I agree. Part of that will be down to self-belief but I wonder if he's more accepted by the other players now too. I imagine there's a bit of snobbery amongst players, as there is with fans. When Dunk last got called up, was there an element of "who's this guy?" Nowadays he has a reputation as...
100%. I think the reason why many non-Brighton fans underestimated him for years is that their introduction to Dunk was in our early Prem years under Hughton. For some, those first impressions have stuck. Even last year I heard a commentator say, "I didn't know he had that in his locker", after...