Frank admits ‘untidy’ Bees were below par
Thomas Frank lamented another frustrating outing for Brentford, who were forced to settle for a goalless stalemate at home to lowly Derby.
The Bees were never at the fluid best – but missed a number of very good chances against Wayne Rooney’s side, who came to west London well organised and content to take a point.
Bryan Mbeumo blazed over in the second half to sum up a frustrating night for the Bees.
It was Brentford’s fifth home draw of the Championship campaign and they dropped a place to seventh in the table, although they are unbeaten in 10 games.
“Ten games unbeaten in this league is a good foundation to have. Of course we really want to turn some draws into wins,” said boss Frank.
“We made a few substitutions to try and win the game – all of the games we want to win.
“Sometimes it drops for you and you get a reward but not today.
“Even though Derby are at the bottom of the Championship they are a good side. I completely respect that they wanted to come here for a point.”
He added: “We have a higher level to hit offensively – I don’t think we’ve hit that enough this season.
“There was a lot coming from Sergi (Canos) tonight but still that relationship between the front three and the midfielders wasn’t quite there and we were a bit untidy.
“Normally you would walk away with a 2-0 win but we just didn’t do that tonight.”
Brentford will now travel to Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
10/12/2020 @ 9:29 am
I agree with Edward completely.
09/12/2020 @ 11:35 pm
Thomas Frank continues to subtly blame his players for underperforming by using the Royal ‘we’ when in fact it is his lack of tactical nous and inability to charge the game with his substitutions, most of who have little time to impact the game. He certainly has missed the pace and graft of Watkins and the craft of Benhrama. We continue to hear about the talent of his Brentford Squad but apart from Henry and Toney they are extremely average and without guile and if anywhere near the top of this division come season end it will only be a reflection of the dearth of talent throughout the Championship.
nb. Will Frank stop, continually praising the opposition. I am not interested in how good they are.
From a die hard Brentford Supporter of many years standing but unlike so many I never have and never will be a Thomas Frank sycophant.