Rooney has grown up a lot — Terry

JOHN Terry has only one complaint about Wayne Rooney’s stormy performance against the Platinum Stars — that he wasn’t on the pitch for the first half as well.

A succession of team–mates and former professionals have offered an opinion on Rooney’s explosion at referee Jeff Selogilwe on Monday, with opinion divided over how in–control Rooney was.

But after a tepid first–half display, Terry believes the aggression on show was exactly what Capello would have wanted from a side he gave a ferocious tongue–lashing to in a brief half–time rant.

“We could have done with Wayne on the pitch in the first half giving everyone a kick up the backside,” said Terry.

“I was a little bit nervous when he gave the ball away and went into the tackle but I certainly don’t think Wayne has a problem.

“From what we have seen in the last two or three years I honestly feel that he has grown up a lot.”