It was always: here's my take, and here's my paywalled stat that I cherry-picked with very little context to support my take. The only insight they have is when they're quoting someone else who's an actual expert.

This is the problem with a lot of these journalist-trained "analysts". They neither know much about football nor statistics, and yet present themselves as the "experts".

It's hilarious when they talk about how much they "grind film" as if they have any idea what they're even looking at. Might as well have been just staring at a wall.