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Manager Thomas Frank

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It seems Twitter is only just catching up to quotes that are a few days old. Here are some more quotes if people are interested.
LeParisien said:
"I think there were a lot of good things from Ange. There's a team that are very brave. They have the ability to play with high intensity. The training intensity is very high, and that's a good foundation to go into," he said.

"I think it's fair to say that set-pieces is an area that I'm a big believer in and I think it's a hugely important part of it - that was not as highlighted before, looking from the outside. Then I think there's something on the defensive side where we need to be more balanced from defensive parts - low, middle, and high. They were very good at high pressing last year. So those were the two big areas."

"I of course did what I could to do my due diligence about the club and the people that were involved in it, but I also would say with the small knowledge I have of Daniel - I guess that’s the reason why you ask, because there’s some that don't think he's got the best reputation - but for me, he's been very good.," said Frank.

"He’s had a very good approach with everything, very, very transparent. Sometimes there can be a reputation that's very difficult to get away from. So far, things have been very good."

"When we arrived to Hong Kong, the fans outside the hotel, that's probably [the thing to notice] the biggest in terms of the attention," he said. "And then you can say of course the training ground. At Brentford, we had a very good and functional training ground. Tottenham is a full state-of-the-art complex.

"Then, of course, the third thing is probably the ability to spend more money, but it's equally as difficult! It's just the same. Whether 10 million or 20 or 30 or 40 or whatever, you're still competing and trying to convince the players to come."

"From the beginning there would be more hours available, just simple processes that were in place in Brentford. Everyone knew what to do, everything, so I had a well-oiled coaching machine," he said. "I have a very good coaching staff now, and I think it will be very good. I think it would be on the top level. I'm very happy and I think there are top coaches, but obviously we don't know each other.

"It's a big advantage that Chris [Haslam], Justin [Cochrane] and I have been running the main bit in Brentford, but hey, we can't run it on our own. We need to get everyone with us, and we need to create a super strong unit. So to get everyone on board with the principles, for example, the coaching meetings in the morning, in the afternoon, now it's an hour and an hour, before [at Brentford] was 10-15 and 10-15. So that's just an example of that.

"Then I need to know all the people at the training ground, get to know the players better, invest even more in watching training games and obviously also we are signing players here where the processes in Brentford, I'm not saying they were better, I think they're very good.

"I think that Johan [Lange] and his team is doing a top job, top, but just for them to understand what I'm looking for, so that needs to be aligned. At Brentford aligned (clicks fingers). I want that. OK, fine, we look at it boom and now I need to use more time with Johan and Rob [Mackenzie] and these guys and then we make presentations. 'No, no, no, I need that instead', so all that is just extra hours every day."

"I'm super excited. I'm really ready for the challenge. I loved Brentford. It was a top job in every aspect. It was only an opportunity like this I wanted, because I think this, this can be fantastic," he said before admitting: "It can maybe also be not so good, who knows…"

"But I think the opportunity to make a difference here is massive. I’m really looking forward to it. Who knows how it goes. I'll go in, I'll be brave, I'll be myself."
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"It can maybe also be not so good, who knows…"

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I really hope Frank can succeed. He seems like a really nice and honest person who is going to give it his best shot.

I just can't get the Nuno resemblance out of my head. Even all these quotes remind me of the same stuff Nuno was saying. I remember that first video Nuno did promising us that he'd fight for us and I bought into it.

Its just so hard to meet expectations here of having targets of being a big 6 team without investing like all the other big 6 teams. Its mission impossible. Balance that with more defensive football and the walls close in straight away.

Frank will need to do an unbelievable job to avoid the inevitable.
 
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