Has anyone seen this documentary which has very recently appeared on Netflix?
It follows Sunderland's horrendous season which obviously resulted in their relegation to League One. Similar to the Manchester City one, but a bit more gritty.
Found it a really interesting watch. Shows a club quite enthusiastic about the season ahead at the beginning, only to suddenly realise they've underestimated the league a bit and desperately need players.
Jack Rodwell comes out of it particularly badly, stopping Sunderland from getting in a few players by deciding to stay at the club on £70,000 a week, despite knowing he won't get a game.
Shows Simon Grayson to be a decent bloke, albeit a bit uninspiring, and Chris Coleman to be a happy clappy enthuiastic man, but more style than substance.
I highly recommend it. Yesterday afternoon I thought I'd give one episode a watch, and ended up watching the whole thing.
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Rodwell comes out of it as a total arsehole, yet if any of us were in the same situation would we really give up 70k a week for how ever many weeks, I mean it's millions, tough one that.
It also just brings back horrible numb memories of relegation.