For me, Scotland were building nicely before Robinson took over as head coach. He can take some of the credit though because he was coaching Edinburgh when they started to kick on in the Magners.
As for Johnno - I'm not particularly a fan of his and didn't approve of his appointment. Especially considering the way they dumped Brian Ashton. However, I'd say he's more in place as a manager, he has enough coaches (forwards, backs, attack, defence, scrummaging, kicking) in specific roles which allows him to do that job with probably very little coaching himself.
As for the way England are playing, it hasn't been as exceptionally bad as everyone (mainly the media) is making out. At the moment, playing teams with such strong defence and with the tackle area reffed as it is (almost a complete lottery) it doesn't make sense to throw the ball around in the wrong areas of the pitch because you're more likely than not to lose it. In the right places England will give things a go and do have some intent but mistakes and a sometimes painfully slow recycling of the ball hasn't helped.
Would you rather England played like Wales? A lot of this six nations they've thrown the ball around far too early and in wrong parts of the pitch and it's cost them.
But for a settled and high quality Ireland team and a resurgent Scottish team, this match could have been a grand slam decider for an England team that is still building.
For me, Scotland were building nicely before Robinson took over as head coach. He can take some of the credit though because he was coaching Edinburgh when they started to kick on in the Magners.
As for Johnno - I'm not particularly a fan of his and didn't approve of his appointment. Especially considering the way they dumped Brian Ashton. However, I'd say he's more in place as a manager, he has enough coaches (forwards, backs, attack, defence, scrummaging, kicking) in specific roles which allows him to do that job with probably very little coaching himself.
As for the way England are playing, it hasn't been as exceptionally bad as everyone (mainly the media) is making out. At the moment, playing teams with such strong defence and with the tackle area reffed as it is (almost a complete lottery) it doesn't make sense to throw the ball around in the wrong areas of the pitch because you're more likely than not to lose it. In the right places England will give things a go and do have some intent but mistakes and a sometimes painfully slow recycling of the ball hasn't helped.
Would you rather England played like Wales? A lot of this six nations they've thrown the ball around far too early and in wrong parts of the pitch and it's cost them.
But for a settled and high quality Ireland team and a resurgent Scottish team, this match could have been a grand slam decider for an England team that is still building.