They won't nerf Eddie though. What would do England good is they sack him/he leaves after 2019. That ship has sailed, and they keep on quoting his win rate as evidence of success, which is like saying Liz Truss did fewer u turns than Tony Blair or Margaret Thatcher or that Norway's army ws undefeated by the Nazis, totally lacking context but technically true. In the context of tier one, Eddie's record is middling. To be fair Eddie has a good win rate vs Australia, but only two games vs NZ, but his win rate vs Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France is poor. Considering his poor 6n win pc record his trophy rate is excellent, a worse win PC than Lancaster but actual trophies of note is laudable, but they are front loaded towards the start of his reign.
He cares about the WC too much, fundamentally he is prepared to sacrifice everything on an event where we have a decent draw but where we normally make the semis on average anyway. One bad red card in the quarters and 4 years goes up in smoke. His refusal to countenance the Wades, Ciprianis of yesterday will be matched by the Malins and Thorleys of today, whilst straight jacketing players like Smith. Losing vs Japan will make us feel justified, but I doubt it would help one bit.
I will be cheering England on through the most gritted of teeth.