The Apprentice - General Discussion

[Siobhan]

I can't believe Simon won it!! I liked his design but I think Kristina's presentation was more researched.. Poor Kristina..

[parkerman]

I have to say, as the former HR manager myself for a large organisation, I agree with Sir Alan's choice. I would have given the job to Simon too. I think he has much more potential than Kristina. Of course, Kristina is very good as well, but I have the feeling she is as good as she is going to get. For Simon, the sky's the limit. He is very intelligent, articulate with loads of personality. He can make a real success of the job and go on to much better things. I think the £100,000 job with Sir Alan would be the limit of Kristina's ability. Yes she could do it but I couldn't see her going much further.

[Trinity]

Simon is 27 years old. Yes, he is smart (IQ 174) and articulate (speaks 6 languages) BUT:

He has had every advantage in life and has achieved NOTHING in the world of business. He runs a failing website selling lights and lets out rooms in his house.. big wow. This guy went to one of the most exclusive private schools and Cambridge Uni - both his father and grandfather are multimillionaires. If he had stickability surely he would have achived something by now?

Kristina was robbed. She worked hard, managed staff well and really performed in all the tasks.

I can only imagine that Simon showed more potentila whilst actually working with Sir Alan over the past few months than Kristina did.. because going by the tasks shown Sir Alan has made a huge mistake.

[parkerman]

One other big thing in Simon's favour was the way he could handle his team(s). He was by far the best staff manager and was the only one who was able to harness the potential of Trey.

[Trinity]

One other big thing in Simon's favour was the way he could handle his team(s). He was by far the best staff manager and was the only one who was able to harness the potential of Trey.

I disagree. Kristina was an excellent staff manager - and motivator.

Simon demotivated half his team last night by going off with Tre and leaving them feeling disinfrachised. If anyone did the 'managing' between Tre and Simon it was Tre.

Simon did not win a task as a project manager - does that not tell us anything? (I am not including the final).

[Bryan]

I felt Christina deserved the job, but then again it is the Apprentice after all -Simon is there for Sir Alan to train up and mould. Bring on series 4!

[pinkfirefly]

I feel the job should have been Kristina's - Sir Alan What was you thinking.

I don't feel Simon had any input to the task at all, I feel he has landed the job
on the backs of other peoples hard work. All through the series he wouldn't know a good idea if it hit him in the face.

[parkerman]

It's interesting to see such strong anti-Simon opinions on here. Does this mean you think Sir Alan Sugar is not as an astute a businessman as most people think he is?

[Siobhan]

It's interesting to see such strong anti-Simon opinions on here. Does this mean you think Sir Alan Sugar is not as an astute a businessman as most people think he is?

Sir Alan is very astute.. I think I just prefered Kristina but I can understand why he choose Simon.. myself and Bry were discussing this.. Simon can be moulded and learn everything from Sir Alan, Kristina was a finished package and that is not what the apprentice is about....

[Abi]

I didn't like either of them much, but i think Simon deserved it more out of the pair. He might not have any direct experience, but he has all the right attributes to do well with Sir Alan, and thats all that matters at the end of the day.