By Chris Dunlavy
Refreshing as it is to see Steve Cooper and Kieran McKenna thriving, Michael Skubala isn’t too thrilled about the expectations they’ve set.
“Yeah, they’ve put the rest of us under pressure, haven’t they?” laughs Lincoln City’s new head coach. “Cheers, guys.”
By us, Skubala is referring to what he calls “career coaches, people who’ve earned their stripes in the grind of the game”, as opposed to illustrious former players or managers on their umpteenth trip around the block.
As Skubala recounts his 22-year journey to Sincil Bank, the sheer scale of that grind quickly emerges.
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