Six Nations 2013: crisis? What crisis? This is business as usual for France Diego Dominguez Former Italy and Stade Francais fly-half Tired? Tired of what? Tired because they have to put up with three hours of training a day and one match a week? What about a working-class guy who has to slog away 10 hours a day to feed his kids? A bit of dignity, please. It's shameful. Professional rugby players are really privileged and they'd do well to remember that... I learnt about courage and suffering from this sport, the honour of working with and for others, the drive to succeed together. Certain things have been lost and I deplore that strongly. Richard Pool-Jones Former Wasps, Biarritz and England flanker, sporting director of Stade Francais Crisis? There is no crisis. This is just business as usual for French rugby. In the autumn, France beat a Wallaby team that had just got off the plane for their European tour and defeated a below-par Argentina. They then beat a very good Samoa side in a match they should have lost because Samoa were better. Three wins and everyone gets ahead of themselves and thinks that they are better than they are. Now France have lost two matches in the championship, everyone thinks that they are worse than they are. Welcome to the land of extremes. Henri Bru L'Equipe rugby correspondent There are many factors but for me the main one is that France is no longer producing a conveyor belt of outstanding young players. Our results at under-20 level in the Six Nations and World Cup have not been good since we won in 2006. There should be no excuse for France. We have 30 fully professional teams. That is a minimum of 1,200 professional players and our next tier down is also virtually professional. I don't accept Saint-Andre's argument over preparation time and I didn't like to hear him talk so much about this before the tournament. It gives the players mentally an excuse to lose. I do accept that overseas players occupying key positions such as fly-half, tight head and the wing is a problem for him. Again this is a failure of the system. Serge Betsen Former France international What the clubs must understand is that there is nothing more important in French rugby than the French national team. This message has to get through to those who own and run the clubs. It was not good that France players were involved in T14 matches so close to the Italy game: three got injured and were suddenly unavailable for Saint-André. I don't use that as an excuse - France still has big playing numbers and resources - but if a team like Italy has the full two weeks to prepare, it sends out a bad message that the France team is not considered as important back in France. Iain Balshaw Former England winger now playing with Biarritz There is a lot of truth in what Saint-André is saying. But that doesn't really explain what happened in the last two games. I play against all these guys regularly and the match day 23s that he has picked have been full of the form players in French rugby. If they suddenly gelled they are capable of beating any team in the world. That of course is the big danger for England on Saturday, although I'm loving how England have been going about their work. Thomas Castaignede Former France international We need a rethink how the T14 championship is constructed. The club owners are very powerful but also French TV has a big influence in wanting to maximise the number of games it can cover. At the moment it is not about the players and I sympathise with that even though the financial rewards are good.