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Very disappointed in the game this morning. The Wallabies played without heart or passion and have put all of their individual careers into question.
Plenty of hints from Jones post match that big changes are on the cards for Twickenham.
I feel virtually the whole squad from today needs a kick up the Kyhber and to do so, my 22 for England would be-
1. Greg Holmes, one chance otherwise Fitter to Loosehead, persist with Baxter Tighthead and Holmes bench
2. Stephen Moore, one chance otherwise Tatafu Polota-Nau to the bench and persist with Cannon
3. Dave Fitter , no more excuses left not to play him!
4. Mark Chisholm, had a reasonable game and deserves to start
5. Hugh McMeniman, the lay off has worked wonders for McM having whacked on plenty of muscle, played well and also deserves to start
6. Rocky Elsom, one of few able to hold his head up for his own match against France although others would happily take his jersey
7. Phil Waugh, needs to tighten up on his penalty rate but was a pass mark, sub for Smith at 55-60 mins
8. Scott Fava, must play, has consistentley performed at every other level and is as good as anyone available
9. George Gregan, again made the best of a bad hand (or scrum) and for now is still the best option, swap for Henjak at first sign of fatigue
10. Mat Rogers, by far a better option than Giteau at 5/8 and becoming less convincing at Wing
11. Lote Tuqiri, the experiment has to stop, focus on using on the blind and inside passes from the scrum. Either due to lack of time or skill never passes and is way too predictable and costly at 12
12. Matt Giteau, an extreemly talented player being too pressured and regimented at 5/8, better suited to 12 where he can have a more free hand and create space
13. Llyod Johannson, made an immediate impact and made the gain line (albiet to knock on!) deserves a start if only to bring a beefier Giteauesque X factor
14. Drew Mitchell had more impact in brief spell than Del in the rest of the match. Time to be forgiven for Bledisloe shocker
15. Chris Latham, probably Australian man of the match, currently best option but needs to know must perform as Cameron Shepherd lurking
16. Al Baxter, must restart career. Is in Europe now and is experience otherwise would be dropped from my squad. Is rarely convincing and very disappointing.
17. Brendan Cannon, bad display of ball "skills", needs to step aside to try others, Polota-Nau is pressing hard and only size and experience puts him in front of Adam Freier
18. Nathan Sharpe, Sharpey needs a bigger kick than most, made schoolboy handling mistakes and needs to know he is not a walk up start and must consistently earn 1st XV
19. George Smith, would have more impact in the last 25 to 30 minutes flatout against tired legs than 80 mins. Best suited to Open Side so use him there!
20. Matt Henjak, if Gregan is to play on then time to say an unfortunate goodbye to loyal servant Chris Whitaker. Australia gains nothing by continuing to run Whits rather than grooming a new half.
21. Morgan Turinui, had an off game and as with Sharpe needs a timely reminder that position is not a given
22. Digby Ioane, as with Johannson, Ioane is one of the next generation and would give Del timely wake up to stop worrying about the bling and start playing Union.
I am not normally one to make changes for change sake but this crew needs a good jar.
It will be too late to be making these type of changes in a years time when on the eve the World Cup season.
After this mornings match I am now looking forward to 2008, when we can put an enema through the Australian squad to dislodge and retire the older crew, as there are some excellant young players coming through that will be just too young to make an impact in this four year cycle.
We are also in desperate need of the return from injury for the likes of Larkham, Vickerman and Rathbone.