Topic: Ted Lasso

[RainbowFlick]

FOOTBALL IS LIFE!

Great show. Thought it would be a bit cringe as a football fan but it's enjoyable and very funny. If you buy an Apple device you get 3 months free Apple TV or I believe there's a free month when you signup anyway.

Highly recommend.

[Damo58]

Really don't know what to make of this show. On the one hand the actually football content, the fans and the American in London stuff makes me cringe but on the other I binged it all within a few days and I found it to be such a comforting show. When it did venture towards any serious issue, I loved it.

[AndyMuller]

A bit too sweet at times but it is wholesome and enjoyable. The owner of the club is fit.

[RedGuy]

I was very wary about this as it's supposedly an American show about football, but once I started watching I couldn't stop. Great show.

[Riquende]

I spent the first few episodes wondering who the show was really for, as it's a very American style of comedy, but you do have to understand a little bit about football (which isn't a knock on all Americans, but you have to admit it's not a target market most companies would pay big bucks to chase). There's also a lot of cliche in some of the characters (players, fans, etc).

It is pretty engrossing though, and I did end up watching both seasons through pretty quickly. I found the last episode of S2 a bloody difficult thing to watch however from a personal perpective. In a sort of good way, though.

[Tonyh8su]

I actually auditioned to play Roy Kent in this show, I clearly didn't get it haha.

Yeah, like others I enjoyed it when I watched it but, It's a little too sweet at times which I wasn't expecting at all. Especially being a fan of when he originally played the character in the Fox Soccer Channel sketches back when I was in college in the States in 2009.  Totally different vibe.

I must check out the second season as I've only seen the first.

[RainbowFlick]

I actually auditioned to play Roy Kent in this show, I clearly didn't get it haha.

even being considered is really cool mate, hopefully something better in the pipeline 

[Tonyh8su]

even being considered is really cool mate, hopefully something better in the pipeline 

Cheers, mate.

[CraigDS]

Bugs me a bit that they are meant to be a PL side but basically play and train in a tin pot stadium. Other than that, it's an easy watch show with some laughs.

[keano7]

Bugs me a bit that they are meant to be a PL side but basically play and train in a tin pot stadium. Other than that, it's an easy watch show with some laughs.

It’s more about the realationships between the management staff, players, the owner and the every day life experiences they experience which makes the show as great as it is. The football element is of less importance and has to be taken with a pinch of salt.

[John_P]

Bugs me a bit that they are meant to be a PL side but basically play and train in a tin pot stadium. Other than that, it's an easy watch show with some laughs.

Selhurst Park isn't that bad

[Rhi]

It’s a lovely, feel-good show. Like many others, I thought I’d hate it and it would be crap. I binged two season in just a few weeks. Brilliant stuff. Can’t wait for season 3.

Keeley’s character is fantastic.

[Snail]

I really liked the first season but I thought the second was a bit shite.

[JerseyKloppite]

I really enjoyed it, preferred the first series to the second but there was plenty to enjoy in both. The performances by the cast are excellent too.

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I wasn't really sure about the Nate arc in series 2. I can understand that he felt marginalised and they laid a few breadcrumbs (the suit, when Roy came back etc) but in the first series he was presented as this shy, nervous kitman who was given the opportunity of a lifetime by a really decent person, to the extent he becomes a first team coach and eventually receives credit on tv/social media for his work. He goes from being the target of abuse from the players to someone they respect/like and really he owes it all to Ted. I know they hinted at it a bit when he told off the new kitman, but by the end of the series he's become this really bitter, unpleasant twat and it seemed very jarring.

I appreciate that in the first series there's a "villain" and the story is about how she becomes a "good guy" and so they needed some kind of dramatic story arc for the second series, but it just felt a bit forced. The plot around Ted's mental health felt enough, and much more relevant/significant.

Odds on the third series finishing with an FA Cup final between Richmond and West Ham...?

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[BarryCrocker]

I really enjoyed it, preferred the first series to the second but there was plenty to enjoy in both. The performances by the cast are excellent too.

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I wasn't really sure about the Nate arc in series 2. I can understand that he felt marginalised and they laid a few breadcrumbs (the suit, when Roy came back etc) but in the first series he was presented as this shy, nervous kitman who was given the opportunity of a lifetime by a really decent person, to the extent he becomes a first team coach and eventually receives credit on tv/social media for his work. He goes from being the target of abuse from the players to someone they respect/like and really he owes it all to Ted. I know they hinted at it a bit when he told off the new kitman, but by the end of the series he's become this really bitter, unpleasant twat and it seemed very jarring.

I appreciate that in the first series there's a "villain" and the story is about how she becomes a "good guy" and so they needed some kind of dramatic story arc for the second series, but it just felt a bit forced. The plot around Ted's mental health felt enough, and much more relevant/significant.

Odds on the third series finishing with an FA Cup final between Richmond and West Ham...?

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I'd be surprised if they don't bring Nate's change to be the 'villain' back to him being bullied at some stage.

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[John_P]

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with Nate even in season one, there's bits were he's downright nasty, when he lays into the team at Everton, which is seen as a win for him at the time. And in the final episode when he sees the new kit man, thinking he's been sacked he's about to unload a tirade at Rebecca until he realises he's been promoted.

Clearly prior to Ted under the previous owner and manager the club ran on a culture of bullying and belittling of staff such as Nate, so now Nate thinks that's how he needs to act to further his career.

Season 2, now sees him getting away with bullying the new kit man, despite knowing what issues caused him previously.

We see his relationship with his father, always looking for validation that isn't coming, and how Ted had become a surrogate father figure. (the entire series has continuing storylines of father figures and the effect on their 'children')

Whilst Ted didn't realise what was going on due to his own mental anguish, he did of course realise Nates potential and give him the ability to succeed.

The confrontation between them at the end was heartbreaking, 2 beloved characters torn apart. Nate upset his gift wasn't on Ted's desk whilst the viewer knew Ted had moved it to a much more prominent place in his home. And the line about how Ted should go home to his Son, when again the audience is very much aware of Ted's familial issues regarding his son, and his own father.

Anyhow, can't wait for season 3

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[Fortneef]

Its about football the way Parks and Recreation is about local politics and outdoor facilities management.

And Roy Kent is genius. 

[Bullan]

I had to stop watching after the sportswashers were all over this show.
Had great potential but bought and paid for by those Abu Dhabi twats.

[BarryCrocker]

I had to stop watching after the sportswashers were all over this show.
Had great potential but bought and paid for by those Abu Dhabi twats.

If you're talking about the Dubai Air story line I think you may have quit a bit too early.

[Bullan]

If you're talking about the Dubai Air story line I think you may have quit a bit too early.

No the Man City shit that's all over it.

[BarryCrocker]

No the Man City shit that's all over it.

It's a minor talking point in a fantastic TV show. It's a bit like writing off Sylvester Stallone's Cobra because its got Pepsi in in.

[Bullan]

It's a minor talking point in a fantastic TV show. It's a bit like writing off Sylvester Stallone's Cobra because its got Pepsi in in.

Not sure I get that reference but it turned me off the show.

[Brian Blessed]

So, season 3 has started, but I may wait until it’s all out before watching.

I do loathe that Abu Dhabi are the rivals. No mention of us or the other Manchester club, which does please me.

What are thoughts on who’s being “copied”? I always think of Richmond as Brentford and Jamie Tart as Grealish.

Also, John’s post above is spot on regarding Nate. The bullied becomes the bully.

[Brian Blessed]

Also, the actor playing Roy Kent is one of the main writers of Lasso.

And as an aside, if you like this, take a look at Shrinking, also on AppleTV. I watched the first couple, and thought it had a Ted Lasso vibe, despite being a very different setting. Turns out the at least one of the Ted Lasso creators are behind it, plus the actor who plays Roy Kent.

The tenth and final episode of season one is out on Friday, so it’s ripe for binging.

[Ravishing Rick Dude]

I thought in season one their tongue was too deep in S*n's arse

[afc tukrish]

I thought in season one their tongue was too deep in S*n's arse

Is there an appropriate depth for that sort of thing?

[Brian Blessed]

I thought in season one their tongue was too deep in S*n's arse

It’s been a bit, but I don’t recall the scum being in it.

[Sir Capon of Debaser]

Jamie goes in to hug Roy and Roy pushes Jamie away...

Jamie 'Dickhead!'
Roy 'Fuck you doin'?'
Jamie 'Was gonna hug ya'
Roy 'Well ya came at me too fast'
Jamie 'Jesus, Sorry,...forgot how skittish elderly people could be cos of the War'

[AndyMuller]

Season 3 has started really well I think.

[Sir Capon of Debaser]

What are thoughts on who’s being “copied”?

I think Roy Kent is meant to be Francis Benali.

[mikey_LFC]

The shows good, not great but worth watching. It’s ridiculous to criticise it for some of the things in here though.

Man City are definitely the major Premier League team mentioned in it, but they also criticise the fictional Dubai Air sponsor as a storyline and show the Manc, Phil Foden type character, on the show to be a knob.

The stadium they play in his Selhurst Park, so definitely believable to be of a premier league quality. That’s not to be confused with the small stadium they train at, which is shown much more often during the show, despite confusingly having the exact same changing room setup.

They do mention the S*n, in season one, but only once and  the journalist shown is clearly a supposed to be a scumbag, who is more focused on scandal than actual reporting.

Also, for anyone who hasn’t read Ljinders book, ‘Intensity’, the LFC coaching staff are fans of the show with their WhatsApp Group called the Diamond Dogs.

[Ravishing Rick Dude]

Maybe i was too harsh with my first comment.

Just finished season two, and i got to say, it was pretty refreshing. Also it's brilliant the way they approached and brought to the surface that problem with panic attacks which is more and more common in society and really needs to be discussed more.

[thejbs]

No the Man City shit that's all over it.

Yeah, that does irk me. Especially in scenes where it shows locals playing in a park and at least two of them will be wearing city shirts. I imagine the big clubs didn’t license their names as in S1/2 it’s like us, utd and Arsenal don’t exist.

[bradders1011]

City probably have Bantr on their real-life sponsor books.

[AndyMuller]

This new season has been pretty shite to be honest. Good time to end it.

[gazzalfc]

They have turned it into Scrubs.

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They have turned it into Scrubs.

I assume bad Scrubs and no good Scrubs

[gazzalfc]

I assume bad Scrubs and no good Scrubs

They are at the point where they are moving from good scrubs to bad scrubs

It makes sense because it's the same creator

[mikey_LFC]

Also, the actor playing Roy Kent is one of the main writers of Lasso.

And as an aside, if you like this, take a look at Shrinking, also on AppleTV. I watched the first couple, and thought it had a Ted Lasso vibe, despite being a very different setting. Turns out the at least one of the Ted Lasso creators are behind it, plus the actor who plays Roy Kent.

The tenth and final episode of season one is out on Friday, so it’s ripe for binging.

Watched Shrinking. Enjoyed it a lot. Very easy watch with a good cast.

[AndyInVA]

What are thoughts on who’s being “copied”? I always think of Richmond as Brentford and Jamie Tart as Grealish.

I hadn't thought about Grealish

Roy Kent is clearly Roy Keane

Zava is Zlatan Ibrahamovich. The quitting mid season reminded me of Tevez when he had a bit of a mental breakdown and just went home mid season.