When Thomas Frank whipped his whiteboard out during the water break of the Charlton match, little did he know that it could cause such a storm in certain parts of the country (Yorkshire in particular).
Brentford were 1-0 down at the time. Their 100% lockdown win record was looking in serious danger of going to the wind.
Where I was watching the game in deepest darkest Kent, I have to admit, it didn’t even register as Frank used the minutes to instruct his players. With the magnets sliding across the white surface, he told them what they needed to do to hammer the nail into the coffin of a game which they had worked hard in getting back into after initially not being at the races.
: We got a lip-reader to watch the “DRINKS BREAK”. Here’s what Thomas Frank said to the boys.
Prepare to be shocked!@LUFC and @WBA fans will be outraged. Only the @EFL can sort out this blatant cheating. pic.twitter.com/j1rsk1q6c6
— Griffin Park Grapevine (@bfcgpg) July 7, 2020
And with the magic powers of Thomas Franks’ whiteboard, it seems to have worked. After being 1-0 down at that moment, two late goals from Said Benrahma and Ethan Pinnock saw The Bees go 2–1 up and record a much needed victory to keep hot on the tails of Leeds and West Brom.
As we went to record this week’s pre-Derby County Beesotted Pride Of West London podcast (link above), we asked fans what magic words Thomas Frank could have written on the board for the Charlton game to cause such a dramatic turnaround.
Leeds are laughing – Ali Mullalley
Score two goals – The Amazing Gem
No dickheads here – Sara Loewenthal
Top top desire – Headwood
Hello Marcelo Bielsa – Caleb Johnstone-Cowan
Get it done – Liberal Nick
Top, Top, Top – The Allard
Use the overlap – Cham Desliva
Exploit the spaces – Supes
So thinking ahead, we then asked what would come inscribed on Thomas Frank’s magic whiteboard this coming weekend when we play Wayne Rooney’s Derby County.
We’re recording the https://t.co/xSzYftaqVq pre Derby match podcast this evening
Thomas Frank’s three words on the magic whiteboard worked wonders against Charlton at 1-0 down
What THREE WORDS should Thomas Frank write on his whiteboard for the #dcfc match at the weekend? pic.twitter.com/GUK13qLeoj
— Beesotted Brentford (@Beesotted) July 8, 2020
The replies were very interesting.
Three on Rooney
— jobber (@jobber6666) July 8, 2020
— y.comSimon Rattray (@JLBN4b) July 8, 2020
Score more goals!
— John Park (@johnparkdrums) July 8, 2020
Drinks On Me
— Richard Hsu (@richhsu) July 8, 2020
GET BRENTFORD WON
— el Pig (@LaurencePigott) July 8, 2020
Onto dasilva’s left
— NYK (@NYK_67) July 8, 2020
It’s going to be a tough game on Saturday and whether or not Thomas Frank’s magic whiteboard will be enough to get things done at the weekend, we shall see.Â
Salt vinegar chips
on the up
marching on togther
BTW the spelling error was deliberate to annoy LUFC fans