Sir Bobby Robson has claimed England lacked the hunger to win the World Cup.
The former national boss, while critical of manager Sven-Goran Eriksson's tactics, believes much of the blame for the team's disastrous quarter-final exit lies with players who under-performed.
Robson told BBC Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek programme: "I think we needed a bit of hunger to want to win. That was, in some cases, lacking. I saw Germany on Saturday night and they weren't going to finish fourth, I tell you. They finished third - they would have liked to have finished first."
He added: "I don't think some of our players played to their maximum potential. We didn't play it like we play in our league, for instance, with a good tempo and highly competitive and running forward and playing forward passes - clever passes - to front people.
"We played with one striker sometimes where we needed to play with two strikers. You have only got to look at Germany. They were almost the only team in the tournament, apart from maybe Argentina, who actually played with two strikers.
"We have a lot to learn, and let's hope the future is bright under Steve McClaren." | 
