Whether you love or hate RTE’s analysis of English football, watch the following video for analysis of England’s 2010 World Cup campaign.

For some England fans, it may feel like rubbing salt into open wounds. But the critical analysis, whether you agree with it or not, is something that you won’t see on BBC, Sky or other networks.

The pundits featured on the RTE panel feature Osvaldo Ardiles, Johnny Giles and Eamon Dunphy.

Irish broadcasting company RTE delivered heavy criticism against the performance of the England side against Slovenia Wednesday night.

In the analysis (see above video), pundits Eamon Dunphy, Johnny Giles and Ronnie Whelan were very critical regarding the England team’s performance especially in the second half.

Dunphy, who is well known for his razor-sharp criticism, said that England’s performance was “absolutely incredibly bad.” He added later that it was “awful stuff” from the key England performers. Whelan and Giles joined in the criticism and gave an interesting perspective on the 90 minutes of action against Slovenia.

RTE, the Irish broadcaster, has mocked Setanta Sports with a cheeky video featuring two comedians impersonating Setanta presenters Paul Dempsey and Pat Dolan.

Dempsey is a former Sky Sports reporter who was interviewed by EPL Talk in 2007. Dolan is a former Arsenal reserves footballer who currently manages a team in Ireland.

The skit was aired last night on RTE after the England versus Croatia match.

What are your thoughts about the video? Is it funny or is it RTE taking cheap shots at Setanta?

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Former Republic of Ireland midfielder and current RTE pundit, Eamon Dunphy, launched one of his famous tirades in Roy Keane’s direction on RTE’s Pat Kenny Show on Radio 1 on Monday.

“I know Roy well and the one thing he hated when I knew him and when we were working on that book, he hated the bullsh*t that was part of manager-speak and part of player-speak. And now he holds these lengthy press conferences every week in which he anoints David O’Leary to be the next Ireland manager, anoints Terry Venables as the next Ireland manager.”

Dunphy went on to say: “He’s talked about the Cork GAA dispute, talked about how wonderful it is for The Premier League to play more games abroad and he’s just become rent-a-quote. And it’s quite extraordinary. This is a sharp, smart, outstanding human being and he’s just been sucked into that awful Premier League vacuousness and it’s sad to see Roy Keane bulls******g, but he is. But there you go. It happens.”

The strange part of this is the Dunphy helped write Keane’s biography back in 2002 and has always been a being a staunch supporter. He defended him during his row with Mick McCarthy and had an infamous pro-Keane rant during his departure from Manchester United in 2005.

What are your thoughts? Has Roy Keane become a corporate shill? or is he just protecting his own interests? What about Dunphy? Is it right for him to launch a personal attack like this?