Manager Watch - Thomas Frank

[max cady]

Don't pay Tom Perryman. Don't even fix a price.


(I'll get my coat)

Throwback to Chris De Burgh

 

[TheChosenOne]

If he gets angry he’ll be
Frankincensed

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

I would so love it if Frank has called Levy's bluff and said will only sign once a big player transfer or two he wants is officially done.

I hope not as Levy will just pull out and we’ll be left with no manager until the last minute when we end up hiring the last girl left on the dancefloor.

 

[stormfly]

Is finishing 10th next season with no trophies acceptable for Frank's first season?

Nope, needs to win the Super Cup.

 

[JW72]

I hope not as Levy will just pull out and we’ll be left with no manager until the last minute when we end up hiring the last girl left on the dancefloor.

Angela Postecoglu

 

[DOX]

Look, honestly I’m still reeling from the sacking of Big, big Ange… What a man.

Coming to terms with the imminent Thomas Frank, and residing in Denmark, I know a thing or two about him.

First thing: people think he’s all about data and long throws and low blocks because of Brentford. And yeah, fair enough… that’s what he’s been doing. But don’t get stuck there.

Before any of that, Frank spent years coaching Denmark’s youth national teams. U16, U17, U19. Which, at the time, all played under one tactical umbrella. Not because Frank was an Olsen acolyte… but because everyone in the Danish system was tethered to it. Morten Olsen was national coach for 15 years. He enforced a “common thread” across all age groups … essentially a Danish remix of Cruyffian football. Possession-led, attacking, intelligent positioning. Frank coached inside that system. So no, not a blind devotee… but the philosophy was the air he breathed for years.

Nor should it be ignored ... Frank’s actual stylistic lean is more Barcelona-school than Brentford suggests. He’s talked openly about his love for Spanish football… positional play… the way midfield triangles move. His youth teams played like that. At Brøndby, he tried to implement that. Too rigidly, perhaps. Got punished for it. He knows better now...

“I got the label of having a tiki‑taka and possession‑based team in Denmark… It was inspired, first and foremost, by Morten Olsen… I had an Under‑15 team … completely copy and pasted it! … It was very possession‑based and tiki‑taka.” — Don Frank

So what’s he done since? He’s adapted. Learned to survive. Brentford is what it had to be… direct when needed… compact… ruthless from dead balls. But that’s not all he is. It’s just what worked.

Frank is a master of reading the room.

 

[mil1lion]

I would so love it if Frank has called Levy's bluff and said will only sign once a big player transfer or two he wants is officially done.

The point in getting Frank is that he won't demand those big signings that we're not going to sign so it's a good fit for us

 

[Misfit]

Look, honestly I’m still reeling from the sacking of Big, big Ange… What a man.

Coming to terms with the imminent Thomas Frank, and residing in Denmark, I know a thing or two about him.

First thing: people think he’s all about data and long throws and low blocks because of Brentford. And yeah, fair enough… that’s what he’s been doing. But don’t get stuck there.

Before any of that, Frank spent years coaching Denmark’s youth national teams. U16, U17, U19. Which, at the time, all played under one tactical umbrella. Not because Frank was an Olsen acolyte… but because everyone in the Danish system was tethered to it. Morten Olsen was national coach for 15 years. He enforced a “common thread” across all age groups … essentially a Danish remix of Cruyffian football. Possession-led, attacking, intelligent positioning. Frank coached inside that system. So no, not a blind devotee… but the philosophy was the air he breathed for years.

Nor should it be ignored ... Frank’s actual stylistic lean is more Barcelona-school than Brentford suggests. He’s talked openly about his love for Spanish football… positional play… the way midfield triangles move. His youth teams played like that. At Brøndby, he tried to implement that. Too rigidly, perhaps. Got punished for it. He knows better now...

“I got the label of having a tiki‑taka and possession‑based team in Denmark… It was inspired, first and foremost, by Morten Olsen… I had an Under‑15 team … completely copy and pasted it! … It was very possession‑based and tiki‑taka.” — Don Frank

So what’s he done since? He’s adapted. Learned to survive. Brentford is what it had to be… direct when needed… compact… ruthless from dead balls. But that’s not all he is. It’s just what worked.

Frank is a master of reading the room.

Nice barnet too.

 

[DOX]

Nice barnet too.

Indubitably!

 

[bubble07]

I was expecting an announcement today. Sloggrly concerned if not done by tomorrow

 

[ohtottenham!]

If he gets angry he’ll be
Frankincensed

I also think the tenures of our former and our next coach may be memorialized in the Diary of Ange Frank

 

[Nayim60yards]

I was expecting an announcement today. Sloggrly concerned if not done by tomorrow

Sloggrly concerned? Well in that case we had better get a move on!

 

[Pochemon94]

I hope not as Levy will just pull out and we’ll be left with no manager until the last minute when we end up hiring the last girl left on the dancefloor.

No shot that’s actually happened but yes if frank did call his bluff levy would immediately have McKenna on the phone

 

[Pellshek]

Two things I don't want to see at Spurs are the Qataris and tiki-taka. If it's the Qataris and tiki-taka I'll have an aneurism.

 

[soflapaul]

I also think the tenures of our former and our next coach may be memorialized in the Diary of Ange Frank

The prequal included The Conte of Monte Grumble i believe. Looking forward to his first press conference tbh. Would love to be a fly on the wall at the first team meeting.

 

[robotsonic]

I would so love it if Frank has called Levy's bluff and said will only sign once a big player transfer or two he wants is officially done.

I'm fairly sure no club has ever signed a player for a manager before they're actually the manager to be fair

 

[muel]

It would be very wise for Frank to acknowledge Ange within his first interview.
You have to address the elephant in the room.

The fans and players feel aligned to Ange I think the best way for him to quickly use that for him rather than against him is to show you’re not ignorant to it or dismissive of it and I think everyone will fall behind him.

 

[The Long Suffering One]

Not sure why this hasn't been announced yet, was told very early this morning it was pretty nailed on to be today.

Only possible reason I can think of (and it is just my opinion), negotiating the additional staff he wants to bring with him is taking longer than expected.

Would be absolutely gobsmacked if it wasn't announced tonight/tomorrow.

Chelsea hasn't sacked their manager right?

 

[DiscoD1882]

Yes 🤝🏽

Just don't understand the hold up and don't have any info as to why it hasn't yet been announced. Only thing I can think of is negotiating the backroom staff

Waiting for the first window to close.

 

[Living Legend Colm G]

Two things I don't want to see at Spurs are the Qataris and tiki-taka. If it's the Qataris and tiki-taka I'll have an aneurism.

Whereas lots in here have been having an Angeurism the last couple of weeks...






Am I right, huh?