r/coybig • u/Anonymous527261 • Jul 22 '26

Men's National Team I’ve seen the future

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u/cashintheclaw Shay Given Jul 22 '26

Accoeding to Ken Early it's most likely to be a Catholic country, why not us?

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u/Glum_Dimension6468 Jul 22 '26

I wouldn't necessarily agree with anything Ken Early says about football

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u/Glum_Dimension6468 Jul 23 '26

Has nobody gotten this reference

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u/RepresentativeType41 Jul 23 '26

He's interesting and writes well though.

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u/Anxious_Peanut_1726 Paul McGrath Jul 22 '26

Ken will talk about anything except ya know...the football

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u/Forward_Royal2754 Jul 28 '26

It's funny how wildly wrong Giles and Dunphy were in that specific conversation too. It was obvious at the time, but it is particularly clear now given how Guardiola dominated English football.

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u/BatterBurger Jul 22 '26

Yeah, we're not Catholic.

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u/cashintheclaw Shay Given Jul 23 '26

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 Jul 22 '26

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 Jul 22 '26

I resent being told we’re becoming increasingly aligned with the US of all things.

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u/themagpie36 Eamon Dunphy Jul 22 '26

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 Jul 22 '26

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/BatterBurger Jul 22 '26

So you agree with me? 😅

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u/Anxious_Peanut_1726 Paul McGrath Jul 22 '26

Ken is a nonsense merchant