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Thomas Frank - Head Coach

Says all the right things, and he did say what I was hoping. He brings this "Scandinavian" approach about developing the individual players. Improve the players, and the team will automatically get better. It's about doing stuff better and better, and the results will come. It's focus on the development, not the result. The result will come by itself if you do things properly and train and improve. This philosophy is very similar to Kjetil Knudtsen at Bodø Glimt. They never talk about winning. Never! It's only about performance. I like that!
 
clownfoot said:
Thought he spoke very well at his unveiling (one for football cliches fans)

Not going to read into the significance of what players he did and didn’t mention. Whoever is at the club come the opening fixture I have faith he will make it work. Seems to me he very much adapts to get the best out of who he has at his disposal
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Broadly agree, but the specific comment about Solanke should be highly reassuring for both him and us.
 
Silly McSilly Face said:
Isn't that pretty normal? Seems like if you're left footed default position is right these days.....thats why I loved us so much under Redknapp - Bale and Lennon destroying their full backs on the OUTSIDE at full pelt rather than wading into central traffic......call me old school but it was glorious
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How many times have you seen Kulu roast his man on the right with pace and then ping in a first time cross?
 
Rorschach said:
That was good. I like that he gave a little kudos to Ange too. Classy IMHO.
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Very classy.

Also the early emphasis on bravery and risk may reassure/pleasantly surprise a lot of those who were really on Ange's side. It resonates and provides more of a through connection rather than feeling like we've executed a 180
 
JerusalemMan said:
Very classy.

Also the early emphasis on bravery and risk may reassure/pleasantly surprise a lot of those who were really on Ange's side. It resonates and provides more of a through connection rather than feeling like we've executed a 180
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I think when you track Brentfords goals for and against with the squads he's had, that part make a lot of sense. What you won't see is a mean defence at the expense of low goals scored based on recent history. Frank has almost become famous for his forward lines starting with the BMW and ending up with Wissa/Mbuemo. Apart from David Raya and Rico Henry, I'm not sure I can really talk about his defences and midfields. He definitely did a great job of taking Reggie in the 23/24 season and seamlessly covering the Rico Henry injury.
 
Good interview ...TF comes across as a very decent and sincere person. Words straight from his heart, no cliches no proverbs no stories.

He also talked about taking risks and playing football on the front foot. None of that pragmatism nonsense that we wanted him for 😂
 
JerusalemMan said:
Broadly agree, but the specific comment about Solanke should be highly reassuring for both him and us.
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The piece that got me, is just before that, where he says "I'm think about squad, and where/how would I play them" and you could see there was a moment where he's obviously excited about the squad, thinking through tactics/usage.
 
Exactly as I expected; Thomas Frank comes across really well, is intelligent, measured, sensible, capable.
It might work really well or it might not, but for me he is the right appointment right now, well done Levy/Vinai/Lange.

I've watched a load of Thomas Frank videos, and he always mentions "going man-man".
Sometimes we will be in a deeper formation, but often we will "go man-man" to press teams.
 
Muttley said:
I think when you track Brentfords goals for and against with the squads he's had, that part make a lot of sense. What you won't see is a mean defence at the expense of low goals scored based on recent history. Frank has almost become famous for his forward lines starting with the BMW and ending up with Wissa/Mbuemo. Apart from David Raya and Rico Henry, I'm not sure I can really talk about his defences and midfields. He definitely did a great job of taking Reggie in the 23/24 season and seamlessly covering the Rico Henry injury.
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I will say Collins is a fine CB. I expect us to go in for him if Cristian ends up leaving at some point. I also think there will be a strict limit as to how much Brentford will let us buy this summer (obviously not exactly Nostradamus that one!)...
 
Bullet said:
Exactly as I expected; Thomas Frank comes across really well, is intelligent, measured, sensible, capable.
It might work really well or it might not, but for me he is the right appointment right now, well done Levy/Vinai/Lange.

I've watched a load of Thomas Frank videos, and he always mentions "going man-man".
Sometimes we will be in a deeper formation, but often we will "go man-man" to press teams.
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And I don't think this can be emphasized enough! I am in total agreement.
 
Seems like he’s settling in well. The whole Vinai and Frank videos all seem very smooth.

There’s a really bullish way of looking at this all, which is that we finally have the right people in place to genuinely push on within the structure of this club. If Vinai can be a good complement to Levy and counter balance some of his caution, that’s a great thing. And then with Frank, have we finally got the manager that genuinely doesn’t eventually reach the point where he decides he simply needs a handful of world class purchases? Will he continue to develop and adapt and make do. And all the while keep pushing us on?

There’s an interesting topic I’ve been seeing discussed online with Spurs around the idea that over performance is easier with Brentford (lowest wage bill and top half finishes) than it will be with Spurs, because there’s so little room to squeeze more against competitors that are just so strong. The bull case is that Frank is the perfect guy for Spurs, the one we ideally would have had years ago, even pre Poch, or before AVB. Those managers had a system, and would develop young players, but Poch in particular (not to mention Conte and Harry) reached the point where they thought that no matter how much they squeezed out of young players and refined their system, it was world class transfers that would help us take the next step.

With Frank, he’s not a system ideologue, but he does say he tried to win every game. So it may not always look the same, but the goal will be to win. Is that actually what we’ve needed all along? Or will he reach the point that he needs real top level, proven players to keep progressing?

That’s the bull case. And also maybe the bear case is that nothing much changes. Maybe his flexibility gets us back to the 4-6 range. And then in a couple of years we’re wondering whether to stick or twist.

A secondary bull case though is the idea that we are now singing young players yes, but ones that are a higher tier to the ones we were signing in the late 00s, or even early-mid 10s. I think we have the stadium to thank for that. But I look at guys like Tel, Bergval, Gray, Udogie, and even players like Romero and Porro, and I think maybe there’s a chance if it all comes together at the right time we CAN win the league. These are a class above the players we were signing before, still maybe a tier down from those the richest clubs are signing, but maybe we’re not as far in terms of quality as we were before.

DL has said he wants to win the Premier and Champions League. So do I! Let’s see if this team of coaches and players can do it.
 
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