What’s wrong with Chapman? I find him amusing when he takes the piss a bit. The game needs it.
The punter is up against so many things. Principally concealed information. When was the last time a jockey or a trainer said on tv or in the post: yeah, he’s gonna win so I’d back him if I were you?
The only trainer I can ever remember doing that was Paul Nicholls in his column a few years ago.