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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...
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Posted by: spanishvilla2003 on Thu Apr 17 03:00PM | Report abuseI think it was the right decision to make. Simon took everything too personally, wanted to control everything and everyone and you can't do that. Instead of trying to get the clients onside (especially the pretty girls) he should have spent more time trying to get his team on side. I don't think it was good for his health to be on this programme and I think Sir Alan could see that too.
Posted by: spaterson002 on Thu Apr 17 03:00PM | Report abuseCLAIR WITH SHORT HAIR NEEDS TO GO, SIMON WAS A OK MAN.. POSTED BY KATHY RICHARDSON
Posted by: kathy.richardson52 on Thu Apr 17 03:00PM | Report abuseSack Alex. He is a total creep, slimeball and liar. Can't stand Claire either - she should go too.
Posted by: jaroberts2002uk on Thu Apr 17 03:01PM | Report abuseAlex is a snake in the grass and one of the boys who look good sitting in the back of the posh cars, but do nothing else well!!
Posted by: dot999headley on Thu Apr 17 03:02PM | Report abusePersonally I wanted Helena to go as thought she was out of order the way she ran her team
Posted by: debiy.cook on Thu Apr 17 03:02PM | Report abuseI think Alex should be sacked. He did not want any responsibility through out the whole task. He also lied in the board room about not knowing there was a problem between ordering and processing. He's obviously just trying to avoid putting himself at risk of being fired. Alex, you're useless and should be fired!
Posted by: peiling_uk on Thu Apr 17 03:02PM | Report abuseSimon should not only have been kept on, he should also receive a medal for not having smacked claire into next week! If someone spoke to me the way she spoke to him in last night's episode, particularly someone who was supposed working for me, she would have found herself with two black eyes. She's brash, she's a bully, she's extremely unattractive and it was almost painful to watch Simon being fired over her. Boo!
Posted by: frances.jarratt on Thu Apr 17 03:02PM | Report abuseI'm a little confused a Sir Alan said he has no time for people who lie to him. Both Claire and Alex looked him in the eye and lied. I can only assume as much as it depressses me to say it that Claire was kept in because she makes for better TV and Alex was kept in because he is popular as eye candy for the girls watching. Simon is a good leader and manager he just came up against a group of pompous people who I doubt would even listen to Sir Alan.
Posted by: spheeley on Thu Apr 17 03:03PM | Report abuseWho cares, its a game show
Posted by: eastelves on Thu Apr 17 03:03PM | Report abuse