Don't know if it's been covered but the journos on Sky Sunday Supplement this morning were talking about Baines.
They aren't even disguising it any more. When asked about Baines vs Cole for England, the Mirror journo outright said if he was wearing a red jersey (Utd) 'as he wanted to', then he'd automatically be England's first choice left back. But he doesn't so he's not. What's more they all agreed this was correct!
So basically no matter how well he plays or how much better than Cole he is, he won't get picked as first choice because he doesn't play for 'the right club'.
Embarrassing and shameful stuff.