Ollie Chessum: 'We just lacked a little bit of zip and Ireland clearly didn’t'

Entry into the 22 and scoring was abysmal.

If Marcus or Finn were there we would have scored far more.

Ford does not like the ball in hand unless he has lots of space .

I do wonder that if Mr G Ford has the ear of S Borthwick as is so apparent , then he will obviously push for tactics that will show his dubious merits and not a running game that will favour the 2 Smiths .

DOH!!! .

With him at 10 England have won diddly squat while he has accumulated his 100 caps . Apparently he is a great person during training and shows his expert coaching . Right up until kick off when he wilts against very obviously better players .

He was brill against Wales. Then he faced the lions 10 . Nowhere .

Then Ireland . Nowhere to be seen .

Let’s hope the penny has dropped .

You lacked so much more than that, Ollie. You were falling off tackles like it’s touch rugby. I remember an Irish try, where there were three missed tackles in a row.

You also lacked patience at the attack, getting turned over three times within 5m of the Irish goal line in the first half alone. That’s potential 21 points, that you’ve squandered.

Your set piece sucked as well. So if you think, that a meh scrum and atrocious line-out would do against Italy, you might be in for a rewrite of history.

The messages coming out of this England camp are concerning. If they think they were only 1-2% off then they are delusional. They weren’t even close and were completely outplayed two weeks in a row and offered minimal resistance. Add this to Borthwick stating he’s relaxed and not under pressure and you realise they are very disconnected from the fans and blind to how dreadful they have been. The fans expect as a minimum some fight and desire of which there was neither against Scotland and Ireland. There is also an expectation that a professional outfit will be able to execute basic skills and employ tactics that suit the personnel, which again hasn’t been evident. Time for the England camp to wake up and get a grip on reality or the Italians and French will give them a very rude awakening

Against Ireland in every 50-50 clash it seemed that the Irish came up with the ball as though they wanted it more for Farrell, than the English did for Borthwick. Players weren’t 1-2 % off their game, it was more like 10 - 20 %. As an England fan, I expect every player to give his all. Last week they didn’t!

Once again an England player saying they have great players and are a good team .

No. You have been shown how wrong you are two weeks running.

Great players show up.

For too long the herd press have gone on about Englands play maker having great game management and control.

Yet no one ever sees it.

What is the common denominator of England pathetic results for the last 9 years .

Sunday papers again saying Englands back line failed to be cohesive.