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

The Beesotted Brentford Pride of West London Podcast · Oct 18, 2018 · 1h 46m

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…