Not just England. Fairly common most places. It's about building a team over time, making drastic changes to the squad all of the time will not help that.
Look at Germany. Do you think Low picked Klose, Mertsacker, Podolski and Khedira on form last summer?
It's the same story most places most of the time. Some player is in a good run of form and "overlooked" - cue the outrage, 6 months later it's someone else. A year later the original player usually isn't even considered by the fans.
The solution for Rose is quite simple. He's had 3/4 of a season now with good improvement. He's solidified a starting position for us under considerable competition. If he keeps playing well he'll most likely get his chance, if he keeps improving he'll definitely get his chance.
We aren't talking about Proven players here....
I can understand Baines considering his experience, despite him being average this season and never playing well for England.
Shaw's 150k a week seems to have gone to his head, such is form this season. He also looks far to heavy for me and i reckon injuries could prove to be a feature of his game. But he was a child prodigy so cool, stick with him for now despite him playing like a drain for nearly a year now.
However, Gibbs is fudging bang average. He is a tidy player who has 5 good games a seasons and people go mad, before he gets injured looks brick and spends the rest of the season in and out the side. He is tidy going forward and gets put on his arse far too much defensively. Completely average and Rose is better now and has a higher ceiling that this guy.