‘LET’S HAVE HAPPY ENDING’
But the Brentford manager admits it probably would not make any difference.
In the 1999 American Football film Any Given Sunday, Pacino delivers one of the greatest motivational speeches in Hollywood history before the Miami Sharks go out for their own play-off game.
It begins, “I don’t know what to say, really” – which is appropriate given that Frank does not either.
He said: “My work is pretty much done, I still have to do my last bit of planning and find the final words I want to say to the lads.
“I love especially the American emotional stories
FROM BACK PAGE the 145th anniversary of the Danish storyteller’s death. The whole of Denmark will be tuning in to Wembley tonight for the Championship play-off against Fulham.
It is the most lucrative match in football with a place in the Premier League at stake – in how we compete with other clubs.
“But the reason why we recruit very well is because we want good characters.
“The human element is the hidden gem. It is the big secret.
“It is the first thing. Yes, they need to be good players. But they need to be good characters.”
When rigorous statistical analysis is the cornerstone of everything you do, it is perhaps no surprise that a great deal of care is taken to supply the most accurate answers possible.
When asked if riding the Premier League gravy train will change Brentford, you can almost hear the cogs whirr.
“You know when I’m silent I need to think,” said the Dane. “I really, really want, from the bottom of my heart, to say that we will never change.
“But because money has that strong power, you never know and Frank said: “I know my fellow countryman and I know all his fairytales, but I didn’t know it was his anniversary.
“But I have been told that people in Denmark are following this closely.
“It’s a nice story, a story that people like. A minor club competing against bigger opponents and also because we relatively have a lot of Danish what will happen. Nothing will change in the first three years. After that there is where you need to be aware.
“We have such a strong leadership group in co-directors of football Phil Giles and Rasmus Ankersen and owner Matthew Benham.
“I am 100 per cent sure that the three of them and I and the rest will run the club in a respectful way, with a human touch and the way we see things.
“But… ask me after three years in the Premier League.”
Brentford fans been waiting 73 long years for top-flight football.
They will be ready to take the risk. people at the club. Let’s hope there is a happy ending for us!”
Fulham boss Scott Parker warned the Bees that 26-goal Aleksandar Mitrovic is ready to fire.
Parker said: “There is no bigger stage than Wembley. Mitro has worked for this moment and he is raring to go.” have