Michael Skubala and Sean Dyche will be sharing more than just a Goodison Park touchline when Leeds United head to Everton on Saturday afternoon. The pair will be taking charge of their third game with their respective clubs following their recent appointments, Skubala’s being on a temporary basis while the club find a permanent coach to take the reins, of course.
Both will be feeling the pressure and both will be looking for improvements from their side following defeats last time out, with the knowledge a defeat would leave them in the bottom three. However, the connection runs a little deeper than the situation the two currently find themselves in at the foot of the Premier League.
In fact, in John Duncan, Skubala and Dyche share a mentor. The Everton boss played under Duncan for several years at Chesterfield, where he is considered to be a favourite having made 231 appearances, and a large chunk of those were under Duncan.
