England manager Fabio Capello believes John Terry made a “big mistake” when hinting to the media that all was not well in the England camp ahead of the Slovenia match (England 4/9 to beat Slovenia).

The Three Lions need to beat the Slovenians in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday to make sure of their passage into the knock-out phase of the tournament after two lacklustre draws with the USA and Algeria.

Terry hinted that some of the players were not happy with the manager’s selections and tactics and the fact that a player of Joe Cole’s talent has been sitting on the bench.

The Chelsea skipper also implied that the players planned to hold clear-the-air-talks with Capello about various issues, but a lack of player support meant that this did not materialise.

The Italian tactician is known as a disciplinarian and he has made it clear that he will not tolerate players such as Terry airing their grievances in public.

“When you speak you have to speak privately,” he told ITV. “This is the big mistake – a very big mistake. It’s not revolution. It’s the mistake of another player – no more.

“I spoke with some players and I think it’s only John Terry said this. No-one speak with me about the problems. My door is open always. If they want to speak with me they can speak with me.

“Every time we have a meeting I ask the captain, ‘Problems? You want to say something?’ Never. I read that John Terry said this. I don’t understand why he don’t speak with me every time.”

Many of the teams in South Africa have improved in their second matches but England went backwards with an appalling display against the north Africans last Friday and they are in real danger of not reaching the last 16 of the prestigious tournament (England 10/1 to win World Cup).

Capello has said that he will make changes for Wednesday’s encounter and has already stated that Matthew Upson will replace the suspended Jamie Carragher in central defence.

Emile Heskey’s place is under threat and there have been growing calls for Frank Lampard to be left out, after two innocuous displays to date.

But Capello is known to be stubborn when it comes to selection and he may try to get past Slovenia with more or less the same side and hope they can play to the level that saw them qualify for the finals with comparative ease.

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