Good shouts. I don’t know if there would be a better short term WC pick than Cheika. I’m sure your Leicester bias played no part there. I’m not sure England fans want any more Leicester coaches though.
“When I took over, I thought the team could do better”
Yeah. Who would you really expect to take down the Boks at Ellis Park? There are only very few contenders who ‘might’ on their day and we’re not one of those.
One minor point - that reason can be used as a rationale against any of the other SH teams, but not against South Africa anymore. SA rugby players no longer have an off-season and play throughout the summer and winter season for internationals/TRC and the URC. There are now mandatory rest periods that Springbok players need to have in the URC season to try deal with this.
Hey, you get no sympathy from me when whoever South Africa’s 54th choice TH is would walk into the Wales starting line up.
Poor discipline is more likely to creep in when you have a team who are unsure of what they are doing.
Also when under pressure, which stems from not having a clear game plan or being able to execute it properly
I don't think coming under pressure against SA at Ellis Park can be entirely down to the game plan. Inability to execute possibly.
I mean, you look at his record, he always has success, generally just it can sometimes run it's course.
Incredibly charismatic as well. Basically the opposite of Borthwick in that regard.
Felix Jones
Highly unlikely to see Semi, I'd have thought
I'd throw Mike Catt into the mix too, and Dowson if he can be persuaded away from Saints and being Vesty with him.
Such a lame excuse as well because...is it a particularly young team? Like noticeably?
I just don't rate Dowson from a england POV same as I don't rate Baxter
I'd put Baxter in my group of people who's time has passed. 5 or 6 years ago maybe he would have been a good call but the international game has moved on and we need an innovator
Yeah. Be nice if England had one.
What we need is someone who can put together a decent coaching team and that trusts them.
That what the Mrs said. Oi oi.
More like the last 6 years. How far we’ve fallen since 2019 is nothing short of disgraceful. I’ve had enough of it. Embarrassed in the 6 Nations year after year, record home defeats to Ireland and France, 1 win (by a point) in 6 games against Scotland. First ever losses to Fiji and Italy, a near-loss to Samoa in the last RWC, stuck around 5/6/7 in the World rankings, let one of the worst Wallaby sides ever score the most points than Australia have ever managed at Twickenham. How long have you got?. A new coach needs to come in and do what Lancaster did in 2012 and clear out the dead-wood, and there’s an awful lot of it. How many genuinely world class players do we have (and by that I mean players that would have a chance of getting in a World 15)?. I’ll tell you the answer, none. That’s an utterly embarrassing state of affairs for any England team. This decade so far has been far worse than the 7/8 years post 2003.
I think we're all posting more in hope than expectation. I'd be mighty surprised if he's offed before September '27. My money would be on Harrison leaving so Wiggler can coach the scrum and **** that up as well.
He did but that doesn't mean he's an international coach.
I could see England making another final next year, but agree with most of this.
We have a favourable draw. They will go OK and Borthwick will get an extension. At this point the forum will explode
