My reaction is that I am not surprised that I am not surprised.
Eddie Jones has long overstayed his time with us, he has access to some of the greatest times with players and the best facilities. Yet time and time again since 2019 he provides dross.
He put a team on the field that looked limited and they played a very limited game plan. Worst of all they looked like 15 individuals rather than a coherent team. Not being able to string a few phases together, passes to no-one and completely bereft of shape.
Frankly when your hear Jones stating -again- that we are not playing everything we can do because he wants to surprise others at the World Cup, then you know we are in trouble. New Zealand do not do that, they do their best every time and then they try new things and layer it on. Surprises at the World Cup mean that we will not know if it works or not, and if it does not it’s too late.
Eddie Jones and ourselves need to go into every test giving everything to win by using everything at our disposal. Treating every test, tournament, World Cup and series with equal importance is THE only way, not saving it for a World Cup.
Please Eddie go now. I would rather lose with a head coach who really gets it and a team desperate to win everything than continue with a coach who has managed to create a disconnect between the team and the fans and creates performances like that.