'They can frame anyone' - Aiden McGeady reveals what Sunderland players really thought of Netflix documentary

The hit Netflix documentary followed the Black Cats through the first season after their relegation from the Premier League in 2017, with a second series chronicling their subsequent drop into League One and Stewart Donald’s arrival at the club.

But while the show was met with a largely positive reception from viewers and critics, McGeady has suggested that the dressing room were less than pleased with the filming process, and in particular, the extent to which they were kept in the dark over the content of the finished product.

Speaking on the Open Goal podcast, the veteran winger said: “The players didn’t like it.

"The worst thing was, the first season, they had cameras everywhere – treatment room, canteen, everywhere – dressing room, they had the lot. Just like wee ones on the wall.

"They never showed us it. So then they cut it all, right, and the guy goes, ‘Lads, Netflix is going out next week’. And we were like, ‘Hold on a minute, are you going to show us what’s in it?’. There’s cameras everywhere. People could be talking about anything here. We needed to see what was in it, and they never showed us it, they just showed they first season.

"Second season was slightly more watered down. They didn’t have cameras in the dressing room second season.

"The amount of things that they missed out, it just shows you the way TV works. They can cut anything they want to frame anyone they want, and whatever narrative and agenda to suit.”

McGeady isn’t the only figure associated with the club to have voiced his displeasure at the filming process.

Chris Coleman, who took over from Simon Grayson in the dugout partway through the first series, suggested that the arrangement was “unnatural” at the time.

Production company Fulwell 73, the team behind the series, have confirmed that there are currently no plans for a third series of the show, but have not ruled out a return to the project in the future.