Sir Alex Ferguson told his pre-match press conference that the 23-year-old is carrying a chest infection, although the manager is hopeful of having the England star available for the visit of Tony Pulis' side."Wayne Rooney had a bit of a chest infection and he’s been off this week," Sir Alex revealed. "But hopefully he’ll be alright for tomorrow – I’m sure he will be."The United manager also confirmed that he has no other new injury worries following Tuesday's Carling Cup win over QPR. Having slipped to defeat at Arsenal last weekend and spurned a glut of goalscoring chances in recent weeks, Sir Alex is well aware of the need to bounce back against the Potters."We have to win them all, that’s life here," he said. "If you lose a game you have to recover immediately. I must say that I think the performance level is better than last season. "The ability the team is showing at the moment is better than last season, and we’ve just got to start finding that little bit extra in terms of our finishing. I made the point that we needed to be more ruthless and maybe have a little more composure at times, but there’s no doubt that (if we keep) making the chances we are, it’ll change for us. "You just have to accept that in some situations you might go through little periods where you’re not putting it in. I’ve said this time and time before over the years, somebody’s going to suffer. We have to concentrate and keep the belief in the sense that we keep playing our football, keep making chances and things will change for us.
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