Assessment of the weekend so far:

Wigan: error strewn, no drive on the forwards, going to get thrashed in Australia next week. Huddersfield: opposite of that and those prize **** Grix and Brough looking pretty good.

Wales: look like a team who’ve forgotten how to play. Ireland: 90% of the team they need to be. Forwards excellent. Not sure there’s enough depth to make them a championship side. Will finish 3rd.

England/Scotland: amazed it was only 20 points. So dire my daughter and I ignored the game and bagged up fifty-odd quid’s worth of change….

Robshaw went to Millfield school – not being pedantic but some will be.

Scotland were dire but to compare schools attended seems a bit arsey. I teach at a local authority school attended by several Scottish international players and it’s not something that we boast about… but then we don’t need to “sell” places do we.

You mean Mike Brown? I don’t have a problem with this. It is just a harmless expression of passion. It was also an excellent try.

[harryenfield]I would like to apologise for my nation’s press behaviour during the Six Nations. [/harryenfield]

The Observer has an unbelievable, unrealistic, fawning report of the England win this morning. I love a win, but we were not that good, we should have put another 20 points on them. And then in the Ire vs Wal report, a piece on Wales being out of the championship now, which is frankly bollocks. Granted they were shit, but they are also the masters of turning it round. They could still win and more than likely will, given the pain of this loss.

At Murrayfield yesterday, pitch was awful will be glasd to see it relaid.

Scotland as a team were dire

Weir was awful
laidlaw not his best game
front row awful
lineouts a joke

denton excellent…………incredible he was taken off
Hogg ..as a good as he could be
Seymour looks a good player
Furaso….good start good tackles

They need to lose Johnson asap, the Scots just hung in there defended bravely at times especially with 14………..BUT cannot cross the gainline constantly and when they do they drop the ball.

England solid,

Brown was excellent
Farrell is improving standing flatter
Robshaw truly excellent I have to say I do think he is world class, quiet grafter who allows others to play, but it looks a great back row very unflashy but effective. Woods impressive Billy really gratfted, the offload was sublime if forward I suspect
Burrell looked good and a prospect
36 .not sure at all nothing wrong but
May. great feet but looked to go inside all the time and if wiers kicks had been better one or tries were there for the taking.
Care impressed me
Youngs oh dear

But big problem is England did not close the game out several chances not finished, this is a worry it should have been closer to 40 points.
Given the quality of the forward and the form of the 9 it does give some concern over the creativity.

Re the looks and attitude, Farrell silly and not needed Brown not a big thing plenty said and done in a match move on.

As a England supporter I have to say some England ‘fans’ need to understand the game first or shut up……….bloody twonkers near us contrasting to the Scots fans. Great atmosphere as usual.

Major concern for the game is how to support and develop the smaller countries, sorry Scotland but you are now, given the price for a world cup ticket at 700 quid where is all the money going???

Wales surprised at the score and Ire were not that good from what we saw briefly.

I didn’t like to say AA,as it is akin to blasphemy,but Gethin was a spectator yesterday.

I wish you had meant that as a gloating insult and that I could come on here and call you an arrogant Englishman. The sad thing I know it wasn’t gloating and I know it wasn’t an insult. You are bang on in your assessment. I was there yesterday and we were embarrassing. I don’t expect Scotland to win every game, or even the majority of games, but yesterday really was the final straw. I genuinely would like to see us just concede the rest of the games and just walk away from the whole thing, heads hung in shame.

Congratulations to England, you were the better team by a country mile. I’m only sorry our lot couldn’t give you a decent game.

Never mind, The Scottish Ladies should put up a better show today!

On that note, wonder if Kelly Brown is walking around with a relieved expression on his face today?

He qualified to play for England, scored handsomely, and then celebrated a little by braying or whatever.
TBH Shane did this a billion times (as did absolutely every other player who scored a try in any game, ever) against us, and it used to really piss me off, as you can imagine, but I defend his right to do it. It seems to me ridiculous to be down on someone for celebrating their score.

Don’t remember that I was too dizzy with ecstasy at Ireland’s performance..

knee drop onto the try scorer, thats when Phillips saw his opportunity for a fight and got a yellow.

Duckman, Gethin, like Warburton hadnt played for months but having said that, the odd game aside he hasnt been very good for years, too many injuries and miles on the clock I think. Shame, at one stage he was one of, if not the best 1 in the world. I’d like to see Paul James, Samson Lee and Jake Ball come into the front 5 for the next game. Bench Adam and see how he responds.

Gatland isnt known as cement head for nothing, he just picks his favs no matter what form they are in. To be fair to Roberts I think he’s been Wales best player over the two games. Without a middle lineout option wales cant launch him from lineouts and then spend ages pissing about with slow ball.

I think Philips was smarting after the spanking. Kearney wanted to have a pop at Williams and Philips saw his chance for a bit of fisticuffs. Then it was a bit of handbags and “LEAVE-I-OWWWW-E’s-NOT-WURRRFFF-IT” for a minute.

None of it would have happened but for Williams dropped knee, after the ball had been grounded. So, he was the most guilty in that incident. Worse stuff happens. Welsh players were very honest after the game in saying they were beaten by the better side. As was Gatling. He has a lot of thinking to do before the England game.

I have a lot of time for PO’M but saying “we wanted it more…” after the game is just bollocks. Nobody needs to gloat after one has just been MOM (deservedly IMO) in your team’s dismantling of the opposition. Just gives the meeja more words to hang onto for next year’s “grudge”.

Phillips is competitive to excess on occasion its far from being his biggest flaw. There’s no one to replace him with anyway!

DD this why I am not a referee, too liberal..

Real time highlight toys (I’ve picked this one so you can wonder at the majesty of the green machine’s 20m drive 😆 ) – I’m not saying this with moss tinted spectacles, but I really can’t see a) how Williams can even prevent a try from behind the posts where he is or b) why he has to drop and move his right leg out towards Jackson in that manner.

I’m not saying he should be cited for this – but it was this incident which led to the shite afterwards.

DD you know I support Ireland with as much passion as I support England right? Unless they are playing us then they can eff off..
Plus nothing give me more joy than seeing Wales lose, and I hate Phillips, but I say still not deliberate…

not deliberate!!!! Come on the knee goes for the ball I suppose but the elbow didnt need to happen and it was all far too late.

has hardly played

That makes sense, he was not his normal self.

Even the other honest grafter AW-J who I would normally always want to be in my side (character wise) was somewhat absent although his face showed the pain and sweat.

Can’t see anything wrong with what POM said either. Pretty much sums it up. Rugby is already suffering from an overdose of management/pseudo psycho babble as it is. Good to hear straight talking instead of the pre-packaged and obviously false bollocks that tends to get served up in the interviews. Honestly, will have Mourinhio style BS next, and then we really will have lost if got the wendies.

So you think Wales didn’t want to win as much as the green machine?