Simon Barnes finds it hard to get excited about England's loss to France despite their improved performance in The Times.
"England’s enigmatic season came to an end as baffling as its beginning. It was a defeat — England lost to France 12-10 — but not a humiliation.
"An England disaster and we would all have been comfortable calling for the head of Martin Johnson, the team manager, and for that of his boss at the RFU, Rob Andrew. We could ask of Andrew the question the child asked of Mr Asquith: “Mummy, what is that man for?”
"A shocking defeat at least clears the decks for action. It is obvious that something was wrong and that nobody, no matter how accustomed to taking the positives, could escape the conclusion that England’s season was unacceptably poor."
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