I think you need to be a little be fair here. There was plenty of skill from Scotland, but also luck of the draw. A couple of balls bounced the wrong way, 3 England players vs a Scottish 12 and they did actually make a tackle we’d all be in a different place. That near loss was a combo of some good Scottish play, poor English play but also some luck.
IMO – both Wales and Scotland saw this coming – they weathered the storm in H1 – Scotland less successfully and Wales as a part of their more complete game strategy – knowing to attack England in H2. This is going to re-occur in the RWC – everyone’s aware of their H2 collapses.
Yes, England were shocking to let that go and are rightly being torn a new one over it. Apparently though Eddie has a secret weapon, who (she) can fix things so lets see who he enrols next and if it works. I’m prepared for a disappointing autumn TBH – the last time Englands tactics were exposed was a year long run of losses, because as has been widely reported, they don’t have a Plan B.