Six Nations 2012: England's Owen Farrell kicks Matt O'Connor's criticism into touch O'Connor's comments would have ignited a club versus country row under some of the previous England regimes but interim coach Stuart Lancaster is keen to foster good relations with the Premiership clubs come what may. He will have to apply his best balm if he is to placate O'Connor, who takes England to task on various fronts, most of which can be encapsulated in the fact that they have scored only two tries in three matches, both of them charge-downs by Hodgson. It was left to Farrell to defend the line on Wednesday, something he has managed to do with some distinction so far in the championship. He was asked if he set out to win matches rather than avoid losing them as O'Connor claims. "What else do you do?" said Farrell. I don't see how else you go into a rugby game. I don't think I have ever had a mindset to avoid defeat otherwise you don't play to what you want to do. It was massively disappointing to lose but we created chances. Matt O'Connor is entitled to his opinion. We are excited about the way we are playing at the minute.  O'Connor was especially critical of England's inability to draw the best not just from Youngs and Flood, whom he claimed are now riddled with 'self-doubt," but also from their once-potent back three. "Chris Ashton, Ben Foden, Flood and Youngs have won England every big game they have won in the last 18 months against the good sides," said Australian-born O'Connor. These guys, along with Manu Tuilagi, are as good a back line as there is anywhere in the world but they never see the ball. If you are talking about building a side for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, you have to go out and play. Farrell played at inside centre for the opening games against Scotland and Italy. Flood was injured for those matches but Youngs started at No 9 only to be dropped for Northampton's Lee Dickson for the match against Wales at Twickenham. Farrell stepped inside to fly-half after Hodgson was ruled out with a hand injury, Flood coming on to the bench. Farrell insists that England have not been placed in a straitjacket by the coaches, one of whom, his father Andy, also coaches him at Saracens. Owen is adamant that he has licence to do as he sees fit. "Definitely," he says. We want to play to all our strengths. We have got brilliant players all over the field and we are using them in the right way. We just need to finish our chances. We have a massive belief in what we are trying to do here and we will keep getting better because of that. Quite whether Lancaster will be there to oversee the development is in the hands of the Rugby Football Union committee interviewing for the post of permanent head coach. Lancaster is due to present his case over the next 10 days. One of those who might have been in the frame, All Black World Cup-winning coach, Graham Henry, is to be technical adviser to Argentina as they make their bow this year alongside New Zealand, Australia and South Africa in what was the Tri-Nations.