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Manager Thomas Frank

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Are you Frank Out or In?


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The tone of Fabrizio Romano's comments seem to have shifted over the last few days. His reports have gone from the options being Frank or Silva... to Frank being the slight favourite with Silva still in with a shout... To now him saying that Frank is the clear number one choice with Silva as a fall back.

Hopefully it's done soon. The last thing the club needs is a prolonged vacancy in the managers position after the furore of yesterday. Get it done quickly so the situation doesn't fester.
 
The tone of Fabrizio Romano's comments seem to have shifted over the last few days. His reports have gone from the options being Frank or Silva... to Frank being the slight favourite with Silva still in with a shout... To now him saying that Frank is the clear number one choice with Silva as a fall back.

Hopefully it's done soon. The last thing the club needs is a prolonged vacancy in the managers position after the furore of yesterday. Get it done quickly so the situation doesn't fester.

I imagine it's already done - they'll just wait to announce it on Monday
 
Managing Spurs will be hella different to managing Brentford. Don’t mind the idea of it but this *he is suited to us* is very hard to swallow. Incredibly different managing a team and punching above your weight to managing a team who have some top players and elevating them, in the league. If this is a 3-5 year plan, please let’s see it out without the fan base shitting themselves, we will be nowhere close to top four next season, that’s for damn sure.
 
Haha, I haven't seen him for about 10 years so I don't know. His hair was still luxuriant then (and his dad a full head when he passed away in his late 70s) so his chances are good.

He still remained relative faithful to the look when I saw him last, albeit with more than a nod to the passing of time. His was always a more bohemian beat vibe than a Take That er... take.

Me, I'm balding and clipped, like so many of us. I don't care really but there's a part of me that wishes I could rock the Glenn Hoddle look.

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haha good shout out on Glenn … he’s had some cracking hair do’s and your right, recently has gone to a short curtain cut ….. so what do I know !!!
 
Err...not true for Klopp though

Klopp managerial career
at Mainz :

Bundesliga division 2 : Began his career in struggling Mainz in 2001
Bundesliga division 1 : promoted to main league in 2004.
Bundesliga relegation : Klopp got relegated in 2006/07 season. Failed to win promotion in 2007/08

at Dortmund :
2008 : took the job in a bigger club with better resource but underperforming
2011-12 - Won the title
2012-13 - CL final

At Liverpool
Rest is history & well known

So, if anything,Frank journey has a lots of parallel to Klopp if anything

Again, I never compared Frank man to man with Pep or Klopp. Like the other poster said I was comparing only their longitivity in one club
Not Liverpool, or any other premiership club were taking a gamble on Klopp before his success in the German league.

I’m not really sure of your need tbh? I didn’t say Frank would be a disaster, but pointed out that often managers find their groove in one club over a length of time, and it’s not often replicated elsewhere, I expect in part because players realise he’s there to stay.

If a new manager doesn’t fit, sometimes player power can remove a coach before they’ve had a chance.
 
Managing Spurs will be hella different to managing Brentford. Don’t mind the idea of it but this *he is suited to us* is very hard to swallow. Incredibly different managing a team and punching above your weight to managing a team who have some top players and elevating them, in the league. If this is a 3-5 year plan, please let’s see it out without the fan base shitting themselves.
True. He’s probably earnt the chance to manage a big club. Hoping he’s got the chops to step up
 
Quite frankly I'm not convinced that we can do much better than Frank at this moment in time. There are a couple of elite managers in this league and he might be just behind them. Pretty experienced at this point and knows the league in and out, but no doubt also hungry to prove himself at a big club.
 
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One thing about Frank coming in that i am looking forward to is his tactical awareness and ability to adapt to different opposition.

I think that’ll be really interesting to watch.
 
I think he's dug himself into a cushty position with Brentford, the supporters like him, no great pressure to win anything, not bad wages for a relatively small club. He'd be mad to walk away from that to come here IMO.

He's going to be expected to be challenging at least for 5th, has to use the squad for 4 competitions, doesn't really have any attacking players who are game changers, supporters likely to be on his back, doesn't really have anyone who suits the role of captain, doesn't know what's happening in the transfer window. players that seem to be often injured. protests going on to get the Chairman ENIC out, lots if derby matches that he'd be expected to win.

Is it worth it?

Of course it's worth it. Brentford as a club have taken huge strides over the past decade, with Frank being a huge part of that but let's be honest, to question if it's worth it to trade his current position with a club the size and stature of Tottenham Hotspur I cannot fathom.

Yes it's comfy there, it'll become less comfy with the sale of their star Mbeumo and for the first real time in his career he'll be able to attract a better quality of player and flex his muscles at a bigger club.

The guy at Bournemouth, Brighton, Brentford and Fulham will always take this job over a cushy number where they are. You're talking a step that is a dream to so many.

Yes the club has its limitations compared to the juggernauts but its a dream for most and at its core with its tradition, history, its stature in the game any ambitious manager that finds himself at a mid table team I don't think would spurn the challenge.

Best of luck to him if he gets the gig, I like the feeling I get from him as a guy and his desire to sign and work with players similar to the ones we targeted (Nusa, Gray etc) I think will make the transitional period far easier to handle than if it was another Conte type of hire.

I massively feel for Ange and thank him for bringing us a UEFA cup, the club is set up nicely for a new moment now that they decision has been made.
 
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