Thomas Frank

[DualityNSNO]

As if he called his daughter 'Anne' by the way

No, one is Freja and the other one is Alba. Hopefully not named after Scotland.

 

[brieverton]

Mate of mine works at Spurs, said that entire first day he was going around introducing himself to everyone at the club, from cleaners through to the players, asking about them, saying hello etc. My mate said there's not been one Spurs manager who would do that previously when he's been working there.

Maybe I'm a miserable person and this certianly reflects terribly on me, but my reaction was that's small time as owt! Type of thing that works at Brentford but not a club like Spurs. I feel (perhaps wrongly!) you need a bit of arrogence and presence at top clubs. Obviously shows he's a nice bloke though.

On a human level, it's nice to be nice but its not like it affects results positively. If that happens it isn't because the manager says hello to Maureen in the canteen every morning.

 

[Bryan+]

Genuine question - do you have a brain injury?

Nevermind, just seen you're a Sunderland fan. This reply largely makes sense now.

 

[SAFCInPeace]

On a human level, it's nice to be nice but its not like it affects results positively. If that happens it isn't because the manager says hello to Maureen in the canteen every morning.

Yeah you're right obviously, it is nice to be nice. But from everything I've read or seen the best managers have an arrogance about them though. You couldn't imagine Klopp or Pep doing the same could you. FWIW all the employees at Spurs just thought it was hilarious - as I said they'd never seen owt like it before from a manager.

It's not that he was polite and nice, it was that he took an entire day making sure he went round to everyone to say hello, rather then cracking on with the job at hand.

 

[Yid4life]

Yeah you're right obviously, it is nice to be nice. But from everything I've read or seen the best managers have an arrogance about them though. You couldn't imagine Klopp or Pep doing the same could you. FWIW all the employees at Spurs just thought it was hilarious - as I said they'd never seen owt like it before from a manager.

It's not that he was polite and nice, it was that he took an entire day making sure he went round to everyone to say hello, rather then cracking on with the job at hand.

You do realise that he was being shown around the training ground and was introduced to everybody. You are trying to imply that he rocked up on his own accord and went and made himself known to the staff. There is a full video of it on YouTube.

Talk about spin.

 

[Ray Purchase]

Lovely barnet.

 

[KaiserEFC]

Nothing says centuries of brainwashing by the British aristocracy more than “successful people shouldn’t acknowledge the existence of people like me”.

Christ.

 

[Tigger]

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Lovely barnet.

It is, but I get bad Joachim Lowe vibes of him, bet he likes scratching his arse and sniffing his fingers.

 

[RufusCat]

You do realise that he was being shown around the training ground and was introduced to everybody. You are trying to imply that he rocked up on his own accord and went and made himself known to the staff. There is a full video of it on YouTube.

Talk about spin.

Totally agree. I would also prefer a manager that finds time for everyone, recognising perhaps it needs everyone working together to make a club successful. Much better than some aloof so and so who doesn't even know the name of the person who provides him his cuppa in the morming. I would say, based on this, early signs are promising.

 

[edge]

Think this fella will do well at spurs.
Comes across as a decent fella and his teams play good football.
Its just if he can translate that to a bigger club with the pressure that brings .
Needs backing and a decent start they are a far better team than than the level the Fat Australian kopite had them playing at
Would be quietly excited if I were a spurs fan.

 

[Benicetoourboys]

Mate of mine works at Spurs, said that entire first day he was going around introducing himself to everyone at the club, from cleaners through to the players, asking about them, saying hello etc. My mate said there's not been one Spurs manager who would do that previously when he's been working there.

Maybe I'm a miserable person and this certianly reflects terribly on me, but my reaction was that's small time as owt! Type of thing that works at Brentford but not a club like Spurs. I feel (perhaps wrongly!) you need a bit of arrogence and presence at top clubs. Obviously shows he's a nice bloke though.

Think its a nice thing to do by Thomas Frank, like him & hope he does well there & looks after Richy.

 

[Rita_Poon]

imagine him at man utd had gone around the staff at carrington when he came in and ratcliff sacked the lot a week later. kiss of death stuff.

 

[Daytripper]

Mate of mine works at Spurs, said that entire first day he was going around introducing himself to everyone at the club, from cleaners through to the players, asking about them, saying hello etc. My mate said there's not been one Spurs manager who would do that previously when he's been working there.

Maybe I'm a miserable person and this certianly reflects terribly on me, but my reaction was that's small time as owt! Type of thing that works at Brentford but not a club like Spurs. I feel (perhaps wrongly!) you need a bit of arrogence and presence at top clubs. Obviously shows he's a nice bloke though.

It’s manners mate. Chances are it will make staff/personnel feel comfortable and perhaps more relaxed in their jobs if there is a better vibe around the place.

Of course on the pitch is where it matters most but still, it’s a nice thing to do and it didn’t prevent Alex Ferguson from winning and he made the effort to meet as many staff as possible.

 

[goldfinchmule]

Will crash and burn, glad we didn't go for him.

 

[Benicetoourboys]

Will crash and burn, glad we didn't go for him.

Just glad we got Moyes back for now.