Tell Im not knocking Connors ability as a rider, but would it not be a safer bet to let the lad get a few smaller road meetings under his belt first before doing the TT, he has plenty of time on his hands, why not let him do the smaller meetings and then try the MGP to cut his teeth so to speak.
Car parks and roads are two different animals and one has a bigger bite than the other, and as for Ian lougher how many road meetings did he do before the mountain