headhunter wrote:This is the England team that lost to NZ in the 2008 World Cup.


Look at the difference in quality, is it any wonder performances have improved?

headhunter wrote:What's equally a problem is when you get fans who watch the scoreboard rather than the game. It's the same at club level. If a team loses, then the coach and players are usually blamed regardless of the circumstances, and equally if a team wins but plays poorly then a majority of fans are normally too one-eyed to see the weaknesses. The truth is that both Australia and NZ are as weak on paper as I can remember, whereas England are as strong as I can remember. England were poor last night, and will need to improve massively to beat Australia next week. If they do beat Australia then credit goes to McNamara for achieving his goals, but I've seen nothing from him as yet to suggest he is capable of that level of improvement.

rafsanjhani wrote:Yes i think hes the bloke still for the job honestly i thin it has to be said tonights dire performance was way more down to lame individual performance on the field rather than McNamara's tactics.Although admitidley one or 2 team choices have come back to haunt us i just knew Sinfield was gonna stink ellend road out hes useless for England kicking is abhorrant Back to McNamara as i had previously said he will have a greater pool of players either who are now injured or untried ie lomax mossop gaskell
ps BROUGH surely couldnt have been worse than sinfield

headhunter wrote:Why is he the man for the job? What justification could you possibly have to suggest that he's capable of coaching a top level international team?

rafsanjhani wrote:previous 2 matches

headhunter wrote:England were equally as poor last week, and performed to their potential for about 40 minutes against Australia but still lost comfortably in the end. McNamara's club record is appalling and his international record is equally bad.

headhunter wrote:England were equally as poor last week, and performed to their potential for about 40 minutes against Australia but still lost comfortably in the end. McNamara's club record is appalling and his international record is equally bad.