Has Johnson wasted an opportunity?

Martin Johnson has named an unchanged side to face the Scots at Twickenham on Saturday. Toby Flood and Joe Worsley both passed fitness tests this morning, so the manager was able to stick with the starting line-up that began so explosively against France on Sunday.

Johnson has also announced an unchanged bench, perhaps wasting an opportunity to see how those players who have not had much game time for their country would fare in an England shirt.

The match against Scotland is by no means a friendly - Johnson knows that he must deliver a repeat of last Sunday's performance, or an improvement, to stave off further criticism. The players themselves will want to prove that it wasn't a one-off, that their five tries had more to do with their skill and the team finally gelling than luck or an out-of-sorts French team.

But, with due respect to a Scotland team that is on its way up, England should win this match at Twickenham, as they have done for the last 26 years. This should have been a good opportunity to see one or two younger faces on the bench, to let some fresh blood have a go before the international season closes.

Andy Goode's inclusion takes up a space that could have been filled by Geraghty, Cipriani, or Barkley to name but a few (and really any English fly-half would have been better), players who will likely represent their country in the future - Goode surely will not return next year.

Who else would you have liked to see given a chance against the Scots?