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THomas Frank: "This league is brutal"
Brentford: Despite losing against Everton at Goodison Park last time out, Brentford guaranteed their Premier League survival for a fifth consecutive season with four matches to spare and their manager Thomas Frank has warned that nobody at the club should take their top tier status for granted.
“It is fantastic that the expectations are rising, I think that is always an indicator that you have done something very good,” he said before their game at Fulham on Saturday. “We have made some fantastic results, but I think we always want more. We want to be an asset to the Premier League, we want to develop, we want to do better, but this league is brutal. It is the best league in the world, and last year we had the lowest budget but finished ninth, which shouldn’t be possible.
“This year we are still in the low [end of team budgets] and if you are not in the top seven, then you are fighting with everybody else for something between eight, nine and 17. In a top season, you manage that, then in a not so good season, maybe because you are hit by injuries, then maybe you just do the minimum - and the minimum is to stay in the league.”
