Tom B has made most of his progress riding at No3, protected by two exceptional one and fives, at BV and Ipswich, who went head to head against their opposite numbers several times per meeting, and, invariably, heat fifteen...
The fact they remained one and five shows their top level capability...
Tom was very honest post the GB GP's as to where is he, and that is a long way off the level of a No1, even in a depleted league...
No 1's of Kurtz, Fricke, J Holder and Lidsey, are Polish top tier HL's, so, no idea why anyone would consider Tom to be of that level..
Especially considering he even is struggling to hold down a Polish tier two position..