As an international chief coach, there comes a time when you have to nail your colors in the mast in the selection and then continue with your weapons.
On paper, I understand the changes that Steve Borthwick has made by his side for Saturday Le crunch.
England, bad, needs a victory against France. The softest hearts will say that England is not at the same level of France, that we are in a different stage in our development (Oh, how I hate that word!) And, therefore, we will simply accept a good performance and not just a Victoria as a result.
I know that will not be anyone's attitude in England's locker room. Borthwick and his players will be suffering and will be desperate to win.
After the loss in Ireland, France at home is the best possible opponent. This is not the time for England to feel sorry for itself, find excuses or hide.
One of my favorite phrases that adorned the walls of the training fields of England and the costumes when I was a coach was: 'England waits'. He puts me chicken skin now just thinking about what those two words mean for me and the motivation that the simple idea gave us to win.
England players will be suffering after the defeat against Ireland and desperate to win this weekend
England launched a strong fight against Ireland, but finally the dam broke at the Aviva stadium
This is not time for England to feel sorry for itself, find excuses or hide, but passes to Twickenham
When you are losing matches at the test level, temptation is to make changes to wholesale or small adjustments here and there. Borthwick is doing the latter. It is not as if he were tearing his week by week and starting again.
But my opinion is that it would be a long way for England to succeed if the rotation remained to a minimum.
Clearly, the injuries can modify the best events and the fact that George Furbank was injured before these six nations meant that Borthwick had to rejig things on his back.
It was with Freddie Steward in Ireland, but now he moved to Marcus Smith from half of the volta to 15 for France. Smith end of Northampton begins at number 10 this weekend.
The injury has also meant that Cadan Murley, who began with the wing against Ireland, has been replaced by Ollie Sleightholme this weekend.
I like Sleightholme. It is fast, strong, aggressive and direct. It ends very well, as Dan Lger in my days in charge, and Le crunch On Twickenham he feels like a day made for him.
There are also changes in the back row. Borthwick went for Curry Double in Dublin, with the twins Tom and Ben in the flanks and Ben Earl in No 8. For France, it is Tom Curry in Blindside, Earl back to no 7, and Tom Willis in the back of the Scrum .
I think both rear rows have merit. I thought the trio that began in Dublin was fine. I also believe that the trio selected for France can also do well.
I am a fan of Ollie Sleightholme, who seems to crunch on Twickenham is a day made for him
Tom Willis's great ball and physicality can counteract a giant French herd on Saturday
Borthwick's argument, I am sure, will be that he has selected Horses for courses, bringing Willis's great ball and physicality to try to counteract a giant French team, particularly in the pack.
There is merit in that argument and it is very exciting to see Willis start such a big game.
But I would like to see England having the confidence to try to select their team in their own terms, or what they want to do and not what their opposition on any weekend can bring to the party.
England knows what comes against France. They are brutal in their strikers. For me, the way to overcome France is to move them through the park and try to run its great package of their feet.
Against France, I liked to deploy Mike Catt or Charlie Hodgson with Jonny Wilkinson. Twin games creators keep the game in motion as quickly as possible and expand their kick game.
This is where Smith's twin axis could be very effective, but it would be even better if it was backed by the speed of the pack of England and, in particular, the back row. I am not sure that this selection, especially in terms of the strikers, is designed to do so.
There is much to say about consistency when it comes to choosing your team. I think that is particularly the case in the English rugby, where the national side joins 10 sides of the Premier League of Gallagher and has been clear that cohesion has been a problem.
Such a situation is very different in a country like Ireland, where its national team is selected from only four provinces and, of course, most of its side is composed of Leinscer players.
The Dual-Smith axis will be crucial for France to run and move them
I often used Mike Catt (right) or Charlie Hodgson with Jonny Wilkinson (left) against France to act as a second player
It is not surprising that the most successful periods of England in Rugby arrived when the majority of the team was chosen from some clubs, such as Leicester Tigers and Wasps in the early 2000s of 2000
England can never have that luxury. But I do not think it is a surprise that in the past, the successful periods of the country have arrived when the core on the side was composed of players from one or two parts: think of Leicester and Wasps in the early 2000s and Saracenos 10 years after .
I can understand why after seven consecutive losses to level one sides, Borthwick is looking for the magical formula. But my advice for him would be a stick instead of twisting too much.
It is a great game for this England team. They were very good during the first half against Ireland last weekend, but left to suffer from another defeat. I don't imagine the same thing happens on Twickenham.
Like England's victory against Ireland last year on Twickenham, if England begins well, as they should, I think they can become the game. England waits.