RWC latest – Johnson to judge himself

RWC latest – Johnson to judge himself

12 Jul 2011

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Johnson to judge himself - Administrative chaos in England’s RFU has effectively given coach Martin Johnson the opportunity to decide whether or not he carries on after the World Cup.

Botched restructuring attempts have left the governing body without key decision makers. Acting chief executive Martyn Thomas said: ‘Martin is such an honest assessor of his own performance that he will judge himself after the World Cup.

‘He will turn around and say he is pleased with what he has done and he is staying or that, because he is very self-critical, that he is not happy. There is unlikely to be a CEO before January. I will have no problem in sitting down with Martin after the World Cup and resolving his position in the interests of England and the coaching team.’

Thomas also tried to allay fears that the boardroom chaos would adversely affect the team’s preparation. ‘Martin Johnson and the coaches said to me that what was going on at Twickenham was not on their radar. The players are not interested in what is happening here.’


6 Comments

  • 1.BillTong: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2011, 07:56 am

    RFU Dragons must be taking administrivia lessons from SARU Dragons!

  • 2.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2011, 08:39 am

    bwahahahahaha jonno to assess himself? Tl tl tl even SARU wouldn’t have come up with this.

  • 3.he's not the messiah. he's a very naughty boy!: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2011, 08:42 am

    haha scoring your own performance. imagine if pdiv got to do that.

  • 4.BULLET: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2011, 08:44 am

    I do feel like for once, SARU has the second dumbest administrators in World Rugby…but then I recall how we closed the opportunity for re-application for the Bok job on the eve of the RWC final which the incumbent coach was hired to win.

    Essentially firing the incumbent coach the day before the biggest game in his and the teams career. The match that they won.

    No no, England administrators are not as dumb as the SARU administrators…but they are a close second.

  • 5.Big Hit: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2011, 09:50 am

    This is a political play from Thomas who is trying desperately to hang onto his position.

  • 6.Transformation: Reply to this comment
    12 Jul 2011, 11:12 am

    @Big Hit(Big Hit)-5: is that the excuse? :-)

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