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OK, now we're confused. Only last week we were saying that it seemed Sir Alan had a soft spot for Simon and that the ex-squaddie could do no wrong - and now just one week later he's been fired!
To make matters worse, Sir Alan fired Simon over Alex and Claire (more about those two in a moment) - what is going on?
To be fair, it was a disastrous task for Simon with his team managing to lose money - their photography business having to turn customers away after a mix-up over order numbers. But just how big a part did Alex and Claire play in his downfall?
Last night saw those two - favourites of ours earlier in the series - show their true colours as total snakes. Alex was shirking responsibility right from the start of the task when Simon wanted to appoint him as deputy. This is despite his own declaration that he is the strongest person in the contest! If Alex really is that talented, he's been hiding it well. It was also interesting to see Alex turn on Claire in the boardroom when he thought his own position was in danger. Sir Alan, please see through the sad eyes and pretty boy looks and fire him!
Like Alex, Claire was obstructive throughout the task and seemed to be enjoying it when everything started to go wrong for Simon. Margaret (who appeared to be in a foul mood last night - go Margaret!) got it spot on when she commented that Claire had treated Simon like dirt. So why would Sir Alan want someone like that working for him? It will be interesting to see how she copes next week as team-leader. The others looked less than thrilled at this news.
The Lucinda bullying continued last night with Helene taking her turn to pick on the softly spoken, beret-wearing one. Is anyone going to step in and defend her? And what's wrong with Raef? He spoke about two words last night. We're heard of keeping your head down in the early stages but this is ridiculous.
Are you as shocked as we are to see Simon out of the contest? How did Alex and Claire manage to escape this time? And with Simon gone, who is your favourite to win now?
Let us know your thoughts...
- Watch Simon's reaction to the show
- See the moment Simon is fired
- Find out what's on TV tonight
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In the Army he worked in a team. In the apprentice he worked with bitchy individuals (that includes the males).
Posted by: r.rthompson on Thu Apr 17 02:48PM | Report abuseIt proves that irrespective of how good you are as an idividual....you cannot always do it alone. If a team member wants to let you down it can bring down the whole team. When you hire people you are hiring to minimise that risk. At present it looks like Sir Alan has a very mixed bag...........but he definitely got rid of the wrong candidate - perhaps all he wants is to make good TV?
Posted by: m4man on Thu Apr 17 02:49PM | Report abuseIn the Army he worked with a team. In The Apprentice he worked with bitchy, self centred individuals (that includes the males).
Posted by: r.rthompson on Thu Apr 17 02:50PM | Report abuseHow can he sack anyone if they haven't been employed by him yet??
Posted by: jmaddocks1975 on Thu Apr 17 02:56PM | Report abuseSimon is a nice guy.He didnt have an clue that the others are all backstabbers.I wouldn't want any of them working for me.Dont forget he lost control of his team and his emotions.If you show a weakness like that you'll get slaughtered.Thats why he lost.
Posted by: michelle.m.thompson on Thu Apr 17 02:58PM | Report abuseare this lot the best the uk has to offer? if so, were all doomed.!!! I think the've just been picked as good telly material
Posted by: philshazhall on Thu Apr 17 02:59PM | Report abuseit should definetly have been claire that was fired she caused most of the problems by being so argumentative and is simply a pin in the arse...awful woman needs to be got rid off very quickly.
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Posted by: kathy.richardson52 on Thu Apr 17 02:59PM | Report abuseno it should have been that snide cow claire or Mr I dont want the blame put on me Alex. Simon got a raw deal this week and a p155 poor team however i dont think he would have gone the full distance and would have fallen at the "interview" stage
Posted by: vintagemorris on Thu Apr 17 02:59PM | Report abuseSIMON is stupid man ..COming out with comments like he is SUPER Intelligent because is IQ is 170.first of all I would like to see is thats true.Secondly an intelligent person doesnt brag about his IQ and quite frankly the way he is behaving I doubt very much he is intelliginet.In fact I would say he is average....Couldnt stand him ..pompous .bosssy .....autocratic !!! GOOD RIDDENS
Posted by: jana.beattie on Thu Apr 17 03:00PM | Report abuse