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Thomas Frank

Banana said:
The Full Interview

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BBC Sport - Premier League, Thomas Frank: The Big Interview

Gary Lineker has Brentford boss Thomas Frank over to his house for dinner.
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I don’t think Brentford fans are necessarily the audience for this.

He comes across well of course but there’s not much new.

I think he’d be brilliant in a long-form interview. Next December he will have been with us for 10 years, and the club is entirely different now to when he walked in. The stories and insight he could give would be unbelievable.
 

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BFC1997 said:
Next December he will have been with us for 10 years, and the club is entirely different now to when he walked in. The stories and insight he could give would be unbelievable.
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Long may that continue
 

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BFC1997 said:
I don’t think Brentford fans are necessarily the audience for this.

He comes across well of course but there’s not much new.

I think he’d be brilliant in a long-form interview. Next December he will have been with us for 10 years, and the club is entirely different now to when he walked in. The stories and insight he could give would be unbelievable.
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He was on Jake Humphreys podcast a while back. That was about an hour I think
 

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ChessingtonBee said:
A gimmick to get Lineker a cookery programme? Thomas didn't eat a lot. Some fish and a few green beans.
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I think that was mentioned and Thomas responded that being interviewed and eating don't normally work well together
 

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Thomas’ media profile is certainly a lot higher than previous seasons, which feels like a conscious decision. I hope this isn’t a precursor to him looking further afield, though I wouldn’t begrudge it.
 

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Poolieboydave said:
Thomas’ media profile is certainly a lot higher than previous seasons, which feels like a conscious decision. I hope this isn’t a precursor to him looking further afield, though I wouldn’t begrudge it.
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I think it’s good that he can do this stuff whilst being Brentford Manager, he doesn’t need to leave to raise his profile..
 

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TadB said:
I think I remember someone on this site saying that he lived in Sheen, not too far from Barnes.
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I've seen him running in Richmond Park near Sheen gate so somewhere within running distance (whatever that is) sounds right.
 

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Poolieboydave said:
Thomas’ media profile is certainly a lot higher than previous seasons, which feels like a conscious decision. I hope this isn’t a precursor to him looking further afield, though I wouldn’t begrudge it.
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Be could well be a media man next ?
or club ceo?
or group ceo?
or director of football?

or...or...or...

The world is his oyster.
 

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That was pretty tame after watching the Harlee Dean interview. Mumsnet tv. 6/10.
 

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bexleybee said:
Far too little “trusting in the process” there for TF to be tempted to that car crash of a club
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Not particularly confident he'd do well there but if he was appointed he'd be given time. His stock is very high and Spurs is incredibly low, if he's sacked relatively quickly it will look alot worse on Levy than it will on Thomas.

However unlikely it might be, the chance of winning the league cup must be appealing
 

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upnorthbee said:
This Spurs form is worrying me ?
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I think, of all the so-called big clubs out there, Tottenham is the one that Thomas Frank would jump at. If somebody can get it right there, they have the potential to take the club to fantastic heights. The stadium is superb, the facilities are top of the range and if they get European football by whatever means, they can attract the top players from anywhere in the world.

The problem is that nobody has come close to success in recent years - and I reckon with the incentive of being the one to do it, TF would leap at the challenge. If he went there and failed, it wouldn’t be his stock that would drop, it would all fall on Levy - again.
 

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ChertseyBee said:
I think, of all the so-called big clubs out there, Tottenham is the one that Thomas Frank would jump at. If somebody can get it right there, they have the potential to take the club to fantastic heights. The stadium is superb, the facilities are top of the range and if they get European football by whatever means, they can attract the top players from anywhere in the world.

The problem is that nobody has come close to success in recent years - and I reckon with the incentive of being the one to do it, TF would leap at the challenge. If he went there and failed, it wouldn’t be his stock that would drop, it would all fall on Levy - again.
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Levy is a big factor here and not a positive one…. On paper Spurs would be a huge job for TF but Levy is notoriously very difficult to work with and given TF’s relationship with Benham I can’t help but feel he’ll want a club where he can work collaboratively with the owner. I’m not sure Spurs is that club
 

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Twickenhamben said:
Levy is a big factor here and not a positive one…. On paper Spurs would be a huge job for TF but Levy is notoriously very difficult to work with and given TF’s relationship with Benham I can’t help but feel he’ll want a club where he can work collaboratively with the owner. I’m not sure Spurs is that club
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Agree. Spurs have had recently Mourinho, Nuno and Conte - all very good managers. Been nigh impossible for them to turn it around. TF would be bonkers to go there. Spurs need a new owner more than a new manager.
 

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yaeh ... Spurs is a slow motion train-wreck until Levy steps well away from being a significant voice in the club
 

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Odds have little to nothing to do with whats most likely, but more to do with what people (that are willing to throw money after it) believes should happen
 

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A move to spurs would probably suit him. Would be a bit of a concern when AP is sacked which won't be long.
 

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In many ways this situation just epitomises how stupid football can be. So Spurs on the verge of sacking their 10th manager or whatever in 6 years or whatever, and what will they do. They will do the same thing that has failed them time and time again, and cost them millions, recruit another manager with no long term plan or strategy. If a process continually fails why do they keep on doing it, it's all very superficial, and of course Spurs are not alone. It's all short term and instant success based. Don't you just love BFC and the way we do things. We may not be top of the PL on points but we are top of the league in so many other areas, no wonder there is a lot of jealousy directed towards us.
 

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hanworthbee said:
A move to spurs would probably suit him. Would be a bit of a concern when AP is sacked which won't be long.
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I’m not sure they’ll sack him while they’re still in three cups. It’ll be after the second leg of the Carbao SF at the very earliest (assuming they go out).
 

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Guildford Bee said:
I’m not sure they’ll sack him while they’re still in three cups. It’ll be after the second leg of the Carbao SF at the very earliest (assuming they go out).
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Probably right although they did sack Mourinho a week before a cup final
 

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ChessingtonBee said:
A gimmick to get Lineker a cookery programme? Thomas didn't eat a lot. Some fish and a few green beans.
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Typical Lineker - hadn’t done his research on what Thomas would have liked.

A nice glass of red accompanied with something like a good steak - instead of which he gets white wine, and fish, which he left most of in both vases.

However, Thomas skilfully and politely gets out of it by saying there wasn’t much time to eat/drink whilst being interviewed!
 

Thomas Frank

Manager for his 300th game today.

Just the great Harry Curtis, Fred Halliday and Malky MacDonald to have managed more games than Thomas.

Brentford FC Hall of Fame induction coming soon……..
 

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Quality on the pitch was lacking from both teams but we won that because TF had the better of Glasner, again. Set up was perfect, Mateta was isolated for most of the game and we worked the wings well going forward
 

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Top top top top man. I'm worried that when we beat Spurs next weekend Levy will be pushed into a no choice position (manager or me)... only one winner there.
 
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