It was disgusting the banker told Alex he would only offer 4k then say it should have been 40k. The program is becoming a farce.

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Originally posted by anne m.:
It was disgusting the banker told Alex he would only offer 4k then say it should have been 40k. The program is becoming a farce.

totally agree with you anne I'm so with the banker, I'm sure Alex would have gone on if the banker had kept quiet, I'm sure I would have walked off the set if that had been me.

I guess its easy for us to say alex should have gone on ,but i agree it was alow offer ,be it that he had the 2 big ones left .//BUT £14 g rand is alot of money and I hope he enjoys spending it , well done alex you you showed you are a great guy xx

yes, he is a nice guy. he lives not far from me.

I totally agree with you Anne, the banker said what he would offer if Alex took either of the reds out so no wonder he dealt, the game is a farce, I also thought that it was ridiculous that he could cut the offer from £21K to £18K after what another contestant said, Alex was robbed, a nice guy, I think the banker owes him an apology and another few thousand!!!!!!

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Originally posted by anne m.:
It was disgusting the banker told Alex he would only offer 4k then say it should have been 40k. The program is becoming a farce.

I really felt for Alex tonight...as a past contestant when we had our get togethers we always said the banker was a liar and not to be trusted! I am sure one of the contestants would have said this to Alex and also said if he had an all blue round next he would do well, but obviously they would have cut that out!
It is really tough sitting in the crazy chair...and Alex played safe, and I agree £14,500 is a hell of a lot of money, but I know he will be another contestant who I am sure had sleepless nights!
If you are on this forum Alex, well done and enjoy your cash

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Originally posted by horseinhouse:
I totally agree with you Anne, the banker said what he would offer if Alex took either of the reds out so no wonder he dealt, the game is a farce, I also thought that it was ridiculous that he could cut the offer from £21K to £18K after what another contestant said, Alex was robbed, a nice guy, I think the banker owes him an apology and another few thousand!!!!!!

Two top reds and 6 blues is the absolute best position it is possible to have at that stage - he could expect the best offer - £20 k +
(average was £43,750 ) . £14.5 K And the threat
of miniscule future offers - left the poor guy little alternative. What price now "I've come to play the game " ... what game ?

I feel really disillusioned with the programme tonight. The banker was bang out of order! I feel sorry for Alex

The thing is though, all these comments along with the others on the similars threads are all being made on the assumption that the banker should play fairly and honestly, and we know that he doesn't. I did feel for Alex, but surely all contestants must know the banker can do what he likes and have to go into the game with their eyes wide open to this fact.

Hi Everyone, I have complained to chanel4 via their contact details on home page,hope some of you do the same. Goodnight All

I didn`t think there was anything wrong with Alex`s game...we all know what the banker`s like,i didn`t believe a word he said about the offers...but it seems as though Alex wouldn`t or couldn`t take that chance,poor lad.
The only thing that bothered me was the way Noel was in Gregs face,shouting. Not nice Noel.

I agree with you Nan, although it sounds a bit harsh. People would be complaining that the game is boring and predictable if the banker always offered half of the average of the board, or whatever we have come to expect. And yes, I too felt very uncomfortable with the way Greg was spoken to.

I going to put my two penneth in!!

It looked to me like Alex was gong to deal at 21k, but when the offer was dropped he decided to go on. Then when he was conned again I couldn't believe it, This wasn't a trivial matter, in my opinion he was stitched up. OK, so the banker may employ certain tactics, but this was out of order. I was so angry, and really felt for that lad. I didn't like the shouting either. I'm surprised there wasn't a riot, if I had been there I would have walked out.

Yeh, I was shocked at the shouting. I was also appalled at the banker's lies. Perhaps they are trying to put a sinister slant on the show. Just a thought. Just can't find any explanation why Noel and the Banker were so vile on this particular show.

Why did the banker take a dislike to this poor guy?

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Originally posted by Jazzybabe
Why did the banker take a dislike to this poor guy?

Perhaps it was something to do with Alex saying he fancied a scrap with the banker. So not so much the banker taking a dislike to him but him rising to the challenge? Just a thought.

What a fool to deal when he did. There was an 89% chance of an all blue round at the 8 box stage. But he was a poor student and needed the money. How ironic that when he was picked to play he had a biggie in his box. I believe it's called coincidence !

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Originally posted by gamesman:

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Originally posted by horseinhouse:
I totally agree with you Anne, the banker said what he would offer if Alex took either of the reds out so no wonder he dealt, the game is a farce, I also thought that it was ridiculous that he could cut the offer from £21K to £18K after what another contestant said, Alex was robbed, a nice guy, I think the banker owes him an apology and another few thousand!!!!!!

Two top reds and 6 blues is the absolute best position it is possible to have at that stage - he could expect the best offer - £20 k +
(average was £43,750 ) . £14.5 K And the threat
of miniscule future offers - left the poor guy little alternative. What price now "I've come to play the game " ... what game ?

Have to agree with you there, Gamesman, even if I haven't in the past. It was a very unfair thing to do what the banker did and totally out of order for Noel to yell in Greg's face and your comment of "What game?" is very much THE question with regards to the show yesterday. When I started watching the show there did seem to be a degree of fair play with the banker making offers in respect of the remaining sums on the board but yesterday that really went out of the window and it was just becoming a complete farce after that.

I hope that the moderators who "censor " these threads (remember how many disappeared regarding the game where Kelly Kay's mum played?) can read the comments regarding yesterday's show and pass them back to Noel and the team that things are getting beyond a joke and way outside what was understood to be the rules of combat for the banker within the show. Okay, if that happens then it will be a couple of months before the "attitude" on the show changes due to the filming schedule but the sort of thing that happened yesterday tarnishes what has been a great show over the last few years. Come on Noel and co. smarten up your act!!

I don't think it's fair that the banker seens to favour some contestants over others. Some of them get really tiny offers even though they have a really good board, and some get bigger offers even though they don't have a good board. He gets to say mean things about the contestants and if they talk back to him, he punishes them, but if they don't, he makes them out to be a chicken and gloats at them.

What's the point? They might as well line the contestants up and let the banker decide which ones he wants to give money to and which ones he doesn't. I think it's become too personalized.

I know what you're saying John L but wouldn't it be a bit boring if the banker always stuck to predictable offers that were the same for everyone? I think sometimes there is a bit of complacency amongst the contestants and we the viewers too that they 'deserve' a certain offer. But why do they? The show has been criticised for there being no skill or talent required to play it, but maybe where the skill is needed is in how to interact with the banker to get the best offer you can out of him, which is why there are different offers for different people. It is a game show and the banker can play a different game each time if he chooses. People would be complaning if it was the same every time. Obviously I did feel for Alex but I don't think people can complain really.

Sorry I haven't taken the time to read all the posts onthis so i apologise if I am repeating someone else, but I think it's plain wrong that the Banker tells people what the next offer will be. It totally changes the whole dynamics of the game, a contestant should make up their mind to Deal or No Deal based purely on the board as it stands and the offer on the table.

I think it was shocking what he did to Alex and I think it forced him to Deal when he didn;t really want to.

Just my opinion

When I said in another thread that the banker will offer what he thinks is the lowest amount a contestant would accept, some said I was talking rubbish, all I can say now is "I rest my case"

I totally agree with everyone's comments about the banker.He's being abnoxious. I hope an apology is made to poor Alex.It really spoiled his game. I hope Noel has something to say about it today

Two top reds and 6 blues is the absolute best position it is possible to have at that stage - he could expect the best offer - £20 k +
(average was £43,750 ) . £14.5 K And the threat
of miniscule future offers - left the poor guy little alternative. What price now "I've come to play the game " ... what game ?[/QUOTE]

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Originally posted by Bunbry:
Two top reds and 6 blues is the absolute best position it is possible to have at that stage - he could expect the best offer - £20 k +
(average was £43,750 ) . £14.5 K And the threat
of miniscule future offers - left the poor guy little alternative. What price now "I've come to play the game " ... what game ?

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Sorry, messed up my previous post! What I wanted to say is that the Banker will quite often only offer 1/4 of the average, which at this stage of Alex's game would have been about 11k. So he was not THAT hard done by using this criteria.