Brian Ashton The right man?

The six nation fever is starting to lose its appeal for England fans with two dismal performances in a competition that had so much promise.So is Brian Ashton is the right man to carry England forward. If his first two displays at the six nations this year are anything to go by it is less than encouraging. It is fair to say he took us to the Rugby World Cup finals. however it was with a lot of unconvincing displays against Tonga, Samoa and the USA, but their were encouraging displays by the England players against Australia and France that made the fans forget what dreadful performances had already occurred. As a fan I am truly devastated that Brian Ashton was reappointed, after reading Mike Catt and Lawrence Dalligio's autobiographies, it re affirms my belief that the man doesn’t really know where to go. He is more a coach than a manager; he likes the hands on approach and playing attacking style rugby. Now i don’t have a problem with attacking style rugby and seeing this new England he raves about, however if the forwards don’t provide a stable enough platform to get quick ball to the backs we can never play this style. The problem is he is a backs coach and has never really truly known what to do with the forward. In the six nations against Wales we witnessed the total collapse of a team in the second half. They players didn’t have a sense of direction they just looked confused, jagged and dazed. Then this week against Italy we witnessed it again, but had Italy been slightly better or had it not been a few magic moments from Wilkinson and tough tackling from Sackey, it could have been the same story as the week before.I am a firm believer in the saying if it isn't broken don’t fix it. Having said that England look broken and don’t know what they are doing. We need to implement a strong staff that can take England forward.