Steve Hanley discusses Titts, trophy hopes and the national team in the latest instalment of his weekly online column.

Saturday's game against Llanelli is a bit of a funny one. It's a group game but we have to approach it more like a quarter-final because whoever wins it goes straight through to the semis at the Milennium Stadium.

We're desperate to win it because it would be great to pick up some more silverware.

For me there's also the incentive of possibly playing at the Milennium Stadium. I've played at Landsdowne Road, Murrayfield and Twickenham but never at the Millennium Stadium so it would be great to get there and complete the grand slam.

There's also a big wedge for the winners so it would be nice for the club!

Llanelli have rested a few of their bigger names for the match but we still can't afford to take them lightly.

They have threats all over the park and they'll be keen to prove a point so we can't afford any slip-ups.

It looks like I'll be on the bench myself, so hopefully it's a chance to get another few minutes under my belt and keep on getting sharper.

With the squad we've got here, you just have to take your chances when you can so I'm happy to be involved - as well as being hungry to get stuck in!

It's great to see Titts (Andy Titterrell) back in the starting line-up though. He will be really excited having run around like a little maniac in training all week.

The coaching staff and physios have done it the right way with him, easing him back in the way they have.

He would have been back in the starting line-up straight away if it had been up to him but instead they've done it bit by bit and it'll have done him the world of good.

The situation with England seems to get messier by the week.

Andy Robinson has gone and I think it's a situation that's been coming for a while now but the same problems are still there.

Robinson was looking to save his job from the word go. While other countries were experimenting and looking to build for the World Cup he was only interested in making sure England by all means possible.

There was a lot of pressure on him when he got into the job I suppose but he could have tried to make the changes back then, sacrifice a Six Nations or an autumn series and build for the future.

Instead he persevered with the likes of Matt Dawson and brought Lawrence Dallaglio back. Don't get me wrong, these guys are good players but they're hardly the future of English rugby.

If you look at New Zealand, they have built everything for the World Cup and are giving as many guys as possible a chance to prove themselves at Test level.

People criticise them if they play a so-called second string team but I don't honestly know what their second string is.

The guys they can bring in all have 10 or 15 caps under their belts now because of the way they have worked things.

I think the best option for England now would be either Dean Richards or Warren Gatland.

Deano has worked with John Wells before so they would probably get on with smashing into each other in training like they did in their Leicester days.

He would be a good leader though and might be just what is needed.

Gatland, on the other hand, is a great coach but I don't know if he'd be happy acting as a middle man between Rob Andrew and the coaching staff, it'd be all or nothing for him.

From what I gather Clive Woodward approached the RFU about four years back suggesting he could take a post like the one Rob Andrew performs now but they told him there was no role available.

I don't see the logic in then turning round four years down the line and offering the job to a less experienced candidate. Surely someone at the RFU has to go for their awful decision-making.

The only route for England now as far as I can see is to throw caution to the wind in the Six Nations.

They should try Dan Ward-Smith at 8, Andy Farrell at inside centre and maybe even Anthony Allen at 10 and if it doesn't work, it doesn't work, they're hardly going to come off any worse than they are now.

But despite all the problems, the talent is still there. England have the raw materials and if someone can put it all in order they could beat anybody on their day - apart from New Zealand!

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