Former Southampton striker Matt Le Tissier has backed the use of psychologists in sport, believing they can be of help.
Throughout the last week the use of psychologists has been debated after England manager Roy Hodgson admitted that he may have his squad for the World Cup use them in order to help with penalties.
England's record on penalty shoot-outs at major tournaments is an appalling one, with their only win in the supposed 'lottery' coming in Euro '96 in the quarter-final against Spain.
Aside from that one victory, the Three Lions have exited tournaments on no less than six occasions through the dreaded penalty shoot-out, which first started with a heart-breaking semi-final exit to Germany at the World Cup in 1990.
Despite coming out on top against Spain, England would suffer penalty agony at Euro '96 in the semi-final – again against Germany – before losing two years later in another shoot-out at World Cup 1998 to Argentina in the second round.
Portugal are responsible for each of the next two penalty defeats at Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup and Hodgson saw his first tournament as England manager ended on penalties at Euro 2012 against Italy.
Gary Neville, who is part of the England coaching staff, speculated that the Three Lions' dreadful record is more than just a lack of luck and backed the proposition of using sports psychologists.
When asked on Twitter what he made of the possibility of using psychologists, Le Tissier backed Hodgson's idea as it could help “Some people”.
