As stated, I personally think links to stuff that's widely-accessible to all in the public domain, usually penned by people who don't bet for an actual living, clutter up the forum, but I'd also agree I'm being cantankerous, no one forces me to read it and others may enjoy it.
I also need to learn to keep a lid on being personally affronted by the implied notion some herbert in the media might be able to tell me anything - nothing here is directed solely at me.
I don't necessarily read all the genuinely independent detail supplied here, but I'd never discourage it as it's what makes TH unique.
I look at pawras's material more often than not, it rarely influences my final bets and staking, but "rarely" isn't a euphemism for "never" and he's also very helpful in supplying data in answer to questions, sometimes almost on demand - that's a resource I am grateful for.
I also liked Maurice's spreadsheets - again, I wasn't led by the nose by them, but they felt like refreshingly independent views, especially when he focussed less on other people's publicly-available ratings and more on what he actually thinks himself.
In fact, Maurice only ever bores me when he starts chuntering on about what people in the media are saying - I live in eternal hope Maurice may one day realise that his own views are a lot more precious than anything Rowlands, Segal, Cook et al might be rambling on about this week because their income comes from churning out this guff, not from actual profitable betting.
Apologies to Lucky Man, whose intentions were probably more honourable than mine ever are (mind you, that's not exactly a high bar - even Putin would run me to a photo finish there).
Happy Tuesday one and all!
% - I'm one of those people who doesn't have a Racing Post account.
