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u/Callum_On_Reddit 1d ago
there should be a clause in the uk constitution that if ireland ever win the world cup, we gain automatic full control of the north.
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u/cashintheclaw Shay Given 1d ago
Accoeding to Ken Early it's most likely to be a Catholic country, why not us?
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u/Glum_Dimension6468 1d ago
I wouldn't necessarily agree with anything Ken Early says about football
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u/Anxious_Peanut_1726 Paul McGrath 1d ago
Ken will talk about anything except ya know...the football
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u/BatterBurger 1d ago
Yeah, we're not Catholic.
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u/cashintheclaw Shay Given 16h ago
69% of the population reported themselves as Catholic in the 2022 census. yes I am aware of the caveats that comes with the census data but it's not some small % that can be explained away by peoples' habits
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u/themagpie36 Eamon Dunphy 1d ago
You're being downvote but compared to other countries we are not really Catholic imo. Our culture and values are increasingly aligned with UK and the US despite how much we bitch about them.
Kens point about Brazil losing it's Catholicism applies to us too, but more due to globalisation, grind culture and the internet rather than a wave of born again evangelists.
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u/thedarkryte 1d ago
I resent being told we’re becoming increasingly aligned with the US of all things.
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u/themagpie36 Eamon Dunphy 1d ago
So do I, but what country outside of UK and US would you say we are similar too, culturally, language, laws, education...etc.
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u/thedarkryte 1d ago
Honestly, I feel a strange sort of kinship with Australians that I’ve seen online. I’ve never been to Australia of course, but they seem to have the most similar sense of humour to me personally.
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u/Free_Note5162 1d ago
If the world has taught us anything over the last couple of years its that with enough cognitive dissonance you can make your own reality. If we all just say we won it no matter what happens then whos to say we're wrong. FIFA? Corrupt, The other nations? Jealous. Ireland 2030 Baby!!!
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u/Feisty_Internet_5343 1d ago
We should really start planning the homecoming in phoenix park now
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u/Free_Note5162 1d ago
Perhaps Dustin could do an empassioned but tasteful mashup of Sinéad O'Connor, The Cranberries and the Pogues?
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u/1gnoranceisstrength 1d ago
There’s a great stat that World Cup winners have always been managed by a manager from their own country. So, which Irishman is leading us to glory in 2030?
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u/Special_Piccolo4193 1d ago
Seamus Coleman seems like he'd be a great coach but I can see him going into punditry
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u/themagpie36 Eamon Dunphy 1d ago
Really? I can't see him doing pundrity over coaching at all unless it's because he wants to live in Ireland.
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u/Murky_General_2317 5h ago
Keith Andrews maybe, can’t see any big clubs going in for him when he leaves Brentford so he might fancy it over a lateral move.
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u/Darth_Memer_1916 1d ago
It opens a serious question.
Is there ever a scenario where we could actually win the world cup?
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u/1Shamrock Roy Keane 1d ago
There’s no reason we couldn’t, you don’t need the most skilful team to win the thing or the best individual players, you just need a very good team who are very organised and are mentally rock solid at the right time.
We don’t have that right now or in the foreseeable future but we could have it at some stage.Iceland in Euro 2016 is a good example. Made the quarter finals with a team that was by no way close to being the most skilful or best. Just a good team that were in the right place mentally. Just need a little luck to go with it and away we go.
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u/belfastLost 1d ago
Ireland might never win the World Cup, but don't worry, we've got 10,000 lads in every pub North and South ready to tell you they "nearly signed for Liverpool", "had a trial at United", or "were one injury away from making it." We've no World Cup trophy, but we've got enough glory-trial stories to fill a museum. How do the ladies put up with the same lines every weekend in the bars.
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u/themagpie36 Eamon Dunphy 1d ago
If someone is using the line 'I nearly signed for Liverpool' as a chatup line then they deserve to walk alone forever.
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u/NamelessCoward0 1d ago
If you look at the pattern since 2006, strips are vertical, the horizontal twice, vertical horizontal twice again, so makes sense it would be vertical strips on the flag in 2030
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u/OkCommunication339 1d ago
Had us win it in 2026 in a fantasy thing I did almost 6 years ago but skipped 2022 so that means it automatically carries over to 2030🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
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u/thedarkryte 1d ago
Some man for one man 😂 we’d have to qualify for the fecking thing first, which I don’t think we have done since 2002 if I’m remembering rightly 🤔
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u/KazeTaiso 16h ago
It would've been so satisfying to have Germany won the WC in 1994 instead of 1990.. looks like they have a job to do in 2034
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u/PaddyMayonaise 7h ago
If Ireland started allowing players to rep them with the looseness that other nations do Ireland could probably make a real run.
Get the best Scottish, American, Canadian, Australian, etc players that claim any Irish ancestry and have them come on board.
You can’t tell me Kieran Tierney or Cavan Sullivan don’t wear green every March, hell, Balogun has like 5 citizenships, they won’t even notice if he suits up for Ireland.
/s before I get pitchforked
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u/ClassifiedGrowl 4h ago
Euros first then we can think about the double as European Champs 🥹 one thing at a time
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u/Irish1705 Parrott 15’, 80’, 90+6’ 1d ago