WHY THINGS CAN ONLY GET WORSE
GARRY SCHOFIELD
contemplates the forthcoming Ashes series.
I’D love to say things can only get better.
But having reflected on the opening Ashes Test at Wembley, unfortunately from an England point of view, I can only see them getting worse.
There are two main reasons for that: 1. Australia are going to get stronger still as they settle in and adapt further to the conditions over here and their combinations start to click even more.
2. It’s going to be an Australian, Grant Atkins, refereeing at Everton’s new stadium after our own Liam Moore was the man in the middle in London.
There is clearly improvement to be had from England after that 26-6 loss, and the lack of a warm-up match hardly helped, but the worrying thing is, there is also improvement to come from the Kangaroos - and they looked decent enough on Saturday.