I'll try find the link there's stories coming out now about sleep deprivation and all sorts...ie making players make decisions when absolutely shattered etc...sounds horrific..and I'm not sure I totally believe it...surely not
Seems similar to 2018, when he thrashed them in training, over-trained them the day before matches etc, in order to make them play, and make decisions whilst shattered.
So pretty believable - depending on the extent.
Rumours, I highly doubt he will be sacked unless there was some particular performance clause everyone kept quiet about that he had now failed at, which I also highly doubt.
Performance wise, we're <50% win ratio for 2 years on the trot (uniquely for England since 1984/5*); but that'd be a pretty weird clause to have in there.
My only worry with that is what it might mean in terms of an immediate successor. Can we get someone we want now or are we stuck with someone like Cockerill in charge until after the RWC?
Options available right now:
Richard Cockerill
Wayne Smith
Michael Cheika (?)
Warren Gatland
I've become #EddieOut over this AI window, but I do agree with a lot of what squidge said in that vidoe on the NZ match, and I do see enough in there to justify keeping him on. Even more so if what
@Geordiefalcon says is true, and planned, and approved by RFU (and passed an ethics committee).
I'm also getting flashbacks to the Autumn of 2006 - though in reality that was way, WAY worse.
* Robinson managed 50% & 27% consecutively (bookended with a huge 53%); Johnson managed 50% & 45%.
