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I'm getting a tad bemused by the string of negative and nasty name calling threads and posts on here about Mark
![]() It all seems very personal and very odd for that.From the perspective of 'The Apprentice' Mark is like a shining beacon and Daniel a complete failure. Daniel has set out his stall and made all sorts of promises but not managed to deliver at all. Mark is full of himself too but consistently delivers and as for being PM, as has already been said, Mark wanted to be PM last week but Daniel got it and won the task in no small part because of Mark's great salesmanship. |
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As in most years there seems to be more women than men at the bottom and the top with more men in the middle when you rate them.
Mark is better than Daniel but I didn't like how he dealt with the project manager issue. James did a lot better this week. But out of the three of them I'd only want Mark in my team. |
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I'm getting a tad bemused by the string of negative and nasty name calling threads and posts on here about Mark
![]() It all seems very personal and very odd for that.From the perspective of 'The Apprentice' Mark is like a shining beacon and Daniel a complete failure. Daniel has set out his stall and made all sorts of promises but not managed to deliver at all. Mark is full of himself too but consistently delivers and as for being PM, as has already been said, Mark wanted to be PM last week but Daniel got it and won the task in no small part because of Mark's great salesmanship. |
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If Mark doesn't PM this week he's out regardless of winning or losing. Same with Lauren.
Is Mark bright enough to see that? I doubt it. |
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I don't think I have ever been in the situation of wanting someone useless (Daniel) to survive longer than someone with ability.
So, that's quite an achievement by Mark. I think I want him gone even sooner than James. |
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I don't think I have ever been in the situation of wanting someone useless (Daniel) to survive longer than someone with ability.
So, that's quite an achievement by Mark. I think I want him gone even sooner than James. |
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If Mark doesn't PM this week he's out regardless of winning or losing. Same with Lauren.
Is Mark bright enough to see that? I doubt it. Incidentally, Bianca hasn't been PM either. |
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Mark reminds me of Jim from a few years ago.
Yes he can sell a bit but his biggest strength is diverting the blame onto others and staying well out of any area that requires him to take a bit of responsibility. I assume he'll be leading a task next week after having his card marked by Big Al. Should be fun to see if he can handle it. |
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He strikes me as someone who knows what cards to play and when. Unlike James who doesn't know when to shut his gob and can't handle working with women and treating them as equals. On one of the sales pitches he was one finger away from giving Roisin the "shh, don't talk, Judy" gesture. Extremely rude. No way can I imagine LS choosing him as a partner. He might keep him around in the process to piss off the other contestants though.
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He strikes me as someone who knows what cards to play and when. Unlike James who doesn't know when to shut his gob and can't handle working with women and treating them as equals. On one of the sales pitches he was one finger away from giving Roisin the "shh, don't talk, Judy" gesture. Extremely rude. No way can I imagine LS choosing him as a partner. He might keep him around in the process to piss off the other contestants though.
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"Katie and Pamela, they're my apprentices, I'm giving them a lesson in sales."
He seemed quite good in the first few weeks, still decent on sales but he mostly just makes me want to puke in my mouth. |
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Mark is smart. He realises that there's a lot of 'deadwood' in there, and so he doesn't want to put himself in the firing line by being PM whilst there are so many other people there that could let him down.
When he has been in action though, he's not put a foot wrong. He's the all around candidate, and the guaranteed winner this year. I'd be willing to bet a lot on that. |
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Not that smart if he's getting called out by Sugar.
You can't guarantee him a winner till we see if his BP has legs. |
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Mark is smart. He realises that there's a lot of 'deadwood' in there, and so he doesn't want to put himself in the firing line by being PM whilst there are so many other people there that could let him down.
When he has been in action though, he's not put a foot wrong. He's the all around candidate, and the guaranteed winner this year. I'd be willing to bet a lot on that. |
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I agree fred. I'g go as far as to say that he is the best candidate in a long while and if people could judge purely on his abilities as opposed to his perceived personality they would agree.
He might not be a particularly nice person and I'd probably rather have a beer with Daniel than Mark but this isn't Big Brother and so being nice or nasty doesn't really come into it |
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I agree. Mark is a smart cookie and he knows exactly what he's doing. He might be a bit of a snidey little sh*t but he's performing well in tasks and has a lot of nous.
He might not be a particularly nice person and I'd probably rather have a beer with Daniel than Mark but this isn't Big Brother and so being nice or nasty doesn't really come into it
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What evidence is there that Mark is good at business, except being good at hard selling face-to-face? Which is not a relevant skill to running a business, unless you're a small-time market trader?
I can't remember him too much from previous weeks, but one mistake stands out in my mind. In the YouTube task Mark was trying to persuade Solomon to choose the YouTuber with the lower viewers, to the point of saying that the blame would be on Solomon if he didn't listen. Solomon refused and won the task for that reason. He was perceptive enough to listen to Lord Alan saying that the task was all about numbers. If he'd listened to Mark they would have lost. |
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Cannot stand him at all, Daniel has him pegged. He sits back like a coward and moans about other peoples management skills but is to much off a coward to be a manager himself. I hope he sticks with his words and asks Sugar to fire him if he keeps Daniel around
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Mark wanted to be PM last week but Daniel got it and won the task in no small part because of Mark's great salesmanship.
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Delete , load of codswallop
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He put himself forward to be PM for the coach trip task but Daniel persaded the team he had more experience in the subject matter of the task....that was a bad decision by the team as it turned out although they were lucky enough still to win.
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So why was everyone congratulating Mark rather than Daniel...?
Daniels not the brightest button, I would of turned around to the team and told them "It was my decision to form up the teams, so it was me that allowed you to shine in your roles on this task" |
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The big irony for me with Mark is that Aussies typically complain about 'wingeing poms' but he is the biggest moaner I have ever seen on the show. I get the feeling SA is aware of this and unless he has a killer business plan it may bite him on the backside sooner or later.
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Mark is smart. He realises that there's a lot of 'deadwood' in there, and so he doesn't want to put himself in the firing line by being PM whilst there are so many other people there that could let him down.
When he has been in action though, he's not put a foot wrong. He's the all around candidate, and the guaranteed winner this year. I'd be willing to bet a lot on that. He'll get to the interview stage on merit, I'll give you that though. |
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I'd bet a hell of a lot that he doesn't. I think Alan Sugar will be more wary about personalities especially after the likes of Katie Hopkins and Stella Creasy. Stuff about his unpleasant ruthless nature will get back to him.
He'll get to the interview stage on merit, I'll give you that though. |
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It all seems very personal and very odd for that.

