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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.

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.

The replies were very interesting.

 

 

 

 

 

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