Tottenham: Observations from ‘All or Nothing’ episode one
By Aaron Coe
Episode 1 of “All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur” hit the best and worst moments of the Mauricio Pochettino era, along with the start of the Jose Mourinho regime.
Getting an inside look at your club is not something every fan wants the opportunity to enjoy. With Spurs having an entire docuseries on Amazon Prime Video, ‘All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur’, it is an opportunity too good for fans to pass up. The first three episodes are now available on Amazon Prime on demand.
Following the amazing success and incredible run to the Champions League final from the previous season, even the producers could not have envisioned the journey the club would take over the course of the season, as Mauricio Pochettino’s five-and-a-half year reign at the club as manager came to an end.
It is at the end, where the Tottenham Hotspur ‘All or Nothing’ story begins. Here are three observations from episode one.
1. This is Tottenham Hotspur
The first scenes of the show are a clip of about 11 seconds that has become quite familiar to all of us Spurs fans, as it was Heung-Min Son’s incredible, goal of the season run against Burnley.
That incredible moment was certainly one of the high-water marks in a season that was quite disappointing, particularly thinking about where Spurs were coming from.
Following Son’s incredible goal, the emotion of the club starts to take hold as Tom Hardy states “this is Tottenham” and talks about a football club that “has always believed in flair” as video of Gareth Bale and Paul Gascoigne flash across the screen. Noting the club’s more than 100-year history – nothing plastic here – however, much of that success, as noted in the open, is in the past.
This queues Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and the new 21st Century club that is Tottenham Hotspur. We then get to hear from Daniel Levy in a straight, unfiltered way that rarely is seen. Levy accepts that many criticize him, but notes the hard work of building the stadium, wooing the NFL, and frankly getting “lucky” with Mauricio Pochettino.
It is the luck of the Argentine and the end of that luck where the story starts to turn.