Cueto: We understand England fans' pain

England head into Saturday's clash with Grand Slam-chasing France on the back of a dire performance away to Italy, a last-gasp defeat at home to Ireland and a 15-15 draw with winless Scotland.

The Sale Sharks winger understands why the public are disillusioned by England's performances and constant claims of "progress."

"It isn't fair on the fans," said Cueto.

"They are paying their money for the tickets, stumping up every week, giving us huge support and we are not giving them a huge amount to shout about or be joyful about," said Cueto.

"We all want exactly the same. It is more frustrating for us doing it than it is for you guys watching it.

"We are trying to pull this perfect performance out, or at least improve on what we are doing but for one reason or another it is not quite happening for us."

Cueto believes the England players are struggling from information overload and he urged the team management to spend less time analysing opponents and more time fixing their own weaknesses.

Asked if the squad was becoming paralysed by analysis, Cueto said: "A little bit, yes, definitely.

"The game has gone so professional that you spend so much time analysing what other teams are doing that you drift a little bit away from what you do yourself.

"At times, it is almost worth purely concentrating on yourselves because we know that if we produce a performance like we know we can then we will be very difficult to stop, but, at the minute, it is not quite firing."

Cueto insisted England can ruin France's Grand Slam party.

"We have lost a game, drawn a game and won two. If we beat France we will have performed, on paper, better than we did last year," he said.