The first and foremost task for any journalist and/or so-called expert is to remain objective - and of course try and be better than the average fan when it comes to analyzing football, tactics, managers, news and gossip. He is supposed to be an expert, but he does not come up with anything else than the average person in any studio when it comes down to the science. When he came onto the scene he had a lot of insight to the Spanish league, and he still does compared to the average PL-fan, but now he is too much involved with the Premier League due to all the money he is receiving. He is a sell-out of the worst kind and he is the least objective pundit there is. We can all accept Thompson and Carragher cheering a Liverpool-goal, they are Liverpool-fans and we all know it - the same goes for our guys. Then you have the ex-players trying to hide their appreciation by actually starting to hate their formers clubs, at least on the telly.
Ballague is a disgrace - he just isn't bringing anything insightful to the table, his Twitter-feed is full of blatant lies and he should be removed from the studios due to his incompetence. This guy is bringing in lots of cash for doing exactly what we are doing on this forum, just typing stuff that comes into our minds - it's a shame.