I agree James - Alexa was the right person to be sent home on Weds. - although it would've been great to have sent arrogant Syed packing. Alas, it wasn't to be.... yet
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Mani's team were, as you stated, the clear winners this week, as the only ones to make a profit - their approach was much more clear, organised and professional in a management sense, and although they too made some mistakes, this was outshadowed by the poorly-managed, sloppy team led by Alexa.
I did feel however, that as Alexa clearly delegated the sales to Tuan, and buying to Syed, that they needed to accept more responsibility for the result than they actually did. Nevertheless, Alexa should have questioned both candidates when they made mistakes, and this just did not happen.
I also agree in that it does sting after firing Karen, to see Alexa do so appaulingly - a possible waste of a much more capable cadidate - Karen? She clearly had much more potential than Alexa, whilst Jo (to an extent) showed herself to be a dignified team player.
From what I have seen from the previews, it appears the teams will be split as follows:
Tuan, Syed, Paul, Sharon, Michelle.
Jo, Ruth, Samuel, Mani, Ansell.
It appears that the two PMs are Ruth and Paul, although I may well stand corrected!
It's hard to predict who will come out on top, but I'm inclined to say the team lead by Paul will triumph, but that remains to be seen.
If this is true, it could be Samuel that's sent packing, as he has Imo shown no flare, and has been difficult in a team at times. Plus, it would even up the gender numbers!
Roll on next week's episode - I'm hooked!
Tom.
