Skubala will not underestimate former team Lincoln
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Bristol City head coach Michael Skubala says he will not underestimate his former club Lincoln City when they visit Ashton Gate on Tuesday night.
The Championship encounter is the first time Skubala has come up against the Imps since guiding them to the League One title and promotion to the Championship in May, before leaving for Bristol City a few weeks later.
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Of Lincoln's 11 starters at Deepdale on Saturday, as they beat Preston North End 1-0, nine were part of Skubala's squad last season while joint head coaches Chris Cohen and Tom Shaw were on his staff.
"I see a lot of the identity that I put into the team still being played - the continuation of the game model that I developed there to get that team out the league, and I think that's why lots of Championship teams would underestimate them and how well they do what they do," he told BBC Radio Bristol.
"We definitely won't because I know how they work and what they're trying to achieve and the nuances around it.
"You could underestimate a Lincoln team coming up into this Championship but their results that they've got have not surprised me one bit."
Lincoln have eight points from their opening six league games and are unbeaten in their past four, with two wins and two draws.
Bristol City who sit two points above them in the table have three wins under Skubala, but lost to Southampton in their last outing.
The 43-year-old said he was "really proud" of what he achieved at Lincoln but that Tuesday's game would not be a special occasion.
"I'm very proud of the work that I did at Lincoln but all good things come to an end," he added.
"Of course it'll be about myself and coming back because it's early on in the season and I know the staff and a lot of the players and they know me well.
"But ultimately football has always been about the green stuff and two 11 men going out to fight it out.
"Now when we cross that white line I'll definitely want to go and beat them and I'm sure they're the same, it'll be an interesting game."