Half the problem is these young riders have to much pressure put on them at a young age, and to much hype is made about them soon as people think their the next big thing, same happened to Parkinson-Blackburn/Bickley to name just 2 off the top of my head over the last few yrs, just hope the same doesn't happen to Cairns/Rushden when they start racing regularly.

Why Bomber will know more than anyone the issues it wont make a blind bit off difference.

Think you’ll find Jake Mulford was actually dropped previously for Conor Bailey…

Connor mountain?

William isn’t beating all before him in the NL so to think he can slot in at RS and do better than Jake is an incorrect assumption imo. You have to invest a lot into an RS from a time, advice and machinery point of view and allow them to step away if needed, as we did with Connor.  The Aces have yet to drop an RS since the scheme started a few years ago and I’d be very surprised if we dropped Jake. 

Keep Ritchings and depart with Stark when Cairns arrives