The Apprentice

Admiral Huddy · 7 Jun 2007 at 14:10

Tunney said:
I think Daniel Levy should host the next series.

Not funny

Sugar ruined spurs.. He obvioulsy thought that because he owned the club that he had a say what went on on the pitch but business and football are distinctively different and this is were the he fell flat really.

sunama · 7 Jun 2007 at 14:15

The interesting point though is that AS had a very high opinion of Katie. So much so he effectively asked her the question, "Do you want the job? If yes, its yours. If no, then tell me now so I can give it to a lesser candidate, who at least wants it."

Personally though, after seeing the performance of the candidates over the last few weeks, I wouldve chosen Christina over Katie. At least with Christina you know what you are getting - a dedicated hard worker who wants to the job, is likely to stay with the company and is desperate to succeed and impress. If I wanted to take a gamble, I wouldve gone with Simon.

rp2000 · 7 Jun 2007 at 14:23

sunama said:
The interesting point though is that AS had a very high opinion of Katie. So much so he effectively asked her the question, "Do you want the job? If yes, its yours. If no, then tell me now so I can give it to a lesser candidate, who at least wants it."

Personally though, after seeing the performance of the candidates over the last few weeks, I wouldve chosen Christina over Katie. At least with Christina you know what you are getting - a dedicated hard worker who wants to the job, is likely to stay with the company and is desperate to succeed and impress. If I wanted to take a gamble, I wouldve gone with Simon.

Simon will win, you read it here first :eek:

rp2000

Samtheman1k · 7 Jun 2007 at 14:25

rp2000 said:
Simon will win, you read it here first

rp2000

I take it the final has already happened as they showed clips, but has winner already been offered their job?

Jambo · 7 Jun 2007 at 14:26

I want to see Michelle Mone slating Katie. Any 'Your Fired' videos on the www?

sunama · 7 Jun 2007 at 14:29

rp2000 said:
Simon will win, you read it here first

Well, you were right last time and I have no reason to disbelieve you this time.

Obviously during the time Christina and Simon worked for AS, Simon impressed more.

rp2000 · 7 Jun 2007 at 14:30

Samtheman1k said:
I take it the final has already happened as they showed clips, but has winner already been offered their job?

Well the final task has already happened, but I think the actual picking the winner thing happens this week sometime.

sunama said:
Well, you were right last time and I have no reason to disbelieve you this time.

Obviously during the time Christina and Simon worked for AS, Simon impressed more.

This time it is more conjecture, but I might get some more info later on today. I don't want to post anything spoilerish as I know a lot of people enjoy this show.

rp2000

Majago · 7 Jun 2007 at 14:31

Jambo said:
I want to see Michelle Mone slating Katie. Any 'Your Fired' videos on the www?

yeah, here.

Edit: not sure it's up there or not but it's worth a look.

dannyjo22 · 7 Jun 2007 at 14:33

rossyl said:
Shows you didn't pay much attention to what simon said...

just look at Sky boxes

He was rambling on like he had memorised something off an internet site, I switched off when he started talking.

dannyjo22 · 7 Jun 2007 at 14:34

Admiral Huddy said:
Not funny

Sugar ruined spurs.. He obvioulsy thought that because he owned the club that he had a say what went on on the pitch but business and football are distinctively different and this is were the he fell flat really.

He saved spurs, you would be where leeds are now if he didnt save the club and get rid of the Crook you had as a manager. He turned you from a club about to go into administration to a profitable business.

rossyl · 7 Jun 2007 at 14:54

dannyjo22 said:
He was rambling on like he had memorised something off an internet site, I switched off when he started talking.

ok that's actually a poor excuse from you. He gave a timeline about the growth of Amstrad which is actually very interesting and shows what a good business man Alan Sugar is.

Tho i do wish that someone else ran the apprentice next year.

dannyjo22 · 7 Jun 2007 at 15:19

rossyl said:
ok that's actually a poor excuse from you. He gave a timeline about the growth of Amstrad which is actually very interesting and shows what a good business man Alan Sugar is.

Tho i do wish that someone else ran the apprentice next year.

Excuse for what?

You need to re read my original post. I never stated anything Sugar was or wasnt. I asked questions about his dealings, hence the question marks after each of my sentences.

BaZ87 · 7 Jun 2007 at 15:19

Just seen on Sky News that Sugar has sold a £25m stake in Spurs, didn't think he had any shares left.

They have been sold to ENIC btw.

Samtheman1k · 7 Jun 2007 at 15:47

7. Timing is everything. The series is filmed in autumn. Newspaper headlines glimpsed in early episodes date from October, and two candidates came a cropper when trying to sell food to Muslims during Ramadan, which ended in October. Last week's episode showed presenters on a home shopping channel wearing Remembrance poppie

More interesting stuff on the timing and continuity here

rossyl · 7 Jun 2007 at 16:34

THE BBC said:
And the final two work for Sir Alan before he decides who stays and who goes. Former runner-up Saira Khan has criticised the show because "the final decision is not based on the programme that people see, his final decision is based on these two people who have been working with him for the six months".

see link above

Wow that is a bit ridiculous in terms of the show. But at least it goes to show that they are actually offering someone a proper job so need them to show they are actually capable.

Also loads of people at Amstrad wouldv'e known who the final two are as they would have seen them going into work.

shifty_uk · 7 Jun 2007 at 16:39

Samtheman1k said:
More interesting stuff on the timing and continuity here

5. Location, location, location. Despite the gratuitous shots of Canary Wharf - visual shorthand for the world of business - Sir Alan has no office in London's Docklands, or, for that matter, the City. Amstrad's head office is in Brentwood, Essex. He has a base in the inauspicious environs of the Mile End Rd, and Viglen - where Wednesday's interviews were conducted - is in Wembley.

Admiral Huddy · 7 Jun 2007 at 17:07

dannyjo22 said:
He saved spurs, you would be where leeds are now if he didnt save the club and get rid of the Crook you had as a manager. He turned you from a club about to go into administration to a profitable business.

true I guess. I just didn't like the way he tried to control things on the pitch as well as off..

rossyl · 7 Jun 2007 at 17:29

Admiral Huddy said:
true I guess. I just didn't like the way he tried to control things on the pitch as well as off..

he infact made Spurs the first team to be run as a proper business with an actual viable business structure to you it.

And that is coming from an Arsenal fan!

rp2000 · 7 Jun 2007 at 18:08

rossyl said:
see link above

Wow that is a bit ridiculous in terms of the show. But at least it goes to show that they are actually offering someone a proper job so need them to show they are actually capable.

Also loads of people at Amstrad wouldv'e known who the final two are as they would have seen them going into work.

I said all of that about 2 pages ago!!!
Loads of people know who is in the final, but they just keep schtum. I had heard a rumour about how Christina is getting on in her stint in Sir Alan's company ,but it's a bit spoilerish I reckon.

rp2000

triggerthat · 7 Jun 2007 at 18:38

I wanted Katie to win. Shame about her 'personal' problems.

I like Simon but I hate Kristina.

I was so happy when Tre got fired.