IAN WRIGHT insists the Football Association should NOT appeal against Wayne Rooney's three-game Euro 2012 ban.
The Manchester United striker kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic and Three Lions boss Fabio Capello now faces a dilemma as to whether to include him in his 23-man squad next summer.
The FA have three days in which to decide whether they wish to fight UEFA'S decision but if they choose to do so and are unsuccessful, Rooney's ban could be increased.
But despite being stunned by Rooney's antics, Wrighty insists Capello must put his faith in England's other strikers.
He said: "What Wayne Rooney did was out of order and totally uncalled for. It was bewildering.
"When I was watching it I wondered why he would do that. I didn't see him in any altercations with that particular defender — they didn't have any banter — it was out of the blue and that is what's very, very worrying.
"We're going to miss him — he's a massive, massive miss.
"It's a massive blow when you consider how well Manchester United are already doing this season and how well he's doing in particular.
"But instead of us thinking of the doom and gloom and going to UEFA with a begging bowl and saying 'can we appeal' and then his ban increases to four or five games we should just take it on the chin."
Despite the red mist descending on Rooney once again on the international stage, some observers insist trying to curb his fiery temperament would detract from his all-round game.
But Wright is adamant that view is nonsense. The SunSport columnist added: "People are saying that if you take that away from him you lose the player but I don't think you do.
"It's something that he needs to address — I think he needed to address it a little while back.
"Wayne's got to look at his advisers and people have got to look at it and see that in respect of somebody being global like he is, it's something they've got to sort out pretty quickly for him."
