Six Nations 2013, England v Scotland: we spent too long on the back foot in defeat, says captain Kelly Brown Certainly, we can take positives from the game, but it was difficult to list them as we sat in the changing room afterwards. Yes, we know we were beaten by a very determined and well-organised side, but there is no doubt that we could have limited England's opportunities if we had just tightened up in a couple of areas. The first thing, though, is to congratulate Chris Robshaw and his team on their performance, England came at us hard right from the start, and that did not relent much over the next 80 minutes. They were clinical and fierce in the breakdowns and they scored four excellent tries. It was a job well done and they deserve a lot of credit for that. I was reasonably happy with my own performance, although I am not the kind of person who is ever satisfied on that front. It is easy to look at the openside, and criticise him, when the breakdown is the critical component, but I think I won three or four turnovers there, including the one that led to our second try. But it is a collective thing, and we were all just that little bit behind England in there. And in international rugby, those little differences are easily magnified into 20-point defeats. There were a couple of times I sought clarification from the referee, when I felt we should have had penalties. But that is the same in every game and I am certainly not making any excuses. How good were England? Good enough. I certainly would not say we were bullied out of things up front, but they had all those critical edges. If I could be dispassionate about it - and that is pretty hard right now - I felt that Owen Farrell and Alex Goode put us under pressure very well. They are both team-mates of mine at Saracens, so a part of me is pleased for them. But only a little part. The speed of England's possession was what gave them all the go-forward. Any side that can clear the rucks quickly is already in a very good place. You have to commend England for the way they made the most of that. From our point it was great to see Stuart Hogg put in such a good performance, and fitting that he got his try. Some people have suggested he was suffering second-season syndrome after his great debut last season, well if he ever was then he has certainly found the cure. Hopefully, we will all be able to rise to Hoggy's heights next weekend.