Not the first time an English player has picked a silly red card, and certainly not the last. It's not his fault if we get knocked out early, though. The country actually produces a lot of genuinely talented players but has never been able to make them combine. If we don't succeed in 2012,and persoally i dont think we will then it's not Rooney's fault, it's the team's for not being able to survive without him. Its never just about one person, but the entire squad, with players like Gerrard and Wilshere who can play in the hole, if we cant cope for 1 or 2 games without him, we have no business being at the sharp end of the tournament
Argentina aren't what they could be, but they've gotten further than us without an on form Leo Messi; with very few attempts made to actually construct a team around him, which might be a big temptation.
England were playing badly, and when Wayne Rooney is on the side of a team playing badly he has an occaisonal tendency to do idiotic things. This is not a headline. He just can't stand things not going his way, and whether or not you think that is character flaw the fact is he's the best we've got.
This country should not have to rely on one player. We just did that last year, and no one seems to have learned anything.