team mates
Steven Schumacher – Fleetwood Town midfielder
The FIFA king? The most skilful? Best mate at the club?
I drive to training with David Ball and Conor McLaughlin every day. It’s something we’ve been doing for a while so we are all pretty close.
Last to buy dinner?
David Ball is the stingiest person I’ve ever met. He never has any money on him. If we stop for petrol or we’re buying drinks or dinner then he has always conveniently forgotten his card. Antoni Sarcevic is probably the best but he takes it way too seriously. You can hear him shouting from down the hall if he is losing. The younger lads play quite a lot but I tend to stay out of it.
Worst dressed?
Scott Davies, 100 per cent! He thinks he’s Eminem or something. He wears jeans that are too big and are hanging off him, and always wears a daft hat to cover his big head.
Dressing room DJ?
Conor McLaughlin usually takes over and he’s not that bad, but he’s a bit too obsessed with Chris Brown. I think he might be infatuated with him! I can tell you for sure that Nathan Pond is the least skilful. He’s terrible. We play possession games in training and he is a typical defender – can’t do anything!
Late for training?
Matty Hughes. Even when we went away to Austria and we are all in the same hotel he was always asleep in his room when there was a team meeting and someone had to go and wake him up.
Teacher’s pet?
David Ball. He’s like the gaffer’s son and gets personal texts from the staff.
Best cook?
I’d throw my hat into the ring actually because my wife doesn’t do any, so I have to do it all. Mark Roberts is regularly posting pictures of his food on Instagram and it always looks good.
First on the dance floor?
Jamille Matt is usually the first one up there throwing shapes. He’s not too bad and has got rhythm but not quite as good as he thinks.
Most likely to disgrace themselves at the Christmas party?
Stephen Jordan. He ripped his shirt open last time we went out because he thought he had popping buttons and then tried to fix it with chewing gum. He couldn’t get in anywhere else after that!
The worst tattoo?
Liam Hogan has got stars on his elbows, but the worst is Ryan Cresswell. He has Chinese writing on his back but has no clue what it says. The guy who did it said it was his name but he found out it wasn’t and is getting it lasered off!
Never puts their phone down?
David Ball. He has it out under the table and is on it in the car on the way to training, so he never says anything.
Partial to a sunbed?
Gareth Evans – he loves the way he looks and has a tan all year around. He says it’s from his holiday but it isn’t.
Going to make the best manager?
I would say that maybe I’d be in with a shout. I’m doing my coaching badges and management is definitely something I want to go into when I hang up my boots.