I've watched all of the 'All of Nothing' series and am equally interested in NFL, football and rugby but I found this one to be a massive disappointment.
It really doesn't deliver anything of particular interest, you don't get to know any of the players beyond the usual 'scratching the surface' kind of stuff and the episodes became repetitive. Perhaps it is a victim of the very nature of a football season in that there are 60 odd games to weave a story through, whereas the NFL and rugby series get to concentrate on far fewer games.
Hearing from Guardiola was interesting, but the majority of his dressing room and training ground appearances, (which should have been amazing as this is a side of football we never get to see), were indecipherable. I rarely had a clue what he was saying and judging by the looks on their faces, nor did the players.
Caring about the players is what can really make these series tick but you don't get anything from them beyond the kind of mundane stuff you regularly hear on Sky Sports or Match of the Day. I guess it's hard to get interesting sound bites or insights from the players when the majority of them speak English as a 2nd language. I wonder how much they were really allowed to say because they never spoke about anything of interest.
One of the elements of a football match that I have always been keen to see and hear, are the coaches and even the players discussing things on the bench during a game. Why was there almost none of this? The seemingly endless highlights of games would have benefited from having something to break them up and not hearing from anyone during the games felt like a missed opportunity.
Should have been brilliant but was rather underwhelming
It really doesn't deliver anything of particular interest, you don't get to know any of the players beyond the usual 'scratching the surface' kind of stuff and the episodes became repetitive. Perhaps it is a victim of the very nature of a football season in that there are 60 odd games to weave a story through, whereas the NFL and rugby series get to concentrate on far fewer games.
Hearing from Guardiola was interesting, but the majority of his dressing room and training ground appearances, (which should have been amazing as this is a side of football we never get to see), were indecipherable. I rarely had a clue what he was saying and judging by the looks on their faces, nor did the players.
Caring about the players is what can really make these series tick but you don't get anything from them beyond the kind of mundane stuff you regularly hear on Sky Sports or Match of the Day. I guess it's hard to get interesting sound bites or insights from the players when the majority of them speak English as a 2nd language. I wonder how much they were really allowed to say because they never spoke about anything of interest.
One of the elements of a football match that I have always been keen to see and hear, are the coaches and even the players discussing things on the bench during a game. Why was there almost none of this? The seemingly endless highlights of games would have benefited from having something to break them up and not hearing from anyone during the games felt like a missed opportunity.
Should have been brilliant but was rather underwhelming