Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues

You're reminded, once again, love him or hate him, why Tom Brady is The GOAT! Electrifying story and backdrop. Go Birmingham and Peaky Blinders. Sit back and enjoy the comeback kids and watch why success is earned and not given. Great documentary, intense, you feel the pain and suffering but you rejoice in the winning and glory. It's no wonder why soccer fandom is the best in the world.

As a blues fan, I'm biased. But this is a professionally shot and edited documentary. It's not a low budget cash grab. I think this would suit any and all football fans rivalling the Wrexham and Sunderland documentaries. It's open and honest, revealing of course the aim for the American owners is personal profit, but that doesn't have to be a bad thing. The relationship can be mutually beneficial. I'm keen for more in the years to come.

This is a bad copy of Wrexham. It is purely a money grabbing act. Brady is trying to act like what he calls football is the same thing as the real football. Knows nothing about it and the way he acts superior is just cringe. He does nor care nor act like caring. The 15 minute pub visit they have to do as owners summarises the whole thing. An American Wallstreet money villain you see in the movies decide to profit from an English football club. Gives a small share of the club to a celebrity and asks him to go around promoting the team internationally. First thing they do is getting a good player as the head coach which does not make sense and of course get relegated. The documentary looks well filmed but really can' t get past how superficial Tom Brady is and how badly Wagner acts like caring. If they have Wrexham documentary' s in success in your sights. Try to be more involved and caring as them.

This is a brilliant example of stepping out of your comfort zone and learning the hard way that success in one arena doesn't guarantee it elsewhere. Watching Tom Brady navigate the world of English football is both humbling and fascinating-he's clearly out of his depth, and that's exactly what makes this compelling. The series is a refreshing reminder that greatness in one field doesn't transfer by default. Instead of coasting on fame, Brady listens, learns, and adapts. A valuable lesson in humility, and a must-watch for anyone who thinks they can't fail.

The comparison to Welcome to Wrexham is obvious, and it is also obvious that is where Built in Birmingham goes wrong.

Welcome to Wrexham - from day one - had a huge amount of community engagement, including both the owners constantly doing things for/with the community and the community playing a huge part of the story itself.

It almost (not quite) made the sporting side of the story secondary, it became a "human story of struggle" which touched our heartstrings.

It works because the Wrexham owners seem genuine, it seems like they care about these people for real.

Built in Birmingham tries to copy that, but it doesn't work, and it doesn't work because Tom Brady is a very different animal.

He's not an entertainer, there is no softness in him, he is a completely driven competitor, where anything that detracts from driving towards the goal is a waste of time.

THAT should be the driving force for the show, that should be the perspective.

When you try to fit him into the Welcome to Wrexham mold, he doesn't fit, and the whole thing comes across as awkward and disingenuous.

If they do a season 2 - and I hope they do if they take my advice - they need to change direction completely.

Don't include the fans, don't include the community, make it wholly about the drive to reach results, with Tom Brady being the driving force for the show, together with the main back office characters, the manager and the players.

That would be far more interesting.