Euro 2012: England expects from Wayne Rooney - Jamie Redknapp
The two central midfielders will be pleased to see Wayne Rooney back. You can lend him the ball and trust you will get it back.
I hope he doesn’t get too tense. People say he plays better angry but I don’t agree. He must not put too much pressure on himself. He should come in and enjoy himself.
The Ukraine team will fear him but they will try to expose his weakness and wind him up. He doesn’t need to prove anything, although I expect him to struggle for fitness having missed so much football.
Ashley Young hasn’t really got going yet but I’d stick with him - and in his favourite position, wide on the left and cutting in on to his favoured right foot. He will enjoy having Wayne Rooney back and will link up with him.
His pre-tournament form suggests he has a performance in him and this might be it.
At ease: Ashley Young (centre) jokes around with Jermain Defoe (left) GAME CHANGERSAndy Carroll and Theo Walcott will not like being called impact subs and they will feel hard done by if they are left out but both can turn this game from the bench.
Modern football demands players who can change a game and England seem to have that.
This will not be an easy game and England might need to shake it up. They must not play for a draw or there could be big trouble ahead.
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