Could Englands visit to Cardiff become a modern­ "St Valentines day massacre" ????

england better shape up or they will get spanked

england rugby and cricket players are rubbish and­ should not get paid till they play better

I would love to be a fly on the wall when England­ coaching staff and players study the tape of Wales'­ opening game, in a bid to hatch some sort of game plan­ for saturdays trip to Cardiff. The expressions on their­ faces would be priceless, a blend of confusion,­ fear,along with a blankness confirming the inability to­ comprehend how to learn to play a sport in 6 days.

well surely if thats the case then funding towards­ traing and facilities to better the skill they already­ have is needed, the reason why countries like­ newzealand are so good at rugby is because the amount­ of money pumped into coaching youngsters to the highest­ level so when they become internationals they are the­ best they can be

The problem with any England sports team is that they­­ are only consistent at losing. I reckon that if­ bookies­ would allow me to bet that any England team in­ any­ sport would lose, then I could show a healthy­ profit.­ It is high time that no sportsman or team­ should be­ allowed to wear the three lions, or have the­ word­ England or Britain emblazoned on their shirts or­ claim­ to represent this country unless they can prove­ that­ they have the skill, the talent and backbone to­ at­ least pose a threat to the opposition. With a few­­ notable exceptions in athletics, cycling and rowing,­­ and some of the more low profile sports, This country­­ produces lamentably ill-prepared 3rd rate sportsmen­ and­ women. Either do it well or don't do it at­ all.

i think its about time to look at the game as brian­ ashdon did yes i understand that jonno doesnt want to­ be upstaged but ashdon gave power to senior players and­ as senior players they took responsibility on the pitch­ while the generals of ashdons era have gone catty­ robinson lawrence lewsy corry and with wilko injured­ there are few to stand and be counted but i feel senior­ players like easter vickery and even noon should grab­ hold of the young players and tell them what the rose­ on there chest actually means and its not something­ that boosts there wage packet the one sving grace i­ have is i remember 98 and getting hammered off the­ aussie when woodward first took over and believe jonno­ can too consistant selection is what he is looking for­ just gotta find the right men to do it

As a Taff I am finding the current state of English­ rugby a little amusing, we only have to look back at­ the tow decades of pain we have had with mini revivals­ along the way. I still don't believe England can­ be as bad as they are at the moment - I do believe that­ games will be raised, key players are the issue for­ England they seem to be lacking authority, cohesion and­ direction. Tindall I believe is a vastly overlooked,­ under rated and important player for England, adds a­ lot of experience and bite in the backs. As to the­ pack from 1 to 8 I would struggle to find one player­ who would make the lions first team nobody seems to be­ standing up to be counted, Sheridan traditionally would­ give steel to the front row but comment 9 is spot on­ had his head put firmly up his arse yesterday. Nick­ Kennedy had a reasonable game, NIck Easter? Haskell?­ Armitage possibly an acceptable debut. What has­ happened to the English pack? you'd think Jonno­ could install some bite and steel to the pack at least!­ However as I said being a taff no doubt England will­ raise there game against us- they will have to or it­ will be a hammering to remember

cant wait for Ireland , wales , France , Scotland to­ show them how rugby should be played a performance­ yesterday that a 3 team would have been unhappy with ­ and Martin on his way out Johnson has nt a clue about­ coaching come on the boys in green

Goode's job isnt to score tries. he has to get the­ kicking spot on. if all he does for training is weight­ lift then he need a new position or a new game. england­ NEED a fly half that knows his job, and sticks to it!

All the old fogeys like Rob Andrew should get out of­ rugby. When they played, England were made to look­ third rate against southern hemisphere side. We need­ competent players and coaches who understand the modern­ game to be in charge of thingS without having their­ strings pulled by the "never won anything"­ brigade. Well, that's how I see it anyway.

I cant believe what I was watching yesterday,a­ international team playing a brand of rugby that you­ could see every week from junior rugby club 3rd team.I­ dont no what these players do in training but as Brian­ Moore said during the commentary they are spending to­ much time in the gym and not enough time with the rugby­ ball in there hands.Andrew Sheridan being prime­ example,he might well bench press the most in world­ rugby but he cant scrummage to save his life.He got­ well and truley beaten by a man who has not played any­ rugby for 8 months.Jono has got to get his head into­ this day and age and out of 2003 before he turns from­ hero to villian.

Thank goodness the Italian coach good it so wrong in­ the first half, otherwise England might have faced­ getting the wooden spoon in all 5 games. As it is, they­ must be odds on to end up in the bottom half of the­ results table at the end of the competition.

The­ Ireland / France match was a totally different class of­ rugby.

England were shocking......kicked way too much­ possession away, the scrum was impotent, the back row­ non existent, Goode was pedestrian and the backs were­ not given a chance. Ireland and France showed up­ England and I think the Welsh will be licking their­ lips after seeing that performance. We should have­ been more clinical and professional in putting Italy to­ the sword and I felt that playing 20 minutes with 14­ men as Lawrence Dallaglio said on TV was unacceptable. ­ I found myself willing on Italy to score as I felt that­ after the disastrous start they were trying to do­ 'something'.......I think this England side­ will be lucky to get thrid place in the 6 Nations.

I've watched English rugby for years and what I saw­ today was a bunch of unprofessional under performing­ second raters. If Johnson thought that Goode did­ 'pretty well' then it doesn't bode well for­ the future; the territory and possession stats show­ that all he (Goode)succeeded in doing was give the ball­ away. I fill sorry for the backs if that is the sort of­ rugby Johnson is going to make the team play. The­ French and the Irish were streets ahead.

mike_elder well said

Now he just needs to get rid of the dross players, cut­ out the persistent pointless fouling, impress on the­ team the need to play attractive rugby and then he can­ sort out those anonymous prats in the RFU, Rob Andrew­ included!!