The writing was on the wall for the England rugby team when head coach Martin Johnson chose five forwards out of seven substitutes for the game with Italy in Rome. Clearly Johnno was determined to take on Italy in the forwards, the one part of the game Italy is quite good at. So today we had the ludicrous spectacle of England trying to grind down the Italian forwards (which didn't happen) with the backs, who looked likely to score every time they handled the ball, stupidly kicking the ball away to the Italians at every opportunity. It was a complete re-run over the narrow win over Argentina in the autumn internationals. Any set of coaches who fix upon such a bovine game plan should be sacked immediately. And as for all that crap that the England players have been coming out with about being given the freedom the play their own game - come on chaps, come on chaps we didn't believe you the first time or even the second time. And we certainly don't believe you now. It may have escaped Johnno's attention but England doesn't have anyone who can kick the ball particularly well, or even well at all. So why do it? This wasn't just bad it was incredibly stupid.