I'm not too disapointed after that. It was a pretty poor spectacle all around, but for a young squad I thought Wales fronted up OK on the whole.
Steward was probably the difference between the sides, he was imperious in the air. As expected the scrum was also an issue, especially when Griffen came on. We still lack ball carriers that can get us some momentum vs an organised blitz defense, because on the whole England's defense ate us up.
I think we can continue to grow, but there's certainly a few problem positions where there's no obvious answer atm. Ioan Lloyd is a way off from being an international quality 10. He'll improve if given time, but his game management, defense and line kicking are all weaknesses. Tighthead is another. Asseratti was OK, but as someone pointed out above, we couldn't put any pressure on Englands scrum when down 2 forwards, which was very disapointing.
Gatland has made hooker an issue by continuing to select Elias who can't throw! The likes of Parry, Belcher and Roberts are fit and available, who can all perform this basic skill.
Tompkins also struggled yesterday. He tried hard, and was busy, but his lack of size and power told. Also, sorry to bring up Adam Beard again, and he was far from the worst performer yesterday, but we really need more aggression and power from the bigger players in our pack. He's 6'8" and over 18st, yet we never ******* see it! Get a lock in there to carry hard and hit hard. I also have a slight issue with Gareth Thomas at loosehead. He get's through a lot of work, but he rarely has any big moments in games. I know Carre has 'issues' with his weight, and his scrummaging still needs some work, but he's the type of player we need atm, because he can punch some holes.