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Old 19-11-2010, 10:06
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Not a fan then think you are being very harsh, when have those first brainstorming sessions ever worked well?! And bar a few slightly brash statements and actions during this meeting he was no better or worse than other PM's in this series.

Sorry to keep going on about it but I am still in shock at Laura not being sacked during the book-eze task when she did everything wrong, practically had a nervous breakdown and then snatched defeat form jaws of victory when Boots offered exclusivity deal and also at Marine Man actually "winning" a task with that tosh of an advert badcially cos his team picked a yellow bottle!!

So i think when you put Stuart up against that kind of comparison he was nowhere near as bad as them imho. I could work for him I reckon.
You must be a masochist then! I'd rather pull my own finger nails out...
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Old 19-11-2010, 11:40
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the issues that the team got right were pricing and costs. The Excessively Masculine Brand was indecisive and gave himself a reward-day rather than concentrating on the task. he lucked out through his supporting team being better.

I wonder if he thought taking totty to the track was going to get him a reward...

Laura could probably do better.
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Old 19-11-2010, 12:01
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Absolutely useless imo,

he spent the vast majority of the task believing his target audience was adults, despite everyone telling him otherwise.

i mean come on in who's world could you see adults queuing up for that.

He just got lucky in the end
as the car racing was more appealing to kids than skiing.
all by accident though.
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Old 19-11-2010, 12:08
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Useless!

He didn't listen to anything anybody else said - went in with an inflated sense of his own worth, ideas, and management skills (the looks on the adjudicator's face, who is a REAL businessman, said it all).

He is very lucky that the other team didn't start on time - that error in who did the tech side cost them the win.

He scraped through this time but his narcissistic belligerence won't carry him for much longer.
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Old 19-11-2010, 20:32
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And he was wasting his time at Brands Hatch. There was no reason at all for him to be driving the car, for hours on end, out of range of communication. He specifically asked to do it, when presumably they could have got a professional driver, just because he was such a petrolhead. At the very least, if it were task-mandated that someone had to participate in some way to the video in an on-screen role, it should have been Laura (so long as she can drive) to avoid the Project Manager being incommunicado all day.

He did very little on either day apart from make random decisions based on specious logic that he then went back on. He failed at the one practical role he designated himself, and made his entire team want to stab him in the face. He was lucky his sales force sold his crappy product, which he spent all day filming and in which the children turned into ghosts half-way through and other children towards the end, as well as it did.[/quote]

Driving the car at Brands Hatch was nothing more than a vanity project; an overgrown child with a life-size Scalextric set.
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Old 19-11-2010, 21:26
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Just my opinion. He's hardly the first annoying candidate, but there's something extra irritating about him. Looking forward to his inevitable firing and appearance on You're Fired.
agreed totally- Dara will rip him to shreds altho it's a shame andy parsons won't be onthe panel when stu leaves
he's tv gold though
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Old 20-11-2010, 00:08
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He is a clueless pillock

Honestly, what kind of idiot pours scorn over writing down important information? I can only imagine what a nightmare he'd be as an employee. The brands hatch stuff was an indulgent waste of time and the way he spoke to his colleagues made me cringe.

I spent the entire episode sympathising with Stella who looked like she wanted to strangle him.

They won because Joanna is a superb saleswoman. And because the other team cocked up. Not because of Baggs the brand.
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Old 20-11-2010, 16:16
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Both Stella & Jo initially wanted to do waterskiing and voted for this at the brainstorm, Laura police chase. Waterskiing would have been probably even worse than the skiing idea chosen by the other team.
I think water skiing would have been a bit better than snow skiing. It's a bit more esoteric.

You can actually go snow skiing for £13. That's how much a 1-hour lift pass for an indoor snow slope costs. Water skiing costs more because it's more labour-intensive: you need to pay someone to drive the boat.

I agree car-racing was better, but only if aimed at children, not adults. What really sold it was the toy car that Joanna got, the medals for winning, etc.
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