THOMAS FRANK appears to want to add long throws to Tottenham’s armoury this season.
The Dane is a big believer in the benefits of set-piece specialisms having had great success in that area at previous club .
He has already hired a coach who will have a heavy focus in that area in former Arsenal and staff-member Andreas Georgson.
And now defender seems to have let slip a particular demand for long throw-ins thanks to some footage he has posted on social media.
Eagle-eyed fans noticed a screen displaying the day’s training schedule in the background of the Italian’s Snapchat video.
Under the training section, there are five bullet points – the last of which reads “long throw audition”;.
Brentford scored 14 of their 66 Premier League goals last term from set-pieces.
Their specialist coach in that department was Keith Andrews, who ended up succeeding as head coach after the Dane left for Spurs.
Only , Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest (all 17), Aston Villa (16), Brighton and Everton (both 15) netted more.
The Bees were also better than any other side at shipping goals from set-pieces.
Brentford conceded just three – which was three better than the next-best Manchester City.
Frank also had the West Londoners focused on making fast starts from kick-offs.
As a result, Brentford remarkably netted goals inside the first minute in three successive games in September, against Man City, and West Ham.
