melkdave says...

@TVaddict

Thank you ,for your comment and yes G.Henry i feel would be the perfect EPD to bring on our young talant .After all his done everything you can do as a coach he has nothing to prove there .But establishing a programme to help turn talanted players into world class ones i think might appeal to him and be a challange .After all the SH posters are always going on about Englands vast pool of players ( forgetting that France also has the same by the way lol) Well R.Andrews programme has started to identify and develop the talanted youngsters and is now starting tio bear fruit Someone like G.Henry is now needed to turn those talanted youngsters in to world class players its the logical next step imo

Posted 12:58 27th February 2012

TVaddict says...

@cuw31

lol! Thats a brilliant joke about the Aussies, given that currently England have won the last two matches against them (one in Australia) and Ireland won their last match against them. Yeah, such a gap there then... What can us poor northern hemisphere folks do against such unrelenting opposition? Plus to praise Australia and criticise England's scrum in the same comment is laughable.

I thought the match yesterday was massive step in the right direction. There were still issues obviously. I thought Stevens and Youngs coming on really weakened the team and both should be dropped. Does anyone else think that Youngs looked really slow? Maybe his injury has had a long term effect on him and he's struggling to adapt his game given he's arriving at the ball a later. Maybe replace him with Simpson? I thought Ashton has yet again looked lost and slow, so we should bring in someone like Sharples or Jonathan Joseph. Dowson was yet again ineffectual. It would be great if Wood was back, has anyone heard anything about how he's recovering?

I feel this is the time to be ruthless in selection, if people aren't performing get someone else. We tried a brand new half back combination on Saturday and it performed well. The experience of Youngs and Flood would not have performed like that, so lets just find players that are performing.

Other than that I think the team should stay the same. Tuilagi and Morgan clearly ran out of steam during the match, but hopefully they'll be fitter for the next game. Lawes will hopefully prove more of an impact went he comes off the bench next time!

@melkdave

Completely agree about the coaching situation. I'd like Lancaster to stay in charge and have G.Henry come in on a more general role. I think he could really help with getting our young talent up to international quality.

Posted 11:36 27th February 2012

Jediboy says...

England shoud be positive. This game was a massive improvement and we nearly beat a Wales team playing well and being touted as WC contenders in 2015.

I wonder if England are happier than Wales after yesterday's game. After all Wales were supposed to humiliate England and they didnt. Not by a long way.

Which leads me to one question;

Are Wales as good as everyone is saying they are??

Posted 19:27 26th February 2012

Nicholas41 says...

The job is his. He has done as much as anyone could. Forget player pools, think world class and England have few. Nothing against Mallett but 'no', SL should have the job.

Posted 17:38 26th February 2012