If England do not deliver an absolute minimum of second place in the forthcoming RBS Six Nations, then they have failed. They have more resources and more time than all their competitors, so what, exactly, is the problem? So asks Stephen Jones in the Sunday Times.
"We are a merciless lot in the media, so I was told last week by what can be termed sources close to the England management. They are getting their excuses in for their shocking autumn campaign, it seems, by complaining that we loaded too much expectation on the poor dears by suggesting that they might actually be expected to win the odd game over the autumn - in fact, I suggested that they should be expected to win all four.
"Let us leave aside for the moment, as we wait for Martin Johnson’s new squad to be announced on Wednesday, the fact that not only did they not win their big games in the autumn, but they also did not play remotely to the standard of a proper international team."
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