Roo can do it!

ENGLAND take on Algeria today in the World Cup and a nation's hopes are resting on Wayne Rooney. Writer Frank Malley from the Press Association says it is vital the striker hits his form.

THE real Wayne Rooney must turn up at the Green Point stadium here tonight if England are going to reignite their World Cup hopes.

Not the man with the frustrated demeanour of recent matches.

Not the player who admits he was not training flat-out at the Austrian altitude training camp because of niggling injuries.

And not the striker who has scored just once for England in the last 12 months, that against Croatia in qualifying.

Fake Wallet Handbags England need the Rooney who has been heralded as one of the three greatest footballers on the planet here, alongside Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina's Lionel Messi.

They need the player whose form for Manchester United was so prolific in the mid-part of last season he had as good as tied up the Player of the Year trophy before anyone had carved the Christmas turkey.

If he really is to be the greatest English talent of all-time, now is the time to prove he is a match-winner when it matters most.

That is what defines greatness.

It is what made Bobby Charlton the most influential player in English football history.

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The ability to raise the levels of those around him while making and scoring goals himself.

Of course Rooney cannot do it all and no one would suggest his slightly below-par performances of late are England's biggest concern.

Manager Fabio Capello has more basic concerns.

Does he stick with Robert Green, whose howler cost England a winning start? You might think it cruel to dump a goalkeeper for one mistake, however damaging, but big tournaments when the nerves are jangling and the mind often little more than a blur need experience.

They require men uncluttered by the psychological demons which accompany individual blunders.

Sir Alex Ferguson recognised that when he dropped Jim Leighton and brought in Les Sealey for the FA Cup replay against Crystal Palace Chanel Fake Handbags in 1990.

It was ruthless. It wrecked Leighton's career, perhaps his life, but it was the right thing to do for the team, just as bringing in the experience of David James would lend confidence and a voice of authority to England's defence.

That the return of Gareth Barry has assumed such importance for England is an indication of how delicately balanced is their progress. But they should beat Algeria, a nation ranked 30th in the world and who looked devoid of penetration and ambition in their first match which ended in a 1-0 defeat by Slovenia.

But if England are to go deep into July in this tournament they have to find a higher tempo as well as play with more guile. They have to cast off the caution with which Capello sets up his flanks. They have to dare to win.

This World Cup is wide open which means England are still in with a chance, but it is vital the real Rooney shows up.

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