The Three Lions opened their Euro qualification campaign with an impressive 2-0 win in Switzerland on Monday night. England coach Roy Hodgson deployed a diamond formation with Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere at the base of it.

The 22-year-old plays as an attacking midfielder for Arsenal but was handed an unusual role of protecting the back four for the Three Lions against the Swiss side. Paul Scholes believes that the holding midfield role is not suited to Wilshere, who should play further up the pitch, according to the Independent.

Scholes said, “I still have my concerns about the diamond formation in midfield and most of all about Jack Wilshere’s role in it. Don’t get me wrong, Jack has great ability and at some point I hope that he will be in a position to score goals and to create them. But I just do not believe that playing in front of the back four, on his own, suits him.”

“Wilshere is an attacking midfielder, as I was for most of my career. He is not a defensive midfielder and I feel at the moment he is stuck between the two roles. He is being asked to control the play from a deep position, which does not play to his strengths.”

“I feel that Wilshere does not have that freedom. He is caught between being an attacking midfielder and one with defensive responsibilities. At Arsenal he does not have the security of a top-level defensive midfielder alongside him. It is the same with England.”