Sunderland 'Til I Die Series 2 Review - 7 Ups & 5 Downs
2. Sunderland AF-see?
Charlie Methven will surely remember The 5 Ws from his journalism days, but it's little wonder he didn't bother asking the documentary crew about any of them during filming - they'd have been forced to turn off the cameras.
Who, what, when, where and why are traditionally the five pillars required to tell any story, and the fact that Sunderland 'Til I Die failed to address three of them explains why the tale gradually fell apart over the course of the series.
Who on earth was this for? The working class fanbase will no doubt end up further divided as they argue over a show that should have been created for them rather than about the cretins puppeteering their heartstrings. What on earth was this for? What did anybody learn about gross mismanagement of a broken business in a broken industry that wasn't already made painfully apparent in Series 1? Why on earth, when viewed through the above parameters and/or the standalone story of Series 1, was a second bite deemed necessary?
Sunderland AFC is a mess, but Sunderland 'Til I Die didn't clean it up.