Sorry Craig

apart from stephen, lots of 3rd and 4th round deals with 250k still in play..i agree they are very cautious, guess they all need the money, we need some more excting games soon though.

actually saying that we had savaas and kirsty where they were brave and it went wrong, maybe thats why

People have stopped dreaming and that has to change. Maybe the big one needs to come to the table again - it's been a long time now - then we'll see some more bravery.

I didn't really have an opinion about Craig when he was on the wings but I liked him a lot in his game but I did get the impression that Noel didn't particularly like him that much.

I thought it was also quite rude of Noel when he dismissed Adam's advice to 'deal' as 'rubbish' and I think that sums up the attitude of Noel in 2007! It's up to Craig to judge what he thinks of the advice he's given, not Noel... I wish Mr. Edmonds would go back to being neutral like he should be!

Noel's attitude towards the end of the game was such that I got the impression he wanted Craig to go on and hit the blues so he could rub it in that he dealt too early - I had begun to wonder if Noel had stopped his guilt trips, but he tried one with Jeff last week but didn't persue it as he realised Jeff wouldn't have it.

Noel's rules:

If a contestant is young, female and good-looking, don't take them on a guilt trip. If they start crying, even be supportive. This also applies if they are old. If a contestant is male, take them on a guilt trip.

Anyway Craig - well done and enjoy the money!

I'm sure the audience want to see that though. Heck, the show needs it right now. It's become far too predictable and when it's come to the host intervening in the game you know it's terrible.

I didn't warm to him much but was prepared to judge him on the game. I didn't see any signs that Noel didn't like him.



I didn't think it rude at all, more jokey. And lets face it Endemol must be gettind desperate for players to take a risk and they've got yet another ultra cautious one on the wings - and one who's a loudmouth not frightened to urge everybody else to deal at the frist opportunity. He'll single handedly wreck the show if he's not careful.



I bet 99% of the watching masses were wishing it too.



If a contestant is young male and good looking H will support them no matter how lame their game. If they deal way to early even be supportive. Pot and kettle spring to mind here.

I'm sure most people did want Craig to not be rewarded - and this show exists to entertain a majority and not a minority. When a majority think someone's gone too far, then maybe Noel can do the reverse, although right now there's no such thing.

ITA. I don't know whether he was taking the *beep* out of 50 Shows Lucy, or he likes to be in charge.

It was just the general atmosphere through the game that was odd - several other people who I spoke to thought the same as me.



Why? I thought people in the studio were supposed to support the contestant.



Yeah, slight difference here - I'm a viewer and am entitled to think what the *beep* I want - whereas Noel is supposed to be a neutral TV host. And before you say "Whoever said he's supposed to be neutral?" - Noel himself did - in the early days of the show when people would ask him for advice he'd say "Woah, no, I have to remain neutral".

Haha, and actually you'll find that I was supportive of Sarah's deal the other day - so your theory collapses a little.

Blurgh, I just wish the show would go back to how it was about a year ago. The whole show seemed different. It had a different atmosphere. People were entertaining. People seemed to be enjoying themselves. Everyone wanted each other do well. Noel seemed to be on the contestants' side. There was no pressure to get the first quarter of a millionaire particularly. And, most importantly, Noel was neutral.

Endemol have created a show where us viewers are actually encouraged to think in this way - to think 'oh, that person's <greedy/wimpy/childish/insert insult here>, we want that person to <win 1p/sell a Power 5 box for a few grand/insert crappy result here>'.

It's become more of an anti-game show than Weakest Link!

Funny that, a year ago everyone couldn't stop complaining on here that the show was rubbish and there were no characters on the wings.

The great thing about January was that almost everyone was winning big, as evidenced by the fact that everyone from Jasmine to Peg won a red. This in turn motivated the other contestants, and crucially the luck was on their side and there were some highly entertaining games. If we get a huge gambler and massive winner then it could motivate the contestants like back then and June could turn out to be an amazing month.

I wasn't posting regularly on the forum this time a year ago, but I have heard people saying the show wasn't very good at the time, but I thought it was very good this time last year and there were quite a few chracters emerging (although admittedly Double Deal Week in June was a bit of a problem as people seemed to come and go so quickly!).