Thomas Frank: The Secret To Brentford's Success & What's Next (E311)
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Before we get started, let me tell you, you can now listen to high performance ad free. Start your free trial now on Apple, Spotify or head to our website so you can listen to our episodes uninterrupted. The Brentford story is remarkable in many, many ways. Belief is everything. I go into every game, belief can win.
Yes, data is important, but I think culture beats everything. If you wanna achieve anything, have any ambitions, you need to be brave enough to stand out there. Because if you you don't take this step, there's no chance you you're going to fulfill your dreams or your ambitions. That's the voice of Brentford manager Thomas Frank, who joins us on today's High Performance, the podcast where we explore the experiences, the challenges, and the mindsets behind some of the most incredible people in the world. Remarkably, Thomas is the second longest serving manager in the Premier League, and although his playing career was unremarkable, his achievements with Brentford have been quite the opposite.
He took them to promotion from the championship in the summer of 2021, with his trademark being the high energy, fearless approach that the Bees embody. Myself and Damien loved being welcomed into the home dressing room at Brentford to sit down with Thomas and find out how he's done it, Damien. And as you're gonna hear, Thomas was keen to talk about what people have got wrong about Brentford. We were also really surprised by some of his revelations which he shared about how the club is run. Thomas reveals which players he trusts to enforce his standards when his back is turned, and he also explains why you don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey.
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