Alan Shearer has highlighted the importance of experience as the Football Association starts the search for England's next manager.
Roy Hodgson stepped down after their elimination from Euro 2016 on Monday following the 2-1 defeat to Iceland in Nice.
Shearer told BBC1: "I went to see the FA four or five years ago and I said, 'I want it, I'll have that job'.
"They looked at me and said, 'No, it's a lack of experience'. And I said, 'You've hired experienced guys, you've paid them an absolute fortune, I could not have done any worse than those guys'.
"I'd definitely speak to them, absolutely. I would offer my experience and tournament experience.
"Even if Gareth Southgate got it, for him to take players in with experience who've been there and done it then that has to be of benefit also."
Meanwhile, Rio Ferdinand highlighted the appeal of the job, adding: "There's not a person out there who would say no. Anyone worth their worth their weight in gold..."
Fellow former England internationals Ian Wright, Lee Dixon and Peter Crouch believe Hodgson's decision to resign as manager was the right one.
Dixon told ITV: "He's done the right thing. From his point of view, but also the team's point of view. He couldn't have taken the team any further.
"From a coaching point of view, there were glaring errors there"
"He's a lovely guy, honourable. (But) from a coaching point of view, there were glaring errors there from the set-pieces, etc, which weren't taken care of.
"It was just abject. There was no organisation, there was no speed, the organisation of letting a goal in from a throw-in: there was little attention to detail."
Wright added: "It was an abject performance from the boys, but the preparation in what Iceland do was pretty obvious. We were found wanting in that respect.
"(Hodgson) said 'They've been fantastic', which is a nice thing to say, but they've not been fantastic.
"I'd go with Gareth Southgate, what he's done for the England Under-21s.
"We've done the foreign manager (route), and as good as they've been in previous jobs, they've done nothing for us."
Crouch said: "Hopefully people will start talking about him (Hodgson) leaving rather than the performance, and I think that's why he came in and did it so early.
"I don't think there's a fundamental fault (with English players), I think it boils down to pressure."
Former England manager Glenn Hoddle said: "I'm not surprised. He did it with dignity. It's the right timing, with his contract coming to an end, and the way we played in this game.
"It was very lacklustre, there was no movement, not enough options on the ball. Iceland deserved their win."
Another former Three Lions boss, Steve McClaren, told Sky Sports News: "They've not been good enough tonight, not at all.
"The repercussions of this are going to be absolutely enormous."
Former Liverpool and England defender Jamie Carragher struggled to remember as poor a display from the national side.
He said on Sky Sports News: "It was a shambolic performance, especially second half. Obviously it didn't go right for us in the first half - that's where the mistakes were for the two goals.
"But for the group of players to not have any sort of clue what to do on the pitch in that situation, to completely panic, we didn't have too many chances, people were doing stupid things with the ball...I don't think I can remember a game as bad as that."
Former England winger Chris Waddle told BBC Radio Five Live: "We haven't got leaders. They're all pampered, they're all just headphones, they don't communicate, on the pitch or off the pitch, you can't get anything out of them. That's why we're no good."
On Hodgson's successor, ex-England striker Alan Smith told Sky Sports News: "I don't think there's an obvious candidate and that's a problem for the FA as I don't think they want to go down the road of a foreign manager again and I don't want them to.
"The talk of Gareth Southgate taking over maybe, whether that would be long-term or short-term I don't know. There's not anybody out there that would fit the bill.
"I think there are only three or four English managers in the Premier League with Sean Dyche coming up to join the other three so it's a big problem for the FA."
Peter Reid added: "The FA have got a structure in place and if Gareth Southgate doesn't get it, I don't know what the structure is for."
