Scotland beat Georgia 15-6 in the rain in Invercargill.
"We were affected by first-match syndrome," head coach Richie Dixon said. "We were disappointed by our display.
"The guys were disappointed that they did not control their nerves and play as well as they wished to.
"We had a long waiting period and watched everyone else play and it got to our players.
"The scrum was not as solid as it usually is and the lineout was not as accurate.
"We hardly got into any attacking phase at all," he said.
The positive aspect of the Georgian play against Scotland was the defence.
The coaching staff has discussed the performance with the team over the last two days.
"We have to move forward and believe that we can play the way we train," Dixon said.
Georgia has made two changes from the team that lost to Scotland.
David Kubriashvili has come in at tighthead prop and Ilia Zedginidze at lock.
Georgia has a bench of five forwards and two backs.
Dixon is expecting a torrid time up front against England at Otago Stadium tomorrow.
"Any team playing at this level will have a good set of forwards," he said. "We expect England to be every bit as strong."
He said that the short turnaround of just four days after the Scotland game was not ideal.
"It is something that we will talk to the World Cup organisers about," Dixon said.
In the first round all the second-tier countries gave a good account of themselves.
But the short turnaround will affect these countries more when they come to third and fourth games.
"We don't have the same experience in the squad that the big countries carry and the attrition rate will affect us then," Dixon said.
"That could have a debilitating effect on us later on in the tournament.
"I'm glad to say that all the players came through the match against Scotland without any serious injury."
Georgia has only played England once before when it lost 84-6.
That was in 2003 when Georgia played in the World Cup for the first time. It is now playing in its third World Cup.
"We expect to give a far better account of ourselves," Dixon said.
But when one of the top nations has one of those purple patches when everything flows it makes it difficult for second-tier teams.
"It makes it hard to live with then," Dixon said. "We saw that in the Six Nations when England beat Italy."
"The game was quite close and then all of a sudden England had 50 points on Italy. They got the momentum and everything came good."
The answer for Georgia is simple.
"We have to front up even better on defence and make sure we are constructive on attack," Dixon said.
Since 2003, there has been incremental stages of improvement in Georgian rugby and it has given greater publicity to the sport.
In the 2007 World Cup, Georgia beat Namibia 30-0 and narrowly lost to Ireland 14-10.
Georgia team
- To play England
Revaz Gigauri, Irakli Machkhaneli, David Kacharava, Tedo Zibzibadze, Alexander Todua, Merab Kvirikashvili, Irakli Abuseridze (captain), Dimitri Basilaia, Mamuka Gorgodze, Shalva Sutiashvili, Vakhtang Maisuradze, Ilia Zedginidze, David Kubriashvili, Jaba Bregvadze, David Khinchagishvili, Replacements: Akvsenti Giorgadze, David Zirakashvili, Levan Datunashvili, Giorgi Chkhaidze, Bidzina Samkharadze, Givi Berishvili, Lasha Khmaladze.