Realistic Managerial Replacements

[Aleksz]

They’d be lucky to get Frank Thomas, never mind Thomas Frank

[Wortho]

Brentford sold their best players and the manager left. And yet they are doing just as well and their recruitment is good and the manager appointment was excellent.

[brookfox]

"Sorry Gary, you've not got the job"

"Oh well, I'll go Blackburn and keep them up instead. Do you mind if I ask who did get it?"

"Yes, we're hoping Thomas Frank gets sacked by Spurs or De Zerbi leaves Marseille by mutual consent at some point in the near future and for some reason they come here"

"Wow, that is ambitious!"

 

Almost certainly how the conversation went.

[Wink84]

Anyone thinking Thomas Frank would come here are as naive as Top.

 

Wake up, were soon to be a league one side unless something miraculous happens. Only someone desperate for a job at championship or league one level will be coming in.

[StevieH]

1 minute ago, Aleksz said:

They’d be lucky to get Frank Thomas, never mind Thomas Frank

.......or even Frank Spencer for those of us old enough to remember 

[Finnegan]

Frank will easily get other top flight jobs after Tottenham. He's a great coach, it's not his fault they're a dumpster fire. 

 

Always wanted him here. Ridiculous how many turned their nose up at him when Rodgers needed sacking years ago. 

 

Not just for his ability as a coach but for the same reason Enzo gave us hope, he's got all that knowledge from working as part of a club that's actually functioning properly. 

 

[EnderbyFox]

2 minutes ago, Aleksz said:

They’d be lucky to get Frank Thomas, never mind Thomas Frank

 

[Samilktray]

Offer Thomas Frank all the Ikea meatballs he could want, and he may come 

[Joe90]

3 hours ago, damolcfc said:

King power thinking we are still a big club in the premier league 

 

Illusions of grandeur again springs to mind

Mate sorry to break it to you, yes a premier league club, but we have never in our history been a big club 

Edited 11 February by Joe90

[Mickyblueeyes]

if Thomas Frank even comes for an interview. I will personally fly to Thailand and join KP as executive assistant to Top. 

 

 

[lgfualol]

Thomas Frank wouldn’t come here in a million years, let’s not waste energy thinking he would 

[ClaphamFox]

12 minutes ago, LVFox said:

Good clubs survive when people move on, they are created to do so. Brentford, Brighton even Bournemouth as well. Are not reliant on the head coach (although they do recruit well in that department).

 

They also don’t dissolve when selling a good player, it’s part of the plan and has already been reinvested. Look at Brentford with Thiago replacing Toney, or Brighton with Baleba for Caicedo.

 

its what we used to do well, Maguire>Fofana, Drinkwater>Tielemans. 
 

nowadays all we do is based on blind luck, which we got with Enzo, not through design

This is it in a nutshell. A club that is well run—with clear goals, a strong culture and quality people working at different levels—is not reliant on constantly unearthing brilliant managers. They just need competent ones because the ingredients for success are already there. A shambolic club with a rotten culture will always require a near genius-level manager to offset the shitshow around him. And those managers are hard to come by.

Edited 11 February by ClaphamFox

[UniFox21]

7 minutes ago, Wortho said:

Brentford sold their best players and the manager left. And yet they are doing just as well and their recruitment is good and the manager appointment was excellent.

Brentford are an organisation in sync, from board to fan of what they're doing. They lose single pieces and just find another cog to fit their system and ethos.

[Mahrezisawizard]

I hope Rudkin takes it on so I can go all in on supporting the opposition. 

[WestLothianFox]

52 minutes ago, Noahfence said:

Rumours that French manager Graham Broque is being lined up. 
 

Personal recommendation from Rudkin apparently. 

If we want a French guy as manager, isn't Wilfried Nancy still available

[RonnieTodger]

Frank will end up at Palace

[VLC86]

12 minutes ago, Aleksz said:

They’d be lucky to get Frank Thomas, never mind Thomas Frank

I think Anne Frank is more realistic.

[FoxyPalace.com]

Even Frank Spencer would have to think it over for a few weeks ! 🤣

[foxfanazer]

31 minutes ago, nettle said:

The last sentence is exactly what I've been thinking maybe there's something in that.

Probably doing him too much credit to suggest it's anything other than complete incompetence 

[worthosoriginals]

9 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

Offer Thomas Frank all the Ikea meatballs he could want, and he may come 

A lorry full of wrigleys per week as wages would swing it.

[Muzzy_no7]

4 minutes ago, Joe90 said:

Mate sorry to break it to you, yes a premier league club, but we have never in our history been a big club 

Get where you’re coming from but our achievements since the late 90’s say otherwise. 
 

We are a badly run, big club. 

[MaidstoneFox]

The club have always been a big fan of Frank and he was highly regarded at Brentford, it's not just their structure (one of my relatives used to be a board member at Brentford and testifies at how wonderful he is, what a good communicator he is and how popular he was across all staff). 

 

There's an outside chance he could fancy a project especially where he could start afresh next season with his own people, but far more likely he will wait for a higher level job, especially after Spurs finished 4th in the Champions League, which would have raised his profile further amongst European clubs.

[Pliskin]

No respectable manager will touch us with a barge pole….. 😂 Utterly delusional even entertaining thinking about Frank. 

[Kierzz]

Roy Keane....useless manager but I'll take him. He will soon kick some players into action (literally)...

[FoxKent_88]

Apparently Rudkin left at HT and is busy drawing up an offer King can't refuse