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By:
duffy
When: 23 Feb 12 14:12
and breatheGrin
By:
hearts1874
When: 23 Feb 12 14:13
awesome stuff
By:
sparrow
When: 23 Feb 12 14:13
Shocked
By:
OVERSEAS
When: 23 Feb 12 14:14
Bigger fields could cause a problem but no colour mix up....not the worst out there but lack of breathing could cause an issue come 3miles in deep ground
By:
holywell
When: 23 Feb 12 14:14
Matt's doing fine.
By:
gerard
When: 23 Feb 12 14:14
"In the beige colours..." What, of yellow and white?
By:
colonel mossy
When: 23 Feb 12 14:15
That's the first time I've caught one of his commentaries.I know it's not as an easy job but he is bloody awful. It might as well be Alan Partridge calling them home.
By:
DOUBLED
When: 23 Feb 12 14:15
D R E A D F U L
By:
comicbookguy
When: 23 Feb 12 14:18
seemed to call the winner 2 furlongs out not sure he knew where finish line was, will get caught out if he starts trying to be too clever ,hope he does not become joke as like him when talking in studio.
By:
duffy
When: 23 Feb 12 14:19
i would pay good money to hear him commentate on the arkle.....he would without doubt spontaneously combust as they cross the line.
By:
colonel mossy
When: 23 Feb 12 14:20
The thing I Noticed is that he's trying to fit to many things in to his commentary.A ship without a rudder springs to mind.
By:
Rollo Tomasi
When: 23 Feb 12 14:20
He's making it look easy, he should try it blindfolded.
By:
roo
When: 23 Feb 12 14:21
Hes trying to comentate and play in running by the sounds of him, muted.
By:
colonel mossy
When: 23 Feb 12 14:24
The Late Great Professor Stanley Unwin would be better then Chapman.
By:
lagmorian
When: 23 Feb 12 14:24
excellent presenter, bloody awful commentator Laugh
By:
mn6mpc
When: 23 Feb 12 14:28
Dear racecourses, please no more Matt Chapman commentaries - absolutely shocking.  I can't cope with any more of it.  He's not bad in the booth, but he is a truly horrendous race commentator.  Worst I've heard in a long time.
By:
MJK
When: 23 Feb 12 14:32
Replacing idiot commentators with idiot commentators. The Geordie should stick to his little booth commentating on virtual racing, 'Joseph Lister appears to have them all covered'Laugh
By:
colonel mossy
When: 23 Feb 12 14:35
could you imagine in your worst nightmares if there was 4 meetings on one afternoon and the commentators where Matt Chapman,Aussie Jim,Derek Thompson and Lee McKenzie.Just the thought of that scenario makes me shudder!!!!
By:
duffy
When: 23 Feb 12 14:43
fook me!!!!!
By:
OVERSEAS
When: 23 Feb 12 14:44
going from not the worst to absolutely shocking....be lucky to finish the meeting at this rate..
By:
geoff m
When: 23 Feb 12 14:45
have to agree in the booth fine.
In the commentating seat its truly painfull.
By:
MJK
When: 23 Feb 12 14:46
Sad thing about Chapman is, that just as he wants people to talk about him when he's in the booth whether it's good or bad, as long as people criticise his awful commentaries he'll continue to annoy on purpose. A sad individual.
By:
geoff m
When: 23 Feb 12 14:48
well if he continues hes going to be out of a job.
Quite willing to raise a petition to stop this fookin dreadfull nonsense.
Deep down I think hes up to the job
Just a case of whether his ego lets him
By:
duffy
When: 23 Feb 12 14:48
the problem is...he's an ego maniac and doesn't realize he is supposed to be providing a service to the viewer in a sensible manner....in his eyes he's been given a stage to indulge himself with and by god is he making full use of it.
By:
howard
When: 23 Feb 12 14:48
Not so sad when he counts his wages though.Grin
By:
roo
When: 23 Feb 12 14:50
GG was a brilliant commentator for about 15 yrs, he just went in his last 4 or 5 yrs, some of these will never get within 100 mile of his standard
By:
MJK
When: 23 Feb 12 14:52
Duffy good point. He reminds me of the blokes in the bookies over the audio who won't shut up, thinking that people go in just to listen to them.
By:
thederby
When: 23 Feb 12 14:54
Just wondered what "The Voice" Sir Peter O' Sullevan makes of it! bet he uses mute button.
By:
.birkdale
When: 23 Feb 12 14:56
He just needs to calm down a bit.

The 3.40 at Southwell is a 2 mile race and at the rate he's going he'll just wear himself into the ground before the end of it.
By:
geoff m
When: 23 Feb 12 15:12
hes started well lets just hope he doesnt "blow up"
By:
geoff m
When: 23 Feb 12 15:13
It can be done!
By:
duncrievie
When: 23 Feb 12 15:16
He's like a kid on Christmas morning........too excited, screaming and in need a oxygen!!!........Calm down and just commentate!
By:
howard
When: 23 Feb 12 15:18
Though he needs to tone it down he is already preferable to a few others.
By:
duffy
When: 23 Feb 12 15:21
the thing is....all this over excitement has been achieved on the back of all weather dross....imagine what he will be like with better quality racing.!!
By:
Slippy Blue
When: 23 Feb 12 15:28
It's a bad thing for racing that he is commentating on course. I could honestly see it getting to the point where people were not attending tracks if they know he is the race caller.

I felt the same about Derek Thompson and if Chapman doesn't wise up he'll be lampooned in the same wasy as Thompson is and that would be a great shame as I actually don't mind the bloke in his booth but he should not allowed to commentate and I mean that in a constructive critism way not just having a pop.
By:
PommyT1215
When: 23 Feb 12 15:37
I dont quite understand what all the fuss is about.

He makes it sound exciting. What's actually wrong with that?

If you suggest that punters will stop going to the course if he is calling then that says more about them more than anything else.

Personally, I think it's refreshing that he calls the race in a way in which punters can relate to.
By:
MJK
When: 23 Feb 12 15:45
'Joe Fanning's been under pressure for a long way'. He was just niggling the horse along ffsLaugh
By:
.birkdale
When: 23 Feb 12 15:45
Think he's reading the forum !

Definitely commentated the 3.40 at a much slower pace.
By:
comicbookguy
When: 23 Feb 12 15:46
Joe FFFFFFFFANNING soory could not help laughing at that one. Might get used to his style in time.
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