FRANK WANTS BEES TO TURN DRAWS INTO WINS
FRANK PRAISES BEES BUT SAYS DRAWS NEED TO BE TURNED INTO WINS
THOMAS FRANK does not feel Brentford are far away from turning draws into wins at this crucial stage of the Championship season, after seeing a two-goal lead slip away to Cardiff City on Saturday.
Luka Racic and Bryan Mbeumo put Bees ahead, but Cardiff hit back to level before the interval, the goals coming after the home side’s Will Vaulks appeared to get away with kneeing Christian Norgaard in the head, Frank adamant the Cardiff man should have seen red.
“First I must praise the boys,” he told the Brentford website. “In many ways I am pleased with them. We showed a top attitude from the first second. We dominated the ball and created chances and opportunities, and went 2-0 up as we were totally in control of the first 25 minutes.
“Then we conceded a goal and it went a little bit back and forth. It was a good goal from Cardiff to be fair.
“We conceded again and we knew they were very good from long throws and they got back in it.
“I’m pleased we went out in the second half on the front foot. It was a bit too much back and forth, but we kept going and we kept trying to get that final pas to create a third goal.”
That eluded Frank’s side who are in fifth place and now 11 points off Leeds United who they could have overtaken a couple of weeks back.
“It seems we are in a spell that we need to do even more to turn draws into wins,” he added. “We need to work harder and do everything we can to play better. We’ve been so good at defending. In spells against Cardiff we did very well, but in two crucial moments we didn’t.
“I think we are close [to winning again]. We have a lot of setbacks in games, but we are handling that quite well and it shows a lot about what we are trying to achieve.”
Meanwhile, Fulham continue to put pressure on Leeds as they won 2-0 at home to Preston North End, with an own goal from David Nugent in the 58th minute and a last-minute goal from Aboubakar Kamara.
In means the Cottagers are just five points behind the Yorkshire giants in third place, with everything to play for.