Matt Chapman bids farewell to ATR tomorrow

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'I have tried to make the final show a special one'. He left out the 'where everyone gets to say how great I am'.

Couldnt think of anything worse for the channel.Will be a SSN look about it now I'd worry.

could get jim white with guest appearances

Obvious to anyone that Chapman's just trying to create a 'poor matt' stir between people on here and elsewhere. No ATR for me tomorrow to have to listen to self indulgent crap all day.

Where else would he go ?

SSN one woman on with air hostess style make up 3 foot thick, and one bloke with fake tan both saying the fav looks the one to be on.
Lets go to Rory for a betting update.

Look on the bright side Matt, it means you will be able to concentrate on more commentating gigs

nellie 

Knowing me Matt Chapman Knowing You the Punter A HA

what is ssn?

sky sports news

cheers hal. not with it tonight.

Duffy - check out commentators earnings with all the image rights..

Its like winning the pools...

Where else would he go ? @11KV  ......UP HIS OWN BACKSIDE ADMIRING THE WALLPAPER PERHAPS!!!!

Big loss to the channel. Always liked Chapman.  The people that dont like him tune in to slate him and he winds them on, talk about an own goal if the channel has dropped him! Cecil only goes on the channel because of him same with the likes of Lemaire and Freddie Head.

What is this reshuffle all about????

thats what i want to know JMC. The whole thing stinks

That wont pay his bills though, he isnt going anywhere imo..........................

Sir Peter takes over .

So just boring presenters and hours of adverts from now on.

If he isn't going to be doing any more features or interviews its a huge loss to the racing media, he's brilliant at his job.

Shirley he isn't going to be making a living with his ridic commentaries tho?

he wont be commentating full time. I am sure he will be back on our screens soon, fingers crossed

Lets hope he takes the "fat fool " with him

Chapman won me round - where initially he was irritating, he became entertaining, and capable of genuinely insightful interviews.

I can accept that Chapman is a bit like marmite.  I like him. 

Whatever you say, and despite the histrionics, he does seem to be respected in the main within the industry and has a lot of very good contacts.  For starters, Sir Henry doesn't strike me as someone who would suffer a fool gladly (you can see the disdain on his face when Rishi approaches him), and yet he seems happy to give 'special' interviews to Matt and give him his time.  Similarly, Dermot Weld. 

I think he's far shrewder than many give him credit for, and wish him all the best.

he da man

Duggan said about 1 hour ago that viewers would be seeing plenty more of Matt and that all that was happening was the it was the last GETON show.

ladyboy..

Chapman is OK but he feels that he should be on the BBC..

Remember once when I emailed him, he was so cockey in his reply "But I have a BA in History from the University Of Leicester"..wow....

Didn't he win racing presenter of the year a couple of years ago? On the other hand he has gone a bit stale and perhaps it is better for him to move on anyway.

SIS full time,may do some Coral TV stuff as well
Could even go down the Thommo route,opening supermarkets,cafes,wheel clamping in the winter evenings
This boy has it all before hi imo...............

Matts mistake.
To be part of the Ronseal gang you needed to spray the fence so nowt sticks when perched above.
Unfortunately Matt sprayed himself.

very sad loss to ATR which they can ill afford given their roster of "talent" though hopefully he will not cut all ties....he is a good guy Matt and makes even the worst racing almost entertaining.

Matt has been fun and good for a laugh.

The best of luck to you Matt. The banter with Oliver Brady was out of this world.

BallyBay for Tay.

UP MONAGHAN ! YEEEE HAAAAA !

"Pauli:
I hate ATR with a passion but I'm sorry that Matt is on his way out as he was the only one I could tolerate.  He has a real enthusiasm for racing which is absent in all the other ATR presenters.  I will miss him"

Totally agree squire, but nevertheless...the genius behind this decision (who clearly despises racing) only gives a fcuk about how much money they can get from their incessant adverts, and rimming of the bookies!

Still cant believe the news. What the hell are ATR playing at?

I fear the end is near for ATR if ratings dont improve fter the revamp

delighted if this news is true. You're an egotistical cnt.
                 Yours faithfully, Pete Harris

Capewine - that may well be. However you cant deny he was well respected in the racing community

eh ? He's an arse licker and the fact that his fellow privately-uneducated mates give him the time of day only reflects badly on them. Most people that train horses are without much dignity and intelligence.

kal... are you his pr man.???   capewine is 100% correct. 

he should look for work in childrens tv...sooty show,blue peter, etc.

Not by Peter Harris it seems..

Pete Harris is prepared to be identified. Chapman is sub Davina McCall.
He lowers our sport to depths never previously plumbed.

This news is right up their with the sad demise of Carly imho

* their

Henry Cecil respects Matt. Cecil doesnt suffer fools too easily

Matt isnt afraid to have a pop at jockeys/trainers and also himself.

He calls it as it is

Cant believe the abuse he is getting here. Comical!

the disgrace is that ATR continue to use Kelly and Muzzeltoff.The employment of Broon by RUK is even more disturbing. Even Domestos doesn't get rid of the cnt.

Cecil...paragon of virtue.

Capewine - Does anything please you in racing. FFS

Stotsfold @ Sandown

confirmed on his facebook
 
  says he is replacing harry corbetts son on " the sooty show ".  he cant say too much at the moment

  happy times indeed.

Message for all gravy boaters...

"To sin by silece when we should protest makes cowards out of men"

Ella Wheeler Wilcox - 1880's

She KNEW...

I was delighted seeing the victory of Simenon today. I tipped him on my BBC website today and also on Tuesday. I also told my friends that Alain Royer Dupre 's horse was the only possible danger....and it wasn't a danger but finished second. Among my "friends " was my solicitor who took my advice and had a fiver rev f/c.
                   You asked.

Capewine - lets agree to disagree on this one

IMO - CHAPPERS IS ATR

a sad day for racing

the only people who don't like matt are sad, bitter loser's imo

The future's not bright

The future's not orange

I'm hoping that he will be saying goodbye to the 'booth' and 'geton' and is still staying as an ATR presenter.

Whatever anyone thinks of Matt Chapman at least he is prepared to express an opinion. He often got it wrong, but, who does'nt. The guests he had regularly on the programme i.e. Cecil, Weld, Cumani etc., tells you he wasn'nt the complete clown some have said he is. These people wouldn't give someone from the media the time of day if they didn't respect them.

If he is leaving ATR I wish him well.

i suppose they've still got the weavershark and luke

but to have to listen to the likes of nicky fitz, an average jockey at best
giving out tips like he's some propunter and understands value and odds is
laughable and all the in running talk with no mention of the picture delays

wake up and smell the coffee

Matt, we're gonna miss you

Yep agree not good if Matt not on our screens, hes become part of family had him on all time. Where as RUK and some other ATR staff were on mute.

I don't think any tv presenter has annoyed me more than Matt Chapman, his know all opinions after every race use to make me cringe and want to kick my tv screen in.

Monty Roberts eat your heart out Matt Chapman knows what every horse is thinking, what every jockey is thinking, what every trainer is thinking, every trainer is of course god, every jockey is of course god unless your a journeyman and your fair game, a horse never actually won a race it was of course the trainer and the jockey not the horses superiority?.
Will I miss him?, probably? if only because I won't have to think of nasty things I'd love to do the worlds biggest ego anymore.

He hasn't gone away you know!.

Jun 24, 2012 -- 12:20AM, Kal84 wrote:

Capewine - lets agree to disagree on this oneIMO - CHAPPERS IS ATR

Shirley it should be all about the horses rather than any one individual

Is he leaving the channel completely or is this all about Get On getting the chop?

At first I thought this was a bad joke.

Enough said except to say, whether you loved him or not, he was so good at what he did.

A truly shocking developement.

i think you've got Matt all wrong, silvergreaser....he's a confident, larger-than-life if you will character who thinks the game (prob life) should be fun...he's paid to present and he aint going to **** foot around and sit on the fence cos there's no fun or entertainment in that...

sure he comes out with these things as if he believes them 100% but he's the first to hold his hands up when he's made a right Horlicks of it, when the horse 'he couldnt have on his mind' dots up etc...no way would he seriously compare his knowledge with Monty Roberts, Dermot Weld etc

that's how i take him anyway and, for all he could get hyper on occasion, he usually put a smile on my face at some point during the afternoon in the booth and i'll miss him for that

****= pu$$y

Duncan he has at times often made me laugh but I find the guy incredibly irratating, he's just too in your face for my liking.

His inability to recognise its called horse racing not trainer racing or jockey racing irritates me the most, or maybe he thinks by bumming up all the jockeys and trainers will make the game more interesting?, the stars are the humans not the dumb animal in Matts eyes, although we all know its the dumb animal who is the real star of the show.

Chapman is a pest and an arrogant twot to boot, when I see his

boat appear on screen I immediately activate the mute button.

All ATR presenters and pundits are shoite, he sadly in my eyes is

the crappiest of them all.  I f he really is going I say good

riddance.

Wee Eck knows the score

Horse wins by 5L's from the front, horse only won because the jockey grabbed the race by the scruff of the neck, fantastic riding performance in Matts eyes, now lets see, horse has just won by 5L's suggests if the jockey had held it up for a late run the horse would probably have won hard held on the bridle, why is every effing ride some sort of supernatural happening on the jockeys behalf?, eh Matt I think the best horse just won a horse race ffs!.

agree with you there, silvergreaser, but he's working for ATR not Timeform...he's just trying to jazz it up a bit by making the personalities (trainers/jocks) matter....after all, you cant interview a horse!

I'm happy he's going as I never liked him, but I wonder what "Atthebookies" has in store for us now. Maybe Tommo will be previewing all the virtual racing?

Sir Henry has a throat infection and can hardly speak. Yet he is still on Get On to talk to Matt

ENOUGH SAID

Overall I would have more good things than bad to say about Matt, but thought what Sir henry just said was really nice, Matt just thanked him for being on the show when you should be in your sick bed and Sir Henry said well you do these things for a friend. What pure class.

watchit, here here.

reason trainers to chapman is the same as politicans who talk to bolton on sky news and not paxman.

maxheadroom that Bolton fellow is a real brownnosing horror

Don't understand what's going on here.  Dave Duggan said last night that Matt is'nt leaving ATR
and will be back with them in their new format.  Who on earth is talking about him leaving!!

watchit Matt may have gone further but gamming on camera might be frowned upon by the establishment

watchit, probably in reality a total twot.

Next Royal Ascot on that leafy path from the station to the racecourse. Matt on the Tin Whistle with Clare tap dancing to 'Career Opportunities' by The Clash. Please give generously!

watchit iyo who is the biggest brownnoser of them all my choice by some distance would be Broonie.

love him or hate him - hes a great comentator,how he gets so excieted over the 12.15 from perry barr when t3 runs up the back of t2,

cant see him being lost from racing - they need people like him.

I hope to god hes not going and has got more time on the racecourse commentary roster, hes bloody shocking at racecalling.

comimngupthehill, Germany thought they needed Adolf.

He is only interested in one person, himself, should change his name to Narcissus

well id rather listen to chapman than willie i cant get a sentence put together carson

Why do people like Kal84 continue with the 'at least he has an opinion/tells it like it is' type comments which are untrue. When has he ever questioned a poor ride from Fallon or Spencer or had anything negative to say about Gordon Elliot? He says it like it is when it's an apprentice of foreign jockey but says nothing when it one of his 'mates'. I've no respect for people like this who feign false modesty but are up their own behinds. Making a big deal out've a change in format just to get synpathy from people is a new low for him.

Just signed out for the final time.

OOOHH Look hes back ffs

Mission Impossible mask

i wonder if he is JIGGY JIGGY tonight. cheers.

Could have done one more "on the line" the usual callers left hanging with questions left unanswered

life's shattered with no Sunday night phone in

sad sad day imo............

Maybe a chance for ATR to bring out a DVD box set

would you rather listen to the likes of cooper harvey who are both clueless and talentless?

add to those two the likes of bird mapletoft brown

Personally I dont give a toss who presents as long as we good racing coverage both UK , irsish and USA. The king is dead long live the king

The reality is that anyone who is outspoken about the leading protagonists in the game wouldn't be in the job for long.

Yes Cider ranks close quickly in the racing game....

Chapman always gave me the impression that his ambition was to become a Cleb in the Big Mac mould. ATR was just the vehicle that enabled him to audition for the presenters role in a day time quiz programme.

different gravy

No Chapman in the booth today ???

NOOOOOOOOooooo

oh, Matt that's so sad.

You'll be missed, you know you will.  Hopefully some other racing channel will snap you up asap, because you've done a lot for racing, your passion shines out and you've brightened up many a day.


Good Luck and I hope you're soon back on our screens.