It’s no surprise really. His Bees have been buzzing of late and last week’s 7-0 destruction of Luton gave an indication of what a force they can be when they get their free-flowing football in top gear.
It also took the Bees to within one point and one place of the play-offs. If they had gone under the radar in the opening stages of the season, they are now clearly in vision.
So did affable Dane Frank, who took the reins last October, foresee his side dishing out a pasting before that memorable afternoon against the hapless Hatters?
“We were waiting a little bit for that to happen,” he admitted ahead of yesterday’s testing trip to Sheffield Wednesday. “We were getting closer and closer to the maximum output.
“We should have scored more goals against Reading (in a 1-0 win two weeks ago) and when you score an early goal, it can be a long afternoon at Griffin Park for our opponents.
“We got that early goal (against Luton) and first half we were really good, really, really good.
“Of course, they could have done better. If that was my team, I would have wanted them to do better and I’m sure that Graeme (Jones, Luton manager) wanted them to do better.
“That combination when one team hits top and the other doesn’t means the difference is so big. I know it sounds crazy, but I can see there is even more in the team, to be fair.”
Frank wasn’t overly surprised that it took the Bees some time to gel this term, his first full season in charge.
The 46-year-old former Brondby manager, who stepped into the Griffin Park hot seat when Dean Smith left for Aston Villa, said: “We all knew that we needed some time to make the top performances, to get everything clicking. The board knew it, the sports directors, Matthew (Benham – owner). We changed a lot of player so that’s normal.
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Rohl confident Owls
DANNY Rohl said getting results is the only thing missing as his Owls were held at home by Cardiff.