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Thomas Frank hopes fortune is smiling on Brentford after last year's play-off heartbreak

After nearly half an hour, the search is abandoned and Thomas Frank finally concedes defeat. ‘I need to find that,’ the Brentford boss says. ‘I can’t.' The task was simple enough: what is the Danish phrase for ‘losing your bottle’?

One to mull over, perhaps, as Brentford embark on another Championship play-off campaign, nearly a year after their emotionally-charged ride towards the Premier League was derailed by Fulham at Wembley.

Frank’s side squandered several chances to secure automatic promotion during Project Restart. Now, after Brentford fell away from the top two once more, critics will inevitably wonder: are they going to bottle it again?