By Julian Guyer
November 9th 2009 @ 7:17am
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Johnson upbeat after Australia loss
England manager Martin Johnson welcomed the return to international rugby of Jonny Wilkinson and predicted better days ahead for his side despite an 18-9 defeat by Australia here at Twickenham.
England were leading until the hour mark in Saturday’s match but, after a solid start, the truth was they had been hanging on since half-time.
Five-eighth Wilkinson [...]
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common sense said | November 9th 2009 @ 6:13pm | Report comment
Is this articles headline a little oxymoronic? Or simply moronic?
Wouldn’t it make for a pleasant world if more coaches could justify losses and/or sustaining their international contracts by maintaining an ‘upbeatness’? Granted the Poms, and Johnsons current lack of player depth, surely no player of his calibre could be too comfortable with the pool of mediocrity England are currently lurking in?
Albeit, good to see the upbeat Johnson has a profound plan to ressurect the hopes of the English,
“We will tweak what needs to be tweaked, and hopefully be better for it next week..”
Will you Martin? Wow. Hey, given that you’re at the helm of what could become a perrenially underachieving rugby nation in the next few years, perhaps a career in poetry?