How do you get a job being stupidly well paid to do almost nothing as a pundit... be a team player. Why is the FA playing Rooney for England when he hurts them to. Without wanting to sound all conspiracy theory style, it's not that, it's just commercial. Pundits who actually question top players performances get dropped. The pundits who play along and don't ruffle feathers get constant stupidly well paid work to sit around and stay part of the football industry.
They'll **** on players who aren't deemed stars and constantly talk up the guys they are supposed to talk up.
Pundits are worthless, they have an agenda, which is getting paid, the people paying them have an agenda and that is protecting the players with big commercial value. Rooney has been one of the worst players in the league for over 18 months yet pundits still say he's been excellent.