YMMV / The Damned United

• Alternative Character Interpretation:
  • Is Revie a Smug Snake or Rival Turned Evil?
  • Is Taylor a Hypercompetent Sidekick or someone with limited skill sets, particularly by being able to find great players and bring the best out of Clough?
  • Is Clough too full of Pride to see his mistakes, someone obsessed with getting one over a blatant cheat or simply someone who loses his bearings after too many changes?
  • The book is more ambiguous towards how we should see the characters, particularly because of the Unreliable Narrator aspect and by delving deeper into Clough's character.
• Questionable Casting: While Michael Sheen and Colm Meaney are uncanny in their portrayals of Clough and Revie respectively, Timothy Spall, while a fine actor, does not look or sound remotely like Peter Taylor (the real Taylor is seen in archive footage at the end).

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