'I'm putting it on the players' - Rooney & co continue England inquest

The inquest is continuing aft England's dire show successful their 1-1 tie pinch Denmark connected Thursday astatine Euro 2024.

BBC Sport pundits Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabregas and Alan Shearer joined Gary Lineker to further dissect nan Three Lions' performance.

Here is really they deliberation Gareth Southgate's broadside could amended - and you tin watch nan afloat 18-minute chat connected BBC iPlayer here.

England looked tactically inferior against Denmark and had less shots, shots connected target and touches successful nan opposition's box. The Three Lions were besides criticised for their antagonistic attack and deficiency of pressing...

Rooney: "I deliberation it was a level performance, location wasn’t power aliases equilibrium successful nan team.

"I’m putting it connected nan players arsenic well. If Harry Kane says he didn’t cognize what to do aft nan crippled [that's a problem]. The players person to return responsibility."

Fabregas: "I’m trying to still understand what they want to do successful each game.

"Spain person a clear plan, they are aggressive. It tin spell correct aliases incorrect but astatine slightest you spot a clear point of what they want to do.

"England alteration excessively much, I want to spot much assurance erstwhile they spell forward.

"I deliberation Harry doesn't person nan legs anymore to property high. You tin spot nan different ones - Bellingham, Saka, Rice - property really high, but 1 personification not doing it tin termination nan usability of nan full game."

Shearer: "We person world-class players, it’s nan manager’s occupation to get nan champion retired of those players.

"For 35 mins successful nan first crippled we saw that. Second half of nan first game, nary chance. And for yesterday’s crippled we were awful.

"I don’t deliberation location is simply a plan. There’s a complete deficiency of energy, I don’t cognize if anyone knows whether to travel aliases to sit."

Trent Alexander-Arnold wasn't a accepted prime successful nan centre of midfield successful this tourney and, truthful far, it doesn't look to person paid off. But who should travel in?...

Rooney: "When nan squad was announced I wondered wherever do you fresh Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden into nan aforesaid team, and I deliberation that’s shown.

"For maine [Southgate] should beryllium playing Bellingham a small spot deeper and springiness Foden nan freedom.

"I’d really for illustration to spot Anthony Gordon successful there. I emotion Trent Alexander-Arnold arsenic a player, but successful midfield there’s amended options.

Shearer: "Gareth is meticulous successful everything he’s done. I was really amazed pinch his words aft nan crippled connected [Kalvin] Phillips.

"I don’t spell on pinch that. Adam Wharton’s came connected to nan scene. Kobbie Mainoo's been that option.

"He has experimented pinch Trent and that hasn’t worked. That has to alteration for nan adjacent game."

While Rooney believes nan players person to return responsibility, Shearer says nan measurement they've been playing "comes from nan manager". Can he now make nan required changes?...

Shearer: "They look confused to maine arsenic players arsenic to erstwhile and really to spell and erstwhile they want to property nan opposition.

"That, for me, comes from nan manager. In nan first 2 games and surely nan past game, it was acold excessively easy for nan opposition."

Fabregas: "Every squad has a gameplan. If you’re telling maine nan striker doesn't cognize what to do, that’s a problem.

Rooney: "I deliberation for Gareth and Steve Holland I’m beautiful judge they’re moving connected a gameplan.

"Gareth’s sewage a chance now to reassess, I dream he makes a mates of changes to get america backmost connected nan beforehand foot."

England's conclusion by Iceland successful their last warm-up crippled earlier Euro 2024 group siren bells ringing for galore - and those concerns person yet to beryllium allayed. Southgate's ain admittance aft nan conclusion by Denmark that utilizing Alexander-Arnold successful midfield was an "experiment" hasn't helped...

Fabregas: "The astir successful coaches spell into nan detail. What you spot yesterday pinch Denmark you saw a due team. A squad I spot who is fresh to look each game. You saw a gameplan.

"If you don’t spell into nan details, nowadays everyone is truthful bully and fresh that nan statement is very thin.

"If it's good planned and you person nan principles, you tin do it. But evidently location is thing wrong."

Rooney: "You can’t spell into a awesome tourney and opportunity you’re experimenting. That is simply a beardown connection to say.

"If England don’t spell acold successful this competition, [Southgate] mightiness regret that."

Despite a difficult play which started successful nan Saudi Pro League and ended pinch Ajax, Jordan Henderson was a astonishment omission from nan squad, having featured heavy passim Southgate's tenure. Have England missed his experience?...

Rooney: "There’s a deficiency of acquisition successful nan squad and voices, you request voices behind. I would person taken Jordan Henderson, he’s a voice.

"The deficiency of experience, for young players, particularly erstwhile you spell a extremity up, you panic."

Shearer: "Even successful nan first game, erstwhile we scored nan first extremity automatically we sat back. We didn’t play excessively good nan different time but erstwhile we scored nan nonstop aforesaid point happened."