TBF, Lewis Dunk was 23 years old when Chris Hughton arrived here, and 27 when he left. You'd have to be a dreadful manager, for ANY defender not to become a better all-round player in that particular time-frame.
I'm sure that Hughton taught him plenty, mind - but he would surely have matured in...
Did he?
The back four in our last league game before Hughton took over, was Calderon, Halford, Dunk, (Joe) Bennett, with only Aaron Hughes and Adam Chicksen in reserve.