Jamie Redknapp's England watch: Chill out, Wayne! Rooney needs to keep his head

Hot head: Wayne RooneyNo Rooney rageWayne Rooney is a terrificplayer, but our World Cupopposition will havenoticed his temper frayingyesterday. They will look towind him up. The World Cup ispacked with clever defenders, who will usewhatever it takes to gain an advantage. Heneeds to rise above that. I don't agree heplays better angry. For me, he's betterwhen he's smiling and happy. Come back, BarryIt's been a good couple ofgames for Gareth Barry, becauseEngland's performanceshave shown why he hasbecome influential underFabio Capello. England have worked thisweek on pressing the ball in training andthey tried that in the first half yesterday. It's hard work and it only works if everyoneis well drilled and organised to do it. Hold on to StevieThe talk in Austria after thegame yesterday is thatSteven Gerrard (right) andFrank Lampard will be thrustback together in centralmidfield against the USA . It's anidea that seems to send everyone into apanic, but it shouldn't. I played with Stevieat Liverpool, when he first came into theteam as a holding midfielder and was quitebrilliant. He can play there. He really can. Midfield enforcer: Steven Gerrard can play the holding role .But help them outIt's not just about FrankLampard andSteven Gerrard and howthey play together, buthow the team helps them.If they are in there againstthree Americans, they will get overrun,which is where one of the strikers needsto come in and help. It might meanRooney getting his hands dirty when theopposition has the ball. Sure to go: England's Peter Crouch Set piece woesLook, this England teamhas some tall players likeJohn Terry and RioFerdinand and we shouldbe better at dealing withset-pieces into our penaltyarea. Tournaments can be won and lost bythe quality of your set plays and Englandneed to sharpen up defensively. I'd like tosee a player guarding each post when weare defending corners.Good for Crouch It's hard to imagine whatFabio Capello learnedagainst Japan, but it wasa good game for PeterCrouch, who didn'teven get on the pitch. Itmeans his last game, against Mexico,showed what he has to offer, whileDarren Bent struggled and Emile Heskeynot only missed a good chance butlooked low on confidence yesterday. Well done, ladsLooking at the England teamsheet these last two games, it's ashame for Scott Parkerand Michael Dawson that theyhaven't been given a chance. Parker, especially, will think hedeserved a run out in what has become a problemjob for England. However, both can look back on aBarclays Premier League season when they haveperformed heroically with their clubs. They will befeeling low, but should be proud. FABIO CAPELLO EXCLUSIVE: I love London and managing England will be my last jobEngland 2 Japan 1: Two own goals spare Fabio Capello's blushes as unconvincing England come back to win Frank Lampard hopes to keep penalty duty despite spot-kick miss in Japan win ENGLAND 2 JAPAN 1: All the action as it happened  

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