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The Autopsy thread: Which England team members are for the chopping block?
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<blockquote data-quote="Willodell100" data-source="post: 756812" data-attributes="member: 72123"><p>I actually think Robshaw was a pretty good leader. Not as good as Johnson but then Johnson had a far superior team and a strong leadership group to back him. Culminating in 2003 when he and the team were at their peak with about x3 the amount of caps this 2015 edition has.</p><p></p><p>Robshaw didn't have any of those luxuries on the pitch and he had a relatively inexperienced coach and coaching team that clearly couldn't handle the pressure when it really counted. That must have had an affect on Robshaw & the players particularly during the week before the Wales and Australia defeats. </p><p></p><p>The fact they hadn't gone through the scenario of being three points down to Wales (and the consequence of a draw) tells me the attention to detail simply wasn't there like it would have been under Woodward's management back in 2003. Neil Back even talked about on Sky how each player knew what was required because they had gone over lots of different scenarios on the training paddock.</p><p></p><p>Just so you know I'm not defending his decision making but trying to put it into context.</p><p></p><p>I tend to agree with the majority in that we should pick the team first but inevitably whoever is coach is going to pick someone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willodell100, post: 756812, member: 72123"] I actually think Robshaw was a pretty good leader. Not as good as Johnson but then Johnson had a far superior team and a strong leadership group to back him. Culminating in 2003 when he and the team were at their peak with about x3 the amount of caps this 2015 edition has. Robshaw didn't have any of those luxuries on the pitch and he had a relatively inexperienced coach and coaching team that clearly couldn't handle the pressure when it really counted. That must have had an affect on Robshaw & the players particularly during the week before the Wales and Australia defeats. The fact they hadn't gone through the scenario of being three points down to Wales (and the consequence of a draw) tells me the attention to detail simply wasn't there like it would have been under Woodward's management back in 2003. Neil Back even talked about on Sky how each player knew what was required because they had gone over lots of different scenarios on the training paddock. Just so you know I'm not defending his decision making but trying to put it into context. I tend to agree with the majority in that we should pick the team first but inevitably whoever is coach is going to pick someone. [/QUOTE]
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