\n Schumacher is excited to be back in front of a big crowd at the Toughsheet Stadium and wants to send the supporters home happy after a frustrating result at Wycombe.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI’m really excited about it because there is always that added atmosphere on Boxing Day.\u00a0It is a game that everybody looks for as soon as the fixtures come out in June,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cSince I’ve been a coach now, seven or eight years, I have always been drawn away from home.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThere is always an issue of going to a hotel on Christmas night\u00a0or travelling miles away from your family on Christmas Day.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt is never easy but having a home fixture, the fans will be excited about it,\u00a0I’m excited about it and the players are looking forward to it.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIf we can capitalise on that with a good result, then it makes you smile on Boxing Day which we all want.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The boss is keen to avoid a repeat of last season\u2019s clash with Rotherham, which turned into a rather frustrating affair.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Whites had 36 shots on goal but could not find a way past Cameron Dawson, who was in inspired form between the sticks.\n<\/p>\n
\n To add salt to the wounds, the Millers scored their only shot on target to take all three points back over the Pennines.\n<\/p>\n
\n Rotherham have been on a tough run more recently, losing three games on the spin and failing to win any of their last six in the league.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt was one of those games where we could have still been playing now, a year later, and wouldn’t have scored,\u201d Schumacher reflected.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt’s a team who have come here with recent experience of having success. I know they’re in a little bit of a sticky patch of form at the moment, they have lost their last three.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBut before that, they were unbeaten in five or six.\u00a0That just shows you how unpredictable the league is.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe expect a tough game against them.\u00a0They have got some experienced players who understand how to get results.\u00a0We are looking forward to it, though.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Wanderers have been imperious at the Toughsheet Stadium so far this season and are aiming to extend their unbeaten record on home turf.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cComing to our place, they will understand that\u00a0they have to be really good defensively\u00a0and at it because of how strong we have been at home,\u201d the head coach added.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThey are a team that, if you’re not ready\u00a0and if not prepared for, can cause you a problem. So we won’t underestimate them\u00a0based on their current form\u00a0because in this league, as it keeps showing, form doesn’t really matter and nobody’s consistent.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Schumacher is excited to be back in front of a big crowd at the Toughsheet Stadium and wants…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-655767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115785652440810507","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}