'I look at what he's doing and I like it' - Denis Smith

Former Stoke City defender Denis Smith believes that Steven Schumacher is the right man to try and take the club back to the Premier League.

The 1972 League Cup winner was full of support for the head coach when speaking at Thursday's Season Card holder event in Ricardo's:

“I look at what he’s doing and I like it. Don’t get me wrong, I always say things I would do differently and I know as a manager myself that everyone thinks they can do the job better than you can!

“It’s a mentality thing, consistently driving internally that you have to train hard and put the graft in to perform well.

“He has got broad shoulders and I know he will have used this period to put the platform down to have a better season next year.”