Writing in the Independent on Sunday, Tim Glover casts an eye over England manager Martin Johnson's options as he prepares to name his latest elite squads.
"The game within a game is to second-guess Martin Johnson's selection, and that has not been as straightforward as was once envisaged. Some very dubious calls led to the downfall of Andy Robinson as England coach, and Brian Ashton also had his banana skins.
"Perhaps it is the sheer size of the talent pool that confuses them, but England manage to get it more wrong than right on an alarming scale. Johnson is new to the coaching game and got his nose bloodied during the autumn campaign, during which his side suffered defeats to Australia, 28-14, South Africa, 42-6, and New Zealand, 32-6."
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