Source: Team_Talk
Goals will come for Rooney - Upson
Matthew Upson is certain the goals will soon start flowing again for Wayne Rooney - hopefully starting in England's clash with Algeria.[LNB] Three Lions striker Rooney heads into Friday night's Group C clash in Cape Town having scored just once in eight internationals over the past 12 months.[LNB]His only goal came in last September's 5-1 drubbing of Croatia, and he drew another blank on Saturday as England opened their World Cup campaign with a disappointing 1-1 draw against the United States.[LNB]But Upson does not believe there is any need to panic just yet.[LNB]With the talent Rooney has, the 31-year-old is adamant a return to form is just around the corner.[LNB]"As a striker, the worst thing you can do is start thinking about scoring all the time," said Upson.[LNB]"It will happen. Wayne's movement is great. He is a class player and he is totally gifted.[LNB]"He just needs to relax, play his game and the goals will come because he is top drawer."[LNB]While Rooney is certain of his place on Friday, Upson - speaking on a visit to an SOS Village in Rustenburg, where children, many of whom have been orphaned, are housed in homes that, in a couple of instances, have been built with the assistance of the Football Association and Tottenham Hotspur - knows his own position is rather more shaky.[LNB]He was first-choice replacement for Rio Ferdinand until a week before Fabio Capello announced his 30-man provisional squad, when Jamie Carragher and Ledley King - neither of whom had played a minute for Capello at the time - were drafted in.[LNB]As King is now sidelined with a groin strain and Carragher's position is under threat due to the way he was burned off by Jozy Altidore on Saturday, Upson may be due a recall.[LNB]However, the West Ham man will carry on giving his best for the team regardless of whether Capello turns to him or not.[LNB]"It is disappointing because I want to play," he said.[LNB]"It was an objective for me to be here and I achieved that. While I am here I want to play as much as I can.[LNB]"I do feel very happy with my international contribution under Fabio Capello but these are his decisions, which I am willing to accept because we are here to win something as a group."
