All the signs are that Rooney will not be there. He got the injury less than a month ago. A similar injury much longer before the last World Cup afflicted Beckham last time around. Michael Owen had a similar injury just before Christmas. It will be a near thing even for him to get back to the required fitness level in time.
I recall the team of 1986 performing better once they had faced the fact that their talisman of the day (Bryan Robson) was not going to play any further part in the proceedings. It is a blow not having the most exciting striker in the country available, but we do not have a God given right to expect two world class strikers to be available all the time. Portugal 2004 ought to have cured us of that vanity. Indeed, it is very rare for any team manager to have all of their first choice players fit at any one time. Eight or nine fit and in form is a good hand.
At the end of the day, England has the best set of players available since I have followed football. If they all suddenly come into form and gel as a team at the same time, (as happened in 1990)great things could happen. They will need luck, the right weather and to develop that extra something, which turns good players into great teams. That can happen over the course of a tournament. There will be no way of saying how likely that is until the latter stages of the tournament. Let's hope England are there!