One thing Brentford have going for them is that they are basically never spanked by anyone (before anyone points out that he hasn't had to deal with injuries we've had, he actually has faced it this season), which at least gives hope that it's due to Frank being a tactically capable coach which cannot be said about our current coach.
Thomas Frank | Brentford Manager
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Manager in, buys one of this old players for over the top money (Toney).
Rinse and repeat formula.
Rinse and repeat formula.
Agree. Like someone above said, he'd be perfect for an Everton, Newcastle or Spurs kind of situation. The media spotlight on a United manager is enormous and unrelenting. You have half a dozen former United players as pundits commenting on every move you make.
He'd be better than Southgate though. Southgate could get us relegated after the honeymoon period wore off.
Toney would improve us tbf.
Never trust a man with two first names as their name.
Half of you lot would take McKenna but not Frank, who's done just as much as a equally better job.
It was a shocker of an interview.
I had never thought about him before it, and probably wouldn’t have thought much about him much after. It was an eye opener and he just comes across as a whiny geebag whenever I hear him speak ever since.
I doubt there is a manager in the game who hasnt had a bit of an emotional interview post game for one reason or another
No to Frank obviously. Whoever we bring in won't be good enough though. There isn't a good enough manager available.
He hasn’t though has he?
In his first full season as a manager, McKenna won automatic promotion from League 1. In his second, he won automatic promotion to the Premier League.
Frank finished 3rd and 4th in the Danish league with Brondby and failed to get Brentford promoted in his first full year there. He managed to get them into the prem via the playoffs in his second.
Very good point.
Well keeping a team in the PL is the real test to see if you can manage at this level. A small team like Brentford have become PL regulars and not even in the conversation as relegation candidates, Frank needs respect for that
Chances on Ipswich going down next season will be very high
I get why some people like that in a manager but it’d really grate on me, especially after a bad result and just leaves us open for ridicule.
Depends on what do you consider as spanking.
I recall both Wolves and Newcastle giving them a proper beating, this or last season..
McKenna winning back to back promotions, the second promotion against 3 of the strongest promotion candidates ever, is a much more impressive feat than anything Frank has done at Brentford. That's not to diminish Frank or his accomplishments but I think you're seriously underestimating the job McKenna's done with Ipswich.
This prick as Utd manager? Think I'd prefer Southgate.
Remember that time he went on a post match interview rant because United had the cheek to change tactics mid game and beat them. Only time I've ever seen a manager complain about the opposition trying to win. Nuts.
Remember that time he went on a post match interview rant because United had the cheek to change tactics mid game and beat them. Only time I've ever seen a manager complain about the opposition trying to win. Nuts.
Winning and succeeding at low level doesn't translate to managing one of the biggest clubs in the world where expectations are different and you are faced with much larger squads, more competitions to play in, boatload of egos etc.
Not to mention Mckenna took over Ipswich and transformed the way they played overnight. The football they play is much better than anything Thomas the Frank engine serves up.
Try to keep in mind while watching this clip, if you can, that we won the game 3-1.
Newcastle was almost two years ago, and Wolves you are right about, 4-1 this year (same scoreline Liverpool beat them by). It's still very rare for a team with those resources, and they usually hold up pretty well against good teams. We've had way more spankings over the last two seasons than them.
No it doesn't but that wasn't the point I was making.
Can’t be serious? He’d be eaten alive at United.
Another who’s won feck all. Only claim to fame keeping Brentford from relegation.
Unimaginable the difference between managing Brentford and Manchester United.
Another who’s won feck all. Only claim to fame keeping Brentford from relegation.
Unimaginable the difference between managing Brentford and Manchester United.
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Hasn't won trophies but honestly I don't put much stock in that. The question is whether his tactics and way of playing would be suitable to United, or the new INEOS untied. I think from a pressing, aggression and attacking perspective he aligns with those requirements. However, asking him to come in and coach this team to press coherently with the likes of Rashford will always be an uphill battle. If we can provide him with some better players how suite his style/the new style we want to implement then no problems having him here. Might even give us an advantage in signing Toney if we are in for him.
Says a lot about INEOS that the three managers they’re testing the waters with are Potter, Southgate and Frank. This lack of thinking/looking outside the box is partly why we’re in the mess we’re in and these lot look to be no different.
would have him over Ten Hag in a heartbeat
No thanks.
I can't stand him.
I’m yet to see any of our most reliable sources say we’re after Southgate or Frank, Potter’s a fantastic manager, I get why the Chelsea spell might have put people off but whoever gets him is getting a really good manager.
Frank is outside the box, no ?
Tuchel, Flick, Enrique less so.
Great, throw a manager used to doing a decent job at a small club into the mixer which is Manchester United.
Taking a small team like Brentford to the PL and keeping them up in arguably its most competitive ever state is beyond anything McKenna would have been used to so far but yeah
Chances of Ipswich going down and McKenna sacked by January are probably very high
As somebody who has two first names for a name, even though my surname is actually a surname, I can confirm I am completely untrustworthy.
Ask the wife, who, thanks to me, also has two forenames for a name, even though her married surname is actually a surname.
Would not mind Frank as our coach if EtH leaves. Beats Southgate and Potter, but cannot see it leading too far.
He's just another Nuno Santo. A solid mid-table manager nothing more, he'll get found out if he tries to make the step up to bigger clubs.
Severely underrated here.
Holy feck people demeaning Frank while bigging up McKenna at the same time 
He's done a fanstastic job at Brentford just as McKenna has at Ipswich so far. Next season will be a huge test for McKenna. Big difference between PL and Championship
He's done a fanstastic job at Brentford just as McKenna has at Ipswich so far. Next season will be a huge test for McKenna. Big difference between PL and Championship
Holy feck people demeaning Frank while bigging up McKenna at the same time
He's done a fanstastic job at Brentford just as McKenna has at Ipswich so far. Next season will be a huge test for McKenna. Big difference between PL and Championship
Yep it’s fecking mind boggling in all honesty
There won’t be a single Brentford fan willing to swap Frank for McKenna.
Says a lot about Ineos? Why… because Mike McGrath has gone 2+2=5 and written an “Exclusive!”? His diligence for this article seems to be Frank has some past with Brailsford.
All three of them are just people taking a manager and creating a reason why he could be the next United manager … “oooh, Southgate hasn’t signed a new England contract, Ratcliffe is lining him up for United!”. We’re always used for clicks, it’s an easy win for journalists.
Why would McGrath know what Ratcliffe/the rest are thinking? Why wouldn’t Ornstein (or even Whitwell) have said something? Because they don’t do clickbait pieces.
And for thinking outside the box, “these lot” got Berrada. How many people knew Berrada was coming or even thought it possible? No one.
Could Frank be an option, yeah I’m sure but I don’t think McGrath knows jack.