's really good and heading his place in a top team (which is exactly why players from top teams get picked)