Harvey

No doubt Hodgson is the best of the British riders but his improved results in WSB has coincided with a decline in the standard and number of top riders.Take out Bayliss and Edwards and what have you got..Xaus,Haga,Lavilla etc
Hodgson's benchmark has to be Bayliss and Edwards and he's well short of them.
As for Doohan his results weren't that bad but consider his oppostion..Schwantz,Rainey,Kocinski,Lawson etc,you can understand how he wasn't a winner straight off.