Six Nations - Flood sent back to Leicester

Not too late for Lancaster to re-consider - as a Tigers­ fan I am happy to see Flood sent back to Welford­ Road.
But as an equally obsessed England supporter it­ is bad news for the Italy game.
Agree Youngs has lost a­ bit of flair but is at his best when with Flood - take­ Flood and Youngs and I feel this will produce a good­ result.
If not, I for one will be nail biting from the­ kick off.
As for the Hodgson debate - he has been given­ numerous opportunities to prove himself, but feel that­ he fails each time. The try last week was good for the­ team, but charge downs are mainly "a piece of­ luck"

Flood is the best 10 Cipriani was never as good just a­ fly boy. Flood has a good head on him. Should always be­ in the England team if fit.

Hodgson is not up to International standard and even as­ a Tigers fan I have to admit Youngs is useless.

i am listening to all the new blood and everyone has a­ clean slate but i still have not heard anybody calling­ for cipriani to be gven another try. i know all about­ his previous try out and his off the field lifestyle,­ but im sure if he was presented with these are the­ rules you have to abide by he would relish the chance,­ and when england need an attacking platform there is no­ one better at present. also he should have learned a­ lot from his time in the southern hemisphere and be­ able to put it to good use not only when playing ,but­ also as an aid to the coaches when it comes to referees­ interpretation of the rules when southern hemisphere­ refs are in control

I fail to understand why Flood has been released as he­ is still the best attacking Fly hyalf we have and the­ only way we are going to make any attacking progree­ with the players we have is when we have Flood and­ Tuilagi back in the team. You cannot create a good­ attching situation from set plays when your fly half­ stands as far back as Hodgeson who is just not an­ international fly half. As for Ben Youngs, he had a­ poor match because he got no quick, clean ball from his­ forwards, but he is still the best scrum half in­ England. England have to learn how to clear rucks­ efficiently and they need a better no 8 than Dowson who­ was poor, will be interesting to see how Ben Morgan­ does and I would have had Waldron on the bench as an­ impact player. A few black marks for Lancaster I'm­ afraid as he already shows an unwillingness to be­ ruthless when better players are available.

The trouble England had last week against Scotland was­ they had to ply narrow in order to defend Hodgson. Our­ Wingers were brought into defence because they had vey­ little time to play wide. Streetle and Ashton were­ making far to many defencive tackles because of missede­ tackles in the middle. Lancaster seems to be taking­ England back to a defencive up the middle team of old.­ I hope he does not kill of the flair that we see so­ much of under Johnson. look at the 35-18 win over the­ Aussies in 2010 and last weeks game. England has taken­ a step backwards.Sending Flood back to leicester just­ compounds that. Dont have a go at Youngs too many times­ the people he had to offload to were too weak in­ defence. I think Lancaster is getting a bit too excited­ because we beat Scotland. We were lucky.

This could be Lancaster's first big mistake.­ Hodgeson was not that good against Scotland. He has an­ injured shoulder so will require even more protection­ because of his poor defenceive skills. It does not seem­ to have been done to protect Flood in anyway. Also if­ he takes Italy lightly, like France last year, we may­ well lose. You cant build a new team on failure, look­ at Scotland.

Scoring tries is a must in international rugby, and­ scotlands failure to do this last week was a gift for­ England. Italy next week will be a much tougher test,­ if england allow the italians to break through their­ three quarters as often as scotland did, they will be­ punished heavily. Also, england need to be more­ clinical in attack, quicker ball from the Half Backs­ and players running onto the ball at pace. All this­ will come I feel as this is a young new english side,­ who are only going to get better. Im a welsh fan­ through and through and although its nice to see the­ english team loose, english fans have got to be­ patient, rebuilding a squad takes time and results will­ come in time. Wales have gone through the rebuilding­ process over the past 4-5 years and only now seeing the­ results come. However by the next world cup you can­ be assured that the England team will be contenders. ­ Also, I agree youngs has got to go for now i recon

Youngs not good enough for international level at the­ moment. Needs more game time with Leicester. Hodgson­ and Flood need quick ball for them to be effective.

Just find us a decent 9/10 partnership that produces­ quick ball ,can kick/handle well ,oh and a 10 that can­ tackle.That is what England have been missing for a­ long while .I'm afraid that Youngs and Hodgson are­ not them players .

I thought one of the good points coming out of the game­ was the lower penalty count now some of the old­ culprits have ‘retired’

I think there's a danger we underestimate how well­ the Scots played last weekend. They've shown­ themselves hard to beat- rmember how well they did­ against the ABs last time out- they just can't­ score.tries. Italy will be tough but more porous and­ will certainly score tries. Give the lads, especially­ Morgan, another go and I think we'll do well.

Simpson should be in for Youngs who should be on the­ bench.

Italy will be a real test for this young inexperienced­ England team. But if they can keep the penalty count­ down like they did last week while under pressure they­ should win, because they have much better half-backs.

Danger for England, they were given a gift by Scotland,­ Italy will be harder.

Youngs needs replacing and fast.

Surely we can find someone better than Youngs.

Under-estimating the Italians i think. Bad news for­ Exeter.