Off-colour England were struck down by fear against Argentina according to Mick Cleary in the Daily Telegraph.
"Last season it was Johnson's fist thumping into the Croke Park seating that encapsulated his frustration. Here, it was his very demeanour. There was only one positive from the torturous victory over Argentina, namely that it was a win. Everything else, bar the clattering resilience of Lewis Moody, was grim, grim, grim. It was quite the most awful performance seen at Twickenham.
"Johnson invariably masks his true feelings. An hour or so after the referee, Nigel Owens, had brought a merciful end to proceedings, Johnson stood, hunched and world-weary in the gymnasium of Twickenham's west stand. A swinging punch-bag might have made a better outlet for his pent-up frustration. Instead it was a battery of notebooks and microphones."
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