They've got too many injuries and their notorious scrum looks ready to topple. Wales put a lot of energy into this game - it was a magnificent rearguard action. But it has come at too much of a cost to a team already depleted by injuries.
3) Fortress Twickenham...
...is no more. It is not an impossible place to visit in the way that Eden Park seems to scare visitors. And Wales went into the game with two fairly recent victories at Twickers. But England wanted to turn this into a foreboding place at the World Cup, and ended up being embarrassed on home turf. They might not even get to the quarterfinals.
4) England's captain is a problem
Chris Robshaw is a decent loose forward, but he is not an openside. Having a cart horse at No. 7 is limiting even by England's traditionally dour standards.
5) Even his captaincy is questionable...
...after a ridiculous front of the lineout move in the final moments. It exposed the ball to the touchline, and Robshaw's fellow forwards didn't even seem to know what was on, giving Wales an easy job defending the half-hearted drive and securing the win. All those coaches, all those laptops, all those gizmos...
6) Even a kick dominated game full of penalty goals can be a thriller in the right circumstances
Tension was high, and the finale gripping...helped by the battered underdog winning.
