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Geis targets better season with Schalke



Posted Thursday, July 28, 2016 by Foxsports.com

Geis targets better season with Schalke
Schalke finished in fifth placed last season, missing out on the Champions League spots, which is the clear target each season for a club of its stature. Geis feels it was the lack of consistency that led to their downfall in his first season at the club.

"In the first few days after the final game of last season in Hoffenheim, I went on holiday to switch off and clear my head," he told the club's website. "I went to the Seychelles. I didn't have any phone signal there, but that was a good thing.

"After a few weeks the football bug quickly came back. As a footballer you are always happy to get the ball rolling again.

"It was going really well at the start [of last season], but that wasn't the case towards the end. But I have learnt from it. I have matured. The first year was okay but it can definitely get better."

The defensive midfielder says he likes the tactical style of his new coach, Markus Weinzierl, and the personality of sporting director Christian Heidel, as a new dawn begins at the Veltins-Arena.

"I really like his style. Markus Weinzierl speaks to us a lot, and he intervenes very often in training to correct us.

"We have been mainly working on endurance training so far. That is hugely important for our style of play. Every coach has his own style. Markus Weinzierl puts a lot of emphasis on pressing and tactical aspects.

"He is very open-minded, and that's how I knew him at Mainz as well," the Germany youth international said when asked about what kind of person Heidel is around the club.

"If we want to talk to him, his door is always open. He has changed a few things. Christian Heidel will go his own way and will definitely cause one or two surprises."

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