England V SA

We have three main problems:
a) Who can lead this team when the shit hits the fan. After the game Greenwood was convinved there is no one out there and I haven't seen anyone either.
b) These are more or less the best bunch of players, the numbers on the shirt in the back row being the biggest question mark.
c) Only Freshwater of the current team can play both of the next two tests giving the selectors a management problem.

My Solutions:
a) The best option I can think of is Vickery, he was playing OK and White has been playing poorly.
b)& c) Plan for the two tests:

1 Freshwater for both
2 Chuter then Thompson
3 Vickery for both
4 Jones for both
5 Kay then Palmer
6 Lund for both
7 Rees for both
8 Ward-Smith for both

9 Perry then Bemand
10 Hodgson then Goode
11 Cohen then Varndell
12 Allen then Flood
13 Tait for both
14 Sackey then Cueto
15 Balshaw then Lewsey

bench options
Turner, Thompson, Parling, Crane, Richards, Flood, Lewsey
then
Turner, Mears, Parling, Crane, Richards, Johnston, Morgan

Normally I would say it is crazy to play an inexperienced back row against SA, but they are going to have to play one match anyway, so I would rather say to them you have two tests guaranteed and see how they improve. I also pick Bemand and Goode to get a club partnership, same for Flood and Tait. I stick with Flood so he is not ruined by the last match. I stick with Balshaw not beacuase I think he was great but because he was one of the few players to improve from NZ.