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cheesed off england fan
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Well as I suspect you might guess from my username I am not exactly happy about the current state of affiars. Before anyone says anything I do not believe it is Englands right to win every game on this earth. But i just want to see some competency across the board from players to coaches to senior management. A performance on a par with Wales ability to work the ball around, I am would rather we went down loosing 35 to 37 in a try fest than every match a 6 to 9 loss or win for our part. Sometimes you have to win messily, but what we are producing is so far below that the devil is asking for rent on his basement. Oh dear what are we doing picking a captian who wouldnt get into the side unless you couldnt drop him whoops. We seem to be determined to not pick exciting young players and also to ruin them at that. i could go on and I think I will, any England fan who says they are happy with the way this teams is doing should be hung from the gantry a twickenham. perhaps not that severe but they should wake up and see that there is no improvement in this team, still as tactically inept as when Johnson Started.
I was glad to see Ireland win and I was routing for Italy because a loss like that would give Johnson no choice resignation would be the only outcome. unfortuantely as Guscott pointed out he wont go untill after the world cup, 18 months of pain to come. Lets examine this from the start of his rein. He keeps Wells the man who decided to do his own thing while Ashton was head coach, he was also part of the unsuccesful era previous to that. He is a renouned stick the ball up the jumper and walk to the other end of the field man. John Callard, i am aware that Englands kicking was going a little wayward under Dave Aldred but he was considered the best inthe world, helped Carter and a number of others to kick brilliantly. So we bring someone who was not a bad player but with no where near the level of experience of the previous encumbent, whoops we will do the same with the manager as well it would seem to be a good idea. Then we appoint a new vastly expereinced international backs coach under our vastly experienced new Manager who worked with a club side that are renowned forward orientated team.
I seem to remember something like this happening in another popular game in this country with a round ball, keegan, erikson & Mclaren, finally after 6 years of misery they got Cappello and something funny happened they began to win and qualify easily, it seems strange the only difference between Cappello and the earlier occupiers of this hot seat is that he is a world class head coach, who was allowed to pick his own world class coaches weird that.
I was never a fan of Johnson getting this job, unfortuantely he fits into the same bracket as Keegan, only Keegan had some experience of management at club level at least. Great motivator but with no idea how to coach a team.
What they perhaps should of considered was to give Ashton a 4 year contract, allow him to pick his own management team, after all he is not known as the Arsene Wnger of rugby for nothing, he also help nurture most of the young talent we see today in Englands academy. If not him Jake Whyte, Robbie Deans. Both obviously have no reputation at all and wouldnt consider the biggest rugby job in the world so we'll give it to a man with loads of experience lol.
Right that is the rant over and now it is time to get constructive lads pick your English 22 that you would like to see at present. Here I go and I will take the stick on the chin for it all no problems.
1. at a loss with this one at the moment
2. Hartley
3. Coles
4. Lawes
5. Shaw C
6. Haskell
7. Rees
8.Croft
9. Youngs
10. Geraghty
11. Monye
12. Flutey
13. Hape
14. Ashton
15. Foden
16. Myler
17. Ellis
18. Turner Hall
19. Moody
20. Mears
21. Kennedy
22. Banahan
Feel free to disagree, chances are we will better management team than the current England lot. the wider squad would include more young playes but 22 is enough of at the moment although I couldnt come up with another prop at the moment could someone perhaps suggest one. By the way welsh lads any chance we can have Edwards back and some of your flair lol.
I was glad to see Ireland win and I was routing for Italy because a loss like that would give Johnson no choice resignation would be the only outcome. unfortuantely as Guscott pointed out he wont go untill after the world cup, 18 months of pain to come. Lets examine this from the start of his rein. He keeps Wells the man who decided to do his own thing while Ashton was head coach, he was also part of the unsuccesful era previous to that. He is a renouned stick the ball up the jumper and walk to the other end of the field man. John Callard, i am aware that Englands kicking was going a little wayward under Dave Aldred but he was considered the best inthe world, helped Carter and a number of others to kick brilliantly. So we bring someone who was not a bad player but with no where near the level of experience of the previous encumbent, whoops we will do the same with the manager as well it would seem to be a good idea. Then we appoint a new vastly expereinced international backs coach under our vastly experienced new Manager who worked with a club side that are renowned forward orientated team.
I seem to remember something like this happening in another popular game in this country with a round ball, keegan, erikson & Mclaren, finally after 6 years of misery they got Cappello and something funny happened they began to win and qualify easily, it seems strange the only difference between Cappello and the earlier occupiers of this hot seat is that he is a world class head coach, who was allowed to pick his own world class coaches weird that.
I was never a fan of Johnson getting this job, unfortuantely he fits into the same bracket as Keegan, only Keegan had some experience of management at club level at least. Great motivator but with no idea how to coach a team.
What they perhaps should of considered was to give Ashton a 4 year contract, allow him to pick his own management team, after all he is not known as the Arsene Wnger of rugby for nothing, he also help nurture most of the young talent we see today in Englands academy. If not him Jake Whyte, Robbie Deans. Both obviously have no reputation at all and wouldnt consider the biggest rugby job in the world so we'll give it to a man with loads of experience lol.
Right that is the rant over and now it is time to get constructive lads pick your English 22 that you would like to see at present. Here I go and I will take the stick on the chin for it all no problems.
1. at a loss with this one at the moment
2. Hartley
3. Coles
4. Lawes
5. Shaw C
6. Haskell
7. Rees
8.Croft
9. Youngs
10. Geraghty
11. Monye
12. Flutey
13. Hape
14. Ashton
15. Foden
16. Myler
17. Ellis
18. Turner Hall
19. Moody
20. Mears
21. Kennedy
22. Banahan
Feel free to disagree, chances are we will better management team than the current England lot. the wider squad would include more young playes but 22 is enough of at the moment although I couldnt come up with another prop at the moment could someone perhaps suggest one. By the way welsh lads any chance we can have Edwards back and some of your flair lol.
