Jeeze, that was painful, although I switched off for the last quarter and did some origami with my daughter instead.
I think Sherratt is right though, it was a game too far for this group of players. With 16 losses on the bounce, a bad start and England dominating up front, Wales just crumbled.
Gatland going was never going to fix all the issues in Welsh rugby, but he still had to go after showing he had no idea of how to turn things around. Then it was always an impossible task for a new coach to come in mid 6N and try to completely revamp a dogshit attacking structure in barely a couple of weeks. Defense training obviously got pushed to one side (which has never been great under Farshaw anyway), and it showed yesterday.
Wales can now take a step back, hopefully install the correct DOR and head coach and attempt to rebuild. There is a serious lack of players in some positions though, so there's a hell of a job on their hands to build a competative team, especially up front where we are lacking physicality.
To make me feel better though, I'll list a bunch of players who could come in and make a difference:
Rhys Carre
Brodie Coughlan
James Fender
Rhys Davies
Johnny Greene
James Ratti
Taine Plumtree
Morgan Morse
Harri Deaves
Taine Basham
Josh Macleod
Ryan Woodman
Ruben Morgan-Williams
Dan Edwards
Joe Hawkins
Eddie James
Johnny Williams
Macs Page
Harri Ackerman
Louie Hennessey
Mason Grady
Rio Dyer
Theo Cabango
Regan Grace
Jacob Beetham
Cam Winnett
Huw Anderson
Keelan Giles
Whether they're upgrades on who were playing yeaterday? In some cases, yes, in others it's about potential, but there is a crop of talented youngsters coming through, just a shame there's no obvious solution at tighthead!