So England win...
Positives -
Attack looked better and we kept the ball well, especially in the first half.
Gave away less penalties, though still 12 in the end. However, they didn't feel like stupid penalties, so an improvement.
Kicking game was more productive.
Possession, kept possession well and that did a lot to nullify France in the second half. Went up from 54% in first half to 64% in second.
Set piece was 100% on our own ball.
Kept France to 3 points in the second half.
We actually seemed to adapt as the game went one and didn't just stick to one plan.
Negatives -
80% tackling success is not good enough, though I imagine it improved in the second half. Apart from Billy and Malins everyone who started missed at least 1 tackle.
Mako for me was the weak link in the pack, didn't feel he did much of anything. He gave away 3 penalties, which I believe were all in the scrum on French ball.
Farrell for me still doesn't actually add anything special. I just don't get what he adds that other players can't do and more.
Clearing out the rucks could have been better, we got turned over too easily, had at least 4-5 penalties for holding on I think.
Fitness, maybe it was the intensity as France looked tired too, but England seemed lazy at times.
Focus. We still have times where England seem to switch off and France definitely looked for it as Wales did.
I still think we have the same issues that need to be fixed, though Youngs had a good game at 9 I thought overall. We still need more depth at 9. Billy still isn't doing anything special and neither is Farrell. Malins didn't have a bad game and Daly looked good against a tired defence, but 15 still needs sorting as Daly just isn't reliable. Discipline needs to improve further and not give teams easy territory.