Yes I was. They won't be the only riders to be defeated at the NSS (and I'm including all of the Ipswich team here) because when behind from the off, it's very difficult to make up speed there on a home rider, which we saw with all of the Ipswich and Leicester team. On Nicholls specifically, his starting ability has never been a strong point but in the Championship, where he's outscoring King I think, overtaking is more of a possibility for him. However, riding at No.4 is stretching and as the weakest rider above the reserves, he should be at No.2. Oh, and those 14 points from "years ago", were probably only about 5 meetings ago for him π