Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues

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.

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.

Like Wrexham and Sunderland till I die before it Brady and the Blues delves into a unique look at a sleeping giant.

A British soccer club in peril Brady and co walk into to an insane environment of hooliganism, decay and grit ... looking to change its fortunes around.

It's not all plain sailing and the challenges come thick and fast especially in episode 1.

A fish out of water story but a worthwhile incite non the less.

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.

Steven Knight is a great storyteller. I love the way he's entwined Brady's mental toughness with the "toughness" of a working class city, Peaky Blinders ( Link to the Zulus who "took on "racisim in 1970's) and the winning mentality Knighthead are looking to instill. Birmingham being multi cultural has important role to play in the increasingly divise world we live in. The Brady12 brand will ensure this continues.