Brentford head coach Thomas Frank has opened up on the realities of being in command of a Premier League facet in the course of the festive interval.The Bees journey to Brighton’s American Specific Stadium on Friday, simply two days on from Christmas, trying to choose up their first away win of the marketing campaign.
“It’s tough,” mentioned Frank, when requested what it’s prefer to stability soccer and household at the moment of yr.
“We, in Denmark, rejoice on the twenty fourth within the night. I’ll nonetheless go to work tomorrow [Christmas Eve], in fact, after which, within the night time, have a pleasant dinner and doubtless open a bottle of wine.
“We are going to chill out on the twenty fifth collectively as a household. [Me and the squad] will then practice a bit in a while the twenty sixth to ensure every little thing is sorted for Brighton.”
“We are going to chill out on the twenty fifth collectively as a household. [Me and the squad] will then practice a bit in a while the twenty sixth to ensure every little thing is sorted for Brighton’
Brighton, who misplaced 3-1 to rivals Crystal Palace of their final house outing, are winless of their final 5 fixtures however, previous to that, beat each Manchester Metropolis and in-form Bournemouth.
The Bees sit in twelfth, two factors and two locations behind Friday’s hosts, who’ve solely misplaced 4 video games this time period; solely the Premier League’s high three – Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal – have fallen to fewer defeats.
“They’ve so many threats going ahead so I anticipate a troublesome recreation,” Frank continued.
“Each away recreation is an opportunity to show the away kind. We go there with perception that we are able to win. That mentioned, Brighton are a powerful staff.
“I feel [Brighton head coach] Fabian Hürzeler has achieved a great job. They’ve received an excellent squad, a kind of absolutely firing squad, out there.
“[Kaoru] Mitoma is discovering his kind once more. [João] Pedro we all know is a high participant.
“[Carlos] Baleba is a superb midfielder. He’ll go to one of many greater golf equipment sooner or later, for certain.”