456: Beesotted Reloaded: October 2018 – Thomas Frank Takes Charge After Dean Smith Exit (plus Pre Bristol City Podcast)

October 2018. Just days after Dean Smith left Brentford for Aston Villa, the Bees announced that his assistant Thomas Frank would take over as Head Coach. Just 24 hours after the announcement, the Beesotted crew jumped into the virtual boozer to pick apart the decision Was Frank the right man? Why had Brentford promoted from within? What would change? And where did his appointment leave a club that had already been through huge change since Mark Warburton departed in 2015? The discussion also looks back at that journey - from Warburton, through the brief Marinus Dijkhuizen era and onto Dean Smith, with Frank working alongside him – and asks what the next chapter might look like Listening back now is what Beesotted Reloaded is all about. This was October 2018. Nobody knew what Thomas Frank would go on to achieve with Brentford. We were simply Bees fans trying to work out whether the club had made the right call We know what happened next Part of Beesotted Reloaded: The Years That Shaped Brentford ........ Original description The Beesotted crew assembled in the virtual boozer to chew the fat on the new Brentford manager… Ooops… Head Coach appointment… a mere 24 hours after Dean Smith’s successor was announced. There’s also some insightful chit-chat on the Bees’ immediate future, a bit on Aston Villa and a load more on Bristol City’s visitto Griffin Park on Saturday. Thanks to Dave Lane, Billy Grant, Savvy Bee and Matt ‘The Allard’ Allard. We also chat to Rob (@bs3rob) from #southbristol to get the lowdown on Bristol City. The Pride of West London Podcast now has over 900,000 listeners!! COYB! 00:00 Intro 09:03 Thomas Frank and Dean Smith Chat 01:02:00 Premiership Two and Red Button Chat 01:24:28 Bristol City Five From the Hive 01:39:00 Bristol City predictions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.