FORMER England captain Alan Shearer has questioned Roy Hodgson's handling of the national team.

Shearer was scathing and wondered why Jack Wilshere and Raheem Sterling were given playing time, with the former's season wrecked by injuries and the latter struggling for consistency at Manchester City.

The former Newcastle striker told the BBC: "After the three group games I didn't think England were good enough.

"It looked to me as if Roy was making it up as he was going along. He didn't have a system, he didn't know his best players, we were tactically inept, we had players in the squad who didn't deserve to be in the squad.

"How on earth can he pick Jack Wilshere? He hasn't played 90 minutes for over a year, played 141 minutes in a season. How on earth can he be deemed fit enough or good enough to represent England?

"Raheem Sterling, he's put his neck on the line for him and he hasn't performed, hasn't been playing for his team.

"Harry Kane on corners in the first game, the list is endless. From start to finish it has been pretty hopeless.

"Our players caved tonight, I thought the manager caved as well."

He added: "We're blinded by our Premier League.

"We think our Premier League is one of the best in the world for talent, it's not. We're totally and utterly reliant on foreign players and foreign managers for this excitement."