Former Chelsea and England fullback Graeme Le Saux has questioned Roy Hodgson's playing style at the World Cup.
Le Saux fears they will never rival the world's best until they can swing finely-balanced matches their way - like their defeats against Italy and Uruguay.
"We have to learn how we manage games better," said Le Saux, speaking on behalf of official England supporter williamhill.com.
"You do that by managing the game better tactically, making decisions on the pitch, leaders adapting to situations as they change.
"In the Italy game - and this is me speculating - I don't doubt Raheem Sterling was told 'when Italy have the ball go and stand on Andrea Pirlo and stop him getting the ball as he will be their deepest midfielder.'
"Within 10 minutes Pirlo recognised he was being marked and played 30 yards up the pitch.
"He made that decision to change what he was doing to give England another problem.
"Sterling can't go all that way to mark him so England then had a two v three in midfield, which was the problem.
"We have got to have players that can make the right decisions more often and not just follow a plan, but also adapt."
