Honestly, I'm not sure where the spark is going to come from with that team. Freeman won't get the ball. Ford and Care will kick it far too much. Guess hope is Slade might try something when he gets it.
Is suspect the RFU do not have the money to both sack him and offer the full range of Hybrid contracts. If he is sacked then they won't be as many hybrid contracts
A positive step forward. It feels like most selections are forced rather than by choice. I don't think Dingwall, Roots would be in contention if it wasn't for injuries. Freeman is the only one who would be purely selected on merit ahead of others and he could well end up like OHC if he isn't given the ball.
Same excuse people gave last 6N and during the world cup - are we supposed to just walk on egg shells the entirety of SBs tenure because for some reason he's the only coach in international rugby not allowed to take a risk?
If it's not on his spreadsheet it ain't happening
4th in the Six Nations? Even acknowledging the quality of Ireland and France, that's hardly 8/10...
2023 was definitely not an 8/10, not even close. It was probably a 4. Over half of our wins were against tier 2 opposition. You then have 2 against a Welsh side misfiring as badly as us, 1 against Italy and 1 against a misfiring Argentina. Of, of the sides we beat, 2 of them (Wales and Fiji) also beat us, with Fiji being for the first time ever and Samoa nearly being for the first time ever. We also got a record defeat against France. I don't think breaking 2 worst records and struggling hard against nearly all tier 1 teams and even some tier 2 teams is an 8/10 performance at all. Hell if it wasn't for us thumping Chile 71-0 we would have finished the year with a negative points difference, I don't think that has ever happened in our history so that would have been yet another worst ever record he held, all achieved in a year. This off the back of Jones racking up some worst ever records in his final year too shows just how bad England have been.
When else could he put them in? At home to Wales maybe. Or ease then in at Murrayfield or in France. Maybe ease them in against Ireland.
Why would we be satisfied watching dull low risk attack devoid rugby with absolutely no ambition, choosing players based on something which is far from form, we have very different ideas about solid, World Cup aside (draw clearly favourable), it was a terrible year full of negative firsts. 6 Nations proceeding WCs are always a bit lifeless, if we blood some new players and try a few things and get a performance im actually not overly fussed, going steady last time out against France hardly prevented a hiding at HQ.
Why did you Candyman this.
SB mind is full of excel twisted terror
No we shouldn't be losing to record scores or Fiji at home. Over the last 18 months given the level of opposition please explain how we are performing better than Ireland. Other than we beat a lower ranked team in the quaters and then lost to a team Ireland beat at the world cup.
