He may not be as good as he used to be but he's hardly past it. Anyway, with extremely limited funds (allegedly), why would we want to let Daws go for free and bring in another left back when we have far more pressing issues? Ie Goalkeepers, backup defenders, wingers and strikers? That is, if like OLM says that Simmo and McLean are off. Actually, even if they don't go we'll need someone in anyway!
You just answered that yourself, very limited funds. Get Cunningham in on loan. This strikes me as a browny/Duffen like sentimental contract, no way can Dawson keep it up another year, he's already so slow he's utterly ****.