O2 Inside Line | This Rose | episode 7 

Chaps, from an England fan and a loyal one at that, I hope you give your upmost over the next 2.5 months. I recognise the importance of media but I'd gladly go without all the media content/behind the scenes stuff if it means that we rock up at the WC fired up and at our best. I never thought that Borthwick was going to fix everything 9 months before a World Cup and I don’t expect for us to get to the final. But what I do hope for is good performances that we can be proud of to restore a bit of bite back into the shirt and Twickenham. There are lots of ‘fans’ expressing their discontent of the squad, fair enough but we’re here now- the players have been selected and that’s that. I'll get behind you boys and I hope others do the same!

I can’t lie, I was in bits after listening to Marcus explain his kicking routine only to then miss the kick way left 😂

Need a big result this week we're all counting on you boys good luck

The sheer level of negativity from fans and media towards England is exhausting. It's worked up hysteria from cynical feelings after this loss run. But back when i was supporting them between 06-10, some of the worst years, the vitriol was never this bad before There is no way this team is suddenly going to be an all court running team. To stay the fans, it will have to be a winning one, but its unfair on Borthwick to have hired him in world cup year with so much expectation to look competent in time for the tournament against teams that have had 4 years to do it. I dont care what england fans say, Im still going to watch england. Theyre still going to watch england. And to be honest the kicking game, if it becomes a winning plan, wont be criticised by emgland fans. But we'll see...

when england won their last world cup, they did it on old school rugby values....im an england fan through and through, and ill stand behind you men 100%, no matter what your choices are. all im asking is that you do us proud, and give us somthing we can stand behind you for. no matter what happens. do us and your country proud please. thats all we ask.

Proud to be English, big week this week! Let's silence a few!🌹♥️

What an important thing - education on the logic and rationale of kicking. Why it matters, how skilful it is, why it’s exciting, literally every top team does it.

As an avid England fan, I really hope we see more from the team this weekend and in the WC. I live in Vietnam and stayed up very late to watch the Wales game last week, and I honestly regretted it. When you're a couple of scores down and just 15 minutes to go, please roll the dice and look for the win. Putting up endless box kicks and playing with no flair and endless handling errors was as difficult to watch as the Lions tour in covid. You're all so talented and I believe you can get far in this upcoming competition. All we fans ask is that you play your hearts out with a smile on your face! Come on boys

Great to see Fordy back in the mix. He was crucial to steering Tigers to prem title last year. His game management is arguably above the other 10s!

Really enjoying this series. It’s time to focus on the games, now that selection pressure has been removed. This is a very talented pool of players.

I think in our rugby, kicking takes a massive place so yeah it's just like a religion ! Love it !!!

Ford 100% named dropped Slade as a left footed kicker but they cut it out 😅

Teams that win more, kick more. That doesn’t mean that if you kick more you will win more. I hope Borthwick knows the difference between causation and correlation.

Love these vids!!!!

England has 4 years to think about what went wrong in France. As the next Rugby World Cup will be held in Australia. The last time England won the Rugby World Cup, was back in 2003.

No surprise that it's pretty much about the kicking game, as of late that's England's only attacking strategy. Hopefully they develop as time goes on, but based on recent years I can't see it happening.

You boys looked so good right up to the moment someone actually tackled you! Folded like a Brighton Deck chair… no pressure

Mad how ford was probably more scared of talking in front of the camera, then playing the all blacks

Kickity kick kick kick

First inside line I've disliked I think - negative tactics with the kicking, but some how trying to convince us it's a positive.

I’d rather you lose these ones and learn rather than in France! Keep working hard, it will come.

Don't be surprised if Wales again this weekend. There's something very wrong in the England camp.

Look like world beaters...in semi contact training sessions.

Please utilise the backs more, rather than just smashing it up with the forwards and then box kicking it to death! The boys must be gagging to actually run with it

Kicking didn't work, passing didn't work, game plan....did we have one? All that happened was we kicked and gave the ball away and lost possession, do we not trust our backs to carry? We were crap, still going backward and now we're taking 3 10s and only one real 8 to the WC god help us....

Big fan of George BUT he didn’t use the weird ‘pass’ once and I lost count of the number of kicks!!

Proud English fan, but expecting very little this World Cup. I can’t pretend anymore. The least excited I’ve ever been for a World Cup.

After one of the most toothless, boring attacking displays I've seen from an England side, you post a 15 minute video about kicking 😂 It's like we're being trolled 👏

All that and they got spanked by Wales :)))

Drop cokanasinga

Thanks George. 😔

How ironic - after a terrible, kick-heavy performance last week, we’re treated with a video on, guess what? KICKING! Waheeyyy. How about you keep the ball in hand this week and score some TRIES.

This show is an utter circle jerk when the team continuously loses.

Blame England mgt for not getting in a half decent coach, be lucky to get to the quarters I'm thinking..

It’s not the team it’s not the coach because he can only pick what is available to him. But the rfu has watched the demise of three teams from the prem, allowed the prem to be full of non eqp players blocking young aspiring eqp players from ever playing in the prem let alone for England. If your a realist you will know England will not get further than the pool stages and that is because the rfu and PRL are incapable of running English rugby end of!

In the next instalment, Ellis Genge, Jack V Poortvliet and Max Malins will highlight the finer points of lacing up ones boots...........................

They look great on the training ground, and seem together/well formed, dont they? How far from reality this actually is. Come game day, they were hopeless beyond measure against Wales, clueless in the face of a game plan that didn't work, playing a cynical brand of rugby and not doing it at all well. They were hapless with ball in hand, the players looked as though they didn't know where to stand, the couldn't think for themselves and couldn't consistently execute a basic lineout or scrum. With the exception of one or two players, the entire team were bereft of creativity, ability and energy. They look over-coached and exhausted, compared to Wales who were energetic and passionate. Something needs to change and change quick, but with 5 weeks to WC kick off, it's all too late. This team will be destroyed by any of the top 8 teams in the world based on current form and the only positive that will come out of that is Borthwick will be released from his contract.

I hope England do well and you have the draw to do that. BUT I find it very revealing that we have the three fly halves (the attacking hub of the team) and all they are talking about is kicking……come in guys you can’t win the World cup by being solid and kicking.

Copyright infringement from 8:14 to 9:00, chaps.

I am glad your have confidence but sadly I don't unless Mr Borthwick has a cunning plan that we all don't know about 😔😔

So much emphasis on technique, not enough on doing things in a way you find comfortable and natural to you

you watch this then wonder why England are devoid of rugby intelligence then you watch it again and realise it's turgid unimaginative and dull JUST LIKE ITS COACH,wales will put out a totally changed side next week and the result will be meaningless as they know that come the world cup if they face england they have every tool in the box to beat them in every part of the game STRENGTH,SPEED ,STAMINA AND SKILL and all wales needed was a proper coach back in charge and to be taken back to their previous fitness levels,just as Gatland has done!

All a bit sad really… 😐

Soporific footage . Please silence me .

Personally i think the biggest problem in rugby is most players seem devoid of any real character and passion. Nothing sums up england over the last 5 years as much as the mumbled national anthem accompanied by bored looking faces. Not a single player that seems to be out there trying to prove a point to anybody, all seem to think they've got nothing to prove which just stinks of complacency and entitlement

Oh, so you train? Ha.. How'd that work out at the weekend?

Looking forward to this bunch of old codgers falling over.

listening to Ford says everything...all england will do is kick and chase all game. they have no other skills and with Marcus most likely on the bench England will not have a playmaker starting a game until its too late

The affected accent of Ford and Farrell who went to school in Harpenden is getting old now.