We have to figure out what’s gone wrong in the past and do something about it.”Ī former England youth captain, Schumacher is a highly driven individual who clearly means business. “We have to look forward, be positive and see what improvements we can make. I’ve seen what’s gone on in the last five years, but it’s not something you dwell on or think it’s going to happen to you. I couldn’t turn it down, it might not have come round again. “If I wasn’t confident that we could succeed I wouldn’t have accepted the job. “It’s important that somebody gets it right, so why can’t it be us?” he says, peering out at the immaculate pitches from a room at Stoke’s training ground. Relegated from the Premier League in 2018, they are in desperate need of some stardust: their highest placed finish in the Championship has been 14th (twice) under Michael O’Neill.Įxperienced, shrewd operators in the division like Gary Rowett, Nathan Jones and Alex Neil, have come and gone, and succeeded elsewhere, but Schumacher is convinced he can break the cycle. The first question, then, is perhaps inevitable: why did he choose to join Stoke, a club which has proved such a difficult environment for young British head coaches in recent years? Last season’s League One Manager of the Year, leading Plymouth Argyle to the title with 101 points, Schumacher arrived at Stoke last month with his career very much on the up. Steven Schumacher is a highly-regarded, progressive head coach with a rising reputation who can count Gareth Southgate and Ange Postecoglou among his close confidants.
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