England

Wayne Rooney doesn't care about the supporters. He showed that last night. Sure, he can issue a statement apologising, but that is done the day after the night before when, without anyone around him to tell him what to say and when to say it, he spoke his own mind.

There is a huge gap between the average supporter and the average football player these days. The gap is even bigger when you look at the type of player that plays for England - earning millions each season and living a life so far removed from the real world, that they can hardly be blamed not really knowing what is going on and acting the way they do.

They are coached on what to say, how to say it and when to say. Some are told to kiss the badge and if you offer one of them a little more money they will happily jump ship or say whatever you want.

Well, I think I speak for most England fans when I say that was disappointing. I don't really know what else to say about the game in general, but we do have a few questions. The thing is we are not sure if it will do any good asking them.

But we will. First, why Heskey? If it is to partner Rooney, why hasn't Rooney scored for England in more than 10 hours? Drop one or both, we really don't see what they both offer on that performance.

If England win by more than one goal, they will go top of the group. If Algeria win, they will go second in the group. This is am important match for Group C and we will be running a live text commentary right here and on Twitter.

This is an important match for both team. Defeat for Algeria means they are going home and while a draw will keep them in with a shout, they really need a win. Anything other than three points for England and the British press will be calling for a head.

The United States will beat Slovenia today and possibly quite comfortably. We also expect England to win tonight but we worry they will make it difficult and they must also match or do better than the United States.

England must score goals tonight because it might very well come down to goal difference, if as all expect, England and the United States both win their next two matches.

In a few hours time, England play Algeria and after comments made by Fabio Capello, the smart money is on Robert Green keeping his place. We don't think there was ever any doubt.

"Everyone can make mistakes, a goalkeeper, defender, a midfielder or a forward. Every player that makes a mistake deserves a second chance," Capello said, without naming Green. "I judge a player on his quality and not on his mistakes."

I have a feeling this is going to run and run but Franz Beckenbauer started it when he started having a pop at Capello and the football England play and you can't blame Capello for responding.

And respond Capello did, but he sort of did it in a nice way. After all, Beckenbauer is a football politician these days and he might have some influence in who gets the World Cup in 2018 and it is probably best to not completely alienate him.

Sol Campbell - someone I like to think of as the the first mercenary of English football, has taken a swipe at the England manager, two days before a very important game, over why he wasn't picked to go to South Africa.

Campbell has a right to say what he wants and we think he should say what he wants, but we also think that sometimes, football players should think about what they are saying and when they are sating it, before saying it. Sol didn't.

Matthew Upson has shrugged off criticism made by Franz Beckenbauer in the South African press yesterday. We suspect he is waiting for later today until Herr Beckenbauer writes something nice about English football.

Beckenbauer basically said that England have gone backwards under manager Fabio Capello, who was the manager that got England to South Africa. Not very professional in the middle of a tournament.