Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler says Rickie Lambert should be an England starter.
Lambert, who has just signed for the Reds from Southampton, is expected to be on the bench for the World Cup opener with Italy.
"I would play Lambert, [Wayne] Rooney and Sturridge as a front three," Fowler told talkSPORT.
"I'm old school - I want to win games playing with excitement and getting people off their seats. I'd have Lambert as the focal point, and have Rooney and Sturridge playing off him as a three.
"Lambert gives you other options and I think that's probably what England lacked in a few of the games where Lambert has not played. Everyone wants to drop off and get the ball, and there's no-one behind the defenders.
"At least Rickie Lambert will stay up there, the ball will stick and it will give other players a chance to get forward."
