Former England captain Steven Gerrard says he sometimes "hated" being on international duty and blames a lack of success with the Three Lions on key players being "egotistical losers".Gerrard, 45, won 114 caps and played at six major tournaments as part of England's so-called 'Golden Generation' without reaching a semi-final.The ex-Liverpool skipper believes an England manager should have been able to play him with Chelsea's Frank Lampard and Manchester United's Paul Scholes in a successful midfield.Gerrard, who played his full career in England with Liverpool before a final season at LA Galaxy, says players at the time were too reluctant to mix with team-mates who played for rival clubs.Speaking as a guest on the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast, external, Gerrard said: "We were all egotistical losers."I watch the telly now and I see Jamie Carragher sitting next to Paul Scholes and they look like they've been best mates for 20 years."And I see Carragher's relationship with Gary Neville and they look like they've been mates for 20 years. I'm probably more close and friendly with you [Ferdinand] now than I ever was when I played with you for 15 years [for England]."So why didn't we connect when we were 20, 21, 22, 23? Was it ego? Was it rivalry?"It was down to the culture within England. We weren't friendly or connected. We weren't a team. We never at any stage became a real good, strong team."Gerrard played for England for 14 years under five full-time managers, beginning with Kevin Keegan and ending with Roy Hodgson at the 2014 World Cup.He captained England 38 times - the sixth-most - and while he loved playing for his country, he says no manager got the culture around the squad correct."I hated it. I didn't enjoy it. Hated the [hotel] rooms," he said. "In my early days, I'd have days where I was down, like low down. Like I'm in this room for seven hours, what am I going to do?"There was no social media, we didn't have a DVD player or anything. Channel 1 to 5 or whatever it was on TV. I used to get low and down."I used to love the games. I used to love playing for England. I was really proud. I used to enjoy the training sessions but it was 90 minutes a day. And then I was just on my own."I didn't feel part of a team. I didn't feel connected with my team-mates, with England."I didn't feel that with Liverpool. They were the best days of my life. I felt like the staff looked over me, like I felt special. I felt like I couldn't wait to get there. With England, I just wanted the games and the training sessions and then to be away."