Not sure how we're still in this game, but it's all on.

I don't blame the players for the flat atmosphere. I blame Hicks. He allows loads of messing in the ruck for very slow sets. He also allows glacial scrum setups. I don't think he's good enough for a fast international game.

Well, this is the most boring close game I've ever witnessed

Dropgoal didn't go over!!!

Our two centres stink. Sarginson has stepped inside to nowhere all day now he drops it with the line open.

Centre has been a weak spot for us now since the days of Newlove and Connolly!

What's with all these poor high kicks? Are they the super coaches big idea? Pathetic.

What's with all these poor high kicks? Are they the super coaches big idea? Pathetic.

Why the hell didn't they go for a DG?

What is wrong with f@@@@@@@ Watkins? Make a break and he runs and stands in front of the ball.

The kiwis could jump up and down on the tackled mans head, and that bottler Hicks wouldn't give a penalty.

Lack of brains out there. What a disappointment.

Captain bombed a couple of plays, needs better composure.

Bennett chose wrong captain. Burgess has played like a dick these last 10 minutes. Graham much more solid and consistent.

he's let them do what they like for the 80 in that respect, an aussie ref would have killed them

Pathetic game management

Poor game.

Another Aus/NZ final then.

Game management non existent, down to the very last tackle when the ball need to be kept alive and Watkins takes it short side!!

They won by a dropgoal that didn't go over. Absolute disgrace. Clueless in the last 10 mins

... and for years before that too.

Johnson the difference. England would have won easily were it not for him imo. shows the importance of having that x factor pulling the strings. miricale needed to make the final now

Lack of composure at the end again cost us.Not levelling the scores earlier when we had the chance, Widdop ignoring Gale and Watkins and throwing a looping ball to John Bateman on the break, they are not the sort of decisions that win test matches.

The guy was awful today. Seems like all the predicted weak links let the side down. I'd drop all 3 Burgess brothers for the Oz match, both centres and Widdop. How we fill those gaps is a different problem though. Oh, And I'd beg McNamra to coach the rest of the tournament.

Can't be criticising Watkins and upsetting the blue and amber folk



All in all a typical English performance. Matty Smith would've gone for th drop goal.

Thought the centres were awful today, did nothing between them and with wingers like we had today we should have been giving Jerry and Ryan Hall much more ball and giving them chance to run.
Sarginson is/was just plain crap and Watkins looked like he simply couldn't be bothered.

Half-backs were pretty anonymous apart from Gale's pointless high kicks.

We had no spark, no one just to come up with the eye catching play.

Thought Graham and McGillvary were our best players by a mile, can't really remember anyone else standing out.