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Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2021 12:35 pm
Frank's bottle of wine to McCarthy pre-match
Thomas Frank and his Brentford staff perhaps didn't win over too many fans with Cardiff's friends down the road at the Liberty Stadium last season.
Indeed the intense play-off battle with the Swans meant things got a bit lively out there on the touchline.
This match was perhaps not going to have the same intensity as that encounter, but relations were seemingly a lot friendlier when McCarthy and his troops turned up in west London.
Before the game the two managers were involved a lengthy chat as Frank welcomed him to the new stadium.
The Bees manager handed the Bluebirds boss a bottle of wine as a welcome gift, too, which was a very nice touch.
It's not quite clear why Frank handed over the bottle, perhaps it was a congratulatory gift to mark McCarthy passing 1,000 games as a manager earlier in the season.
Whatever the reason, McCarthy is a manager who has seen it all in this division and this was a gesture perhaps indicative of the respect he commands at this level.
Whether he would have preferred a pint of bitter isn't all that clear.
Thomas Frank and his Brentford staff perhaps didn't win over too many fans with Cardiff's friends down the road at the Liberty Stadium last season.
Indeed the intense play-off battle with the Swans meant things got a bit lively out there on the touchline.
This match was perhaps not going to have the same intensity as that encounter, but relations were seemingly a lot friendlier when McCarthy and his troops turned up in west London.
Before the game the two managers were involved a lengthy chat as Frank welcomed him to the new stadium.
The Bees manager handed the Bluebirds boss a bottle of wine as a welcome gift, too, which was a very nice touch.
It's not quite clear why Frank handed over the bottle, perhaps it was a congratulatory gift to mark McCarthy passing 1,000 games as a manager earlier in the season.
Whatever the reason, McCarthy is a manager who has seen it all in this division and this was a gesture perhaps indicative of the respect he commands at this level.
Whether he would have preferred a pint of bitter isn't all that clear.