Euro 2012: England striker Wayne Rooney ready to bide his time ahead of game against Ukraine It's a tough group with some good teams. We have to make sure we're focused on each game. Rooney is, however, heavily involved in training, and says Hodgson has already won his respect. "He's determined to get the message across to us on the training pitch and is very much a part of every training session," added Rooney. It's great to have him on the pitch, pointing out things maybe we need to know as a squad. England players will be accompanied on a trip to Auschwitz once they arrive in Poland by the former Chelsea and Israel manager, Avram Grant, some of whose relatives lost their lives at the extermination camp near England's Krakow base. Grant returns each year for the "March of the Living" and travelled to Auschwitz for a recent BBC documentary. When he arrived at the gates, Grant turned to the presenter Dan Walker and whispered: "And now, we go to hell." The president of the Israeli FA, Avi Luzon, has sent the FA a letter detailing his "great respect and appreciation" of England's intention to visit Auschwitz. Zigi Shipper, a Holocaust survivor, will address Hodgson and his players at the Grove on Thursday.