Matt Chapman ITV/ATR

RivetingRoger

Any thought on this lad?

I have to say I am a big fan. Very entertaining, very funny but knows his stuff (so much as anyone who follows racing can ever knowtheir stuff)

On the Line on Mondays is compulsive viewing, and his interviews with MOL and RR in recent times have been essential TV for the racing enthusiast.

Gimme MC any day over Ted fuppin Walsh.

Opinions?

RivetingRoger

Poor comparison!!
McCririck is a show pony and a coward. The time Barney went at him he folded like an amateur poker player
Chapman is far more in tune than that clown

paddy no 11

He's great on ATR

The whole ITV presentation is shocking and chapmans role in it is terrible whoever is producing that show is doing a terrible job

Get rid of chamberlain, mick fitz and that other cretin asap

brilou23

RivetingRoger wrote: »

Poor comparison!!
McCririck is a show pony and a coward. The time Barney went at him he folded like an amateur poker player
Chapman is far more in tune than that clown

Chapman was mentioned to in that and I imagine would of acted the same.

NaiveMelodies

Love him or hate him people watch him. Job done.


I like him.

Copper_pipe

Thought he was good on Sunday at Fairyhouse

flos1964

Love my racing but he is the only one who makes me switch it off....they took the worst from all the racing channels and put them together on itv racing...just seen luke harvey got racing presenter of the year...jesus wept.

flos1964

Also about the curley interview chapman actually wanted to sue...

mick malones mauser

Racing Uk is a much better channel.some very good analysis.
Extra subscription fee so maybe not everyone's cup of tea

I like him. He’s witty, quick and knows his onions.

Andalucia

think he's excellent on attheraces,

that itv show though, Luke Harvey and Mick Fitz add nothing to the show, Chapman not being utilised correctly

krustydoyle

Chappers is good banter but i find too many of the analysts are hard to listen to.. Fitzy is by far the worst, he offers absolutely nothing when hes on ATR.

WickIow Brave

Andalucia wrote: »

think he's excellent on attheraces,

that itv show though, Luke Harvey and Mick Fitz add nothing to the show, Chapman not being utilised correctly

Spot on. I think Chapman's brilliant. Outstanding interviewer, very quick witted and able to coax great answers. He's also not afraid to give a stong opinion. He's totally wasted on ITV with whatever they have him doing.

Shemale

Chapman knows his stuff but he is like Alan Partridge on speed

BoroMan32

He's fine on Attheraces and the On The Line programme is decent light-hearted viewing.

I haven't been a regular viewer of ITV (as I prefer RUK) but some of his stuff on there has been over the top and annoying.

ITV had the chance to get some fresh faces in, but they seem to have given more of the same...I can't stand Mick Fitzgerald yet he seems to be on some racing channel pretty much every day of the week. He talks nonsense most of the time, and does so in that annoying voice of his.

flos1964

ah the old strong opinions....what are these great opinions please...what can we learn from this great man...and if that is whats passing for wit these days then wow just wow..

WickIow Brave

flos1964 wrote: »

ah the old strong opinions....what are these great opinions please...what can we learn from this great man...and if that is whats passing for wit these days then wow just wow..

This is why we can't have nice things, folks.

RivetingRoger

flos1964 wrote: »

ah the old strong opinions....what are these great opinions please...what can we learn from this great man...and if that is whats passing for wit these days then wow just wow..

Do you work for the BHA by any chance.........

flos1964

just how i see it...you like him i do not...

danganabu

Find him entertaining enough, but he does try a little too hard at times and its very unclear what exactly he is supposed to be doing on ITV?

flos1964

Fair enough and he is knowledgeable on the subject ill give him that but his stance on the reversing of of results of races even if a horse had been knocked sideways once the distance was not close enough... he was against it ...i mean he was hardly impartial as he was drawing a wage from paddy powers or his constant going on about the whip rules....easy target when your sitting with ted walshe....mother of god he would cut a horse in two to win...or how about his mate jamie spencer....surely everybody has seen a way to cocky come from too far behind ride of his...not chapman...he tells us jamie is one of the characters of racing...thats just a few things to start with...sorry to drone on and i know the writing is not great but i hope people see where im coming from...punters need someone better in there corner than a pretendee champion like him....now i hear the phone ringing so i got to go...must be the BHA.

bookman2

At least chapman gives an opinion not like the majority of the rest of the presenters.

RivetingRoger

flos1964 wrote: »

Fair enough and he is knowledgeable on the subject ill give him that but his stance on the reversing of of results of races even if a horse had been knocked sideways once the distance was not close enough... he was against it ...i mean he was hardly impartial as he was drawing a wage from paddy powers or his constant going on about the whip rules....easy target when your sitting with ted walshe....mother of god he would cut a horse in two to win...or how about his mate jamie spencer....surely everybody has seen a way to cocky come from too far behind ride of his...not chapman...he tells us jamie is one of the characters of racing...thats just a few things to start with...sorry to drone on and i know the writing is not great but i hope people see where im coming from...punters need someone better in there corner the a pretendee champion like him....now i hear the phone ringing so i got to go...must be the BHA.

....................................what now??

Gregk961

flos1964 wrote: »

Fair enough and he is knowledgeable on the subject ill give him that but his stance on the reversing of of results of races even if a horse had been knocked sideways once the distance was not close enough... he was against it ...i mean he was hardly impartial as he was drawing a wage from paddy powers or his constant going on about the whip rules....easy target when your sitting with ted walshe....mother of god he would cut a horse in two to win...or how about his mate jamie spencer....surely everybody has seen a way to cocky come from too far behind ride of his...not chapman...he tells us jamie is one of the characters of racing...thats just a few things to start with...sorry to drone on and i know the writing is not great but i hope people see where im coming from...punters need someone better in there corner the a pretendee champion like him....now i hear the phone ringing so i got to go...must be the BHA.

I get what you mean for the most part but unfortunately there is very little impartial coverage of horse racing. Everybody is connected to somebody else in the industry and people from outside racing circles just come across clueless.

flos1964

My god dont get me wrong... i certainly am not defending those other presenters...would rather chew off my arm than listen to fitzgearld but why no opinion on the easing off of horses in the closing stages of every race...why no opinion on the camera closing in on the winner and staying fixed on the line ignoring the other horses...are they rallying...are they easing off...surely one off the most important things to see for our form analysis....i swear to god in the last cue card haydock race the camera didnt even stay fixed on the line...they stayed with the winner after the post....they have done that a few times and where was our hero...gurning into a camera...can you think of any other sport where that would be tolerated?...so lets have his opinion on those things for a start and i have emailed him and others but still nothing.

WickIow Brave

Yeah the ITV camera angles are a complete joke but what do you expect Chapman to do about it? He's not the producer.

flos1964

But he has a voice and he is in a position to use it..we dont.

flos1964

And while your here Wicklow brave sorry about the earlier comment...did not mean to be sarky but can see now how it looked...i too like nice things but i also like the fairness.

Slattsy

I liked him better when he was in Bros.

kfallon

Like him on ATR but the whole ITV coverage is absolute fúcking sh.ite tbh!

diomed

I am reading two books about Bart Cummings, trainer of the winners of twelve Melbourne cups.
Mark Chapman interview with the great man..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ--P_juqHs

Rock Lesnar

Big fan of Chapman here, its a shame he doesnt present sunday forum more often, doesnt seem afraid to say what he thinks, and can also be very funny at times to, he's used terribly by ITV but then again as others have said, their coverage is muck, some of the lines from the presenters are so cringeworthy at times.

Shemale

Slattsy wrote: »

I liked him better when he was in Bros.

Bros before Hoes

Is it just me or is there a right smell of the mediterranean around here?

posturingpat

I hear he had a Sunday forum with Walsh last week. Where could one find it?

kfallon

posturingpat wrote: »

I hear he had a Sunday forum with Walsh last week. Where could one find it?

Might still be on ATR website

Shemale

Have been sure I heard him on a few programmes lately but could not find any info.

Was flicking through the channels and I thought I heard him on Dancing On Ice and sure enough it's him, the ****ing sell out .

mailburner

flos1964 wrote: »

Love my racing but he is the only one who makes me switch it off....they took the worst from all the racing channels and put them together on itv racing...just seen luke harvey got racing presenter of the year...jesus wept.

I thought that was a joke tbh :eek:

I like chapman but then again I liked big mac if only for the reason he'd have a go at a non trier from time to time and like someone said here you see it every day of the week a horse not running on merit yet nobody ever questions it.
You don't bite the hand the feeds you either I suppose.

Gringo180

Cant believe ITV never took on Simon Holt and John Francome. 2 unbelievavle commentators/pundits.

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Urindanger

He's after quitting Dancing On Ice after one week. Too much stick from social media apparently. Wouldn't be caught dead watching that tripe so I've no idea how bad he was. Although I presume he was a little stuck for words as he can't name drop Rich Ricci or Faugheen The Machine (TM) every ten seconds.

byronbay2

Urindanger wrote: »

He's after quitting Dancing On Ice after one week. Too much stick from social media apparently. Wouldn't be caught dead watching that tripe so I've no idea how bad he was. Although I presume he was a little stuck for words as he can't name drop Rich Ricci or Faugheen The Machine (TM) every ten seconds.

Didn't quit, was sacked by ITV. Pretty harsh after one week but I wouldn't watch that junk if you paid me so not too upset.

BumperD

Your talking about a different audience watching dancing on ice, happy clappers not sure champman was the right man for the job too direct!

Francie Barrett

Is Chapman in trouble? It looks like he was stood down on Irish National day after making a comment about the last fence of the national having more carnage than the M25 after a bank holiday weekend. Has not even been on Twitter since.

kfallon

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Is Chapman in trouble? It looks like he was stood down on Irish National day after making a comment about the last fence of the national having more carnage than the M25 after a bank holiday weekend. Has not even been on Twitter since.

There's been a few posts on instagram from him anyway. He blocked me on twitter I think for questioning him about why he writes for that absolute shiithouse of a rag.

Sensitive soul is our Matt, he's decent when presenting Sunday Forum and his paddock interviews can be very good. However he is a total narcissist and he is absolute cringe on ITV for me.

BoroMan32

He blocks anyone who says anything negative about him.

You just know the clown is sat at his laptop with his own name in a Twitter search.

supremenovice

He does go way too far sometimes. Getting jocked off Dancing on Ice after one week should have been a wakeup call for him to dial it down a bit.
However, I stood behind him at the Open meeting last November for a number of races and he always obliged when people came up looking for selfies.

danganabu

supremenovice wrote: »

He does go way too far sometimes. Getting jocked off Dancing on Ice after one week should have been a wakeup call for him to dial it down a bit.
However, I stood behind him at the Open meeting last November for a number of races and he always obliged when people came up looking for selfies.

People give out about Mick Fitz and Tony McCoy being too bland and never saying anything insightful, can't have it every way. Yeah he can be OTT but there is no denying his enthusiasm and has a decent knowledge as well, more power to him I say.