Former England international Chris Waddle has rated Newcastle United midfielder Jonjo Shelvy as the best English long-range passer.
Though England claimed successive 1-0 victories over Lithuania and Slovenia last week to ensure their qualification for the 2018 World Cup, they did not look convincing during the games and Waddle has suggested that things could be improved by including Shelvy in future squads.
He told the Daily Mail, They're over-coached and scared to give it away and you are screaming: 'Where are you going?!'
"You need all sorts for a successful team — you need dogs and water-carriers — but we've got 11 players who are basically similar.
"I don't blame Gareth Southgate. Coaching has been taking us this way for years. Nothing is off the cuff. We need creativity and we're not producing those players.
"I mentioned Jonjo Shelvey of Newcastle on BBC Radio 5 Live the other night. He's our best long-range passer but we don't pick him for off-field reasons when we need him to give us something different."