By Phil McNulty Chief football writer in Nuremberg

Port Vale's Birchall has enjoyed his first World Cup experience

Trinidad and Tobago's Chris Birchall fears England's World Cup bid will end in failure - despite the return of Wayne Rooney.

England struggled before beating the Soca Warriors 2-0 in Nuremberg.

And Port Vale's midfielder told BBC Sport: "From this performance they have not got enough to win the World Cup.

"Rooney's a great player but I think it will take him five or six games to get fully fit and the nation can't expect him to lift England on his own."

Birchall did hold out some hope for England, but warned against piling too much expectation on the shoulders of the 20-year-old striker.

He said: "Rooney is a great player. He was not at his best when he came on but it gave the whole country a lift.

"There is a lot of pressure on him. He is the idol of the country.

"To be fair to England they have got time to improve and they have always been slow starters.

Birchall competes with Lampard during England's 2-0 win

"I know how it works back home. They'll be criticised for this, but they have won two games without conceding a goal so you can hardly criticise them for that."

The 22-year-old revelled in the experience of coming into direct opposition with Premiership superstars such as Frank Lampard.

He said: "It was a great occasion, one I will never forget. We were very resilient and it was disappointing to lose so late.

"I'm only 22, so I've hopefully got 10 or 12 years ahead of me, so this is something I can gain from.

"I can take my experiences back to Port Vale and improve.