Since the 2015 World Cup Australia have a 10-1 record against England, in a period including two three match series at home. Their has been a gulf between us and them for a long time now. Competitive means jackshit, under Eddie we were competitive against Fiji, competitive against Argentina and competitive against NZ. But that amounts to zilch.
It baffles me how you are insistent on turning every thread on this forum into a Rennie v Eddie comparison. Surely you are bored of talking about it at this point.
The England team over the last two years aren't the same as the one from 5 years ago. So it's best to compare to the most recent history.
Competitive doesn't mean shit? Haha. If you're competitive that means you're close to winning, that's incredibly basic to understand.
I would rather consistently lose by 1-5 points than 20-40 points.
With Eddie we have been getting destroyed by the good teams and ' competitive ' against the mid-range teams Argentina, Fiji etc.
With Rennie we were competitive against the good teams, and Winning against the mid-range teams.