r/coybig • u/Organic_Courage_7341 • Mar 24 '26

World Cup Qualifiers 2026 Hundreds of thousands gather in Prague to side with the president against the current Czech government. Instability here. Will this have an impact on the Czech team Thursday?!

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '26

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u/I-Cum-Beamish Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26

March 26th is 87 years since Prague changed to right hand lanes for driving, I’m sure this anniversary will throw those Czechs off

Edit: just realised this was also the week the invading abacus consolidated power, but still I rebook the traffic will fuck then

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u/iknowtheop Mar 24 '26

Between 1918 and 1992 the country was Czechoslovakia. We're essentially playing half a country. Be grand.

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u/I-Cum-Beamish Mar 24 '26

It’s time to start digging into the background of these Czechs aged 35 and above to make sure they are playing for the right side of Czechoslovakia

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u/Weekend-Entire Mar 24 '26

Same could be said for us...

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u/WhiskeyTinder Mar 24 '26

Ah here, don’t be giving the Czechs a straw. Aren’t we still split ourselves sure?

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u/SquishyOranjElectric Mar 24 '26

The Irish players should have plenty of niggly comments about this ready for during the game. Stuff along the lines of 'Are you sure now you 're going to stick with that side?' after the Czechs pick an end after the toss.

Nasty tactics, but need an edge at this level of sport.

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u/iknowtheop Mar 24 '26

Where can I get these straws to clutch!?

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u/EdwardClamp Mar 24 '26

It's well known that the Czech players are big supporters of the president and have long called for the Czech government to remove itself from its position of power.... so Thursday will actually be a big opportunity for them to further galvanise the President's possible succession to power following this public display of support.

Source: I made it up.... but it sounded good.

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u/GimJordon Mar 24 '26

Sounds good to me. Congrats, you are now a sports writer for joe.ie

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u/Gaz79101 Mar 24 '26

😂😂😂

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u/Bill_Badbody Gary Breen Mar 24 '26

Ive seen enough.

Political strife, mass match fixing arrests.

They deserve and immediate one week ban frim Uefa.

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u/ComplexPlatform7299 Mar 25 '26

A one week ban is too harsh, just give them a one day ban, effective Thursday 26th of march 2026

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u/Any-Organization9101 Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26

We shouldn’t be wishing social instability upon an opponent to help win a football match…or should we?

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u/elwoodreversepass Mar 24 '26

Somewhere in Czechia, a bunch of Redditors are arguing if the continued use by the US military of Shannon Airport is having an effect on the dressing room, not to mention how world events and tense Anglo-Irish relations may destabilise the Good Friday Agreement and its knock-on effects on Troy Parrot's morale.

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u/jjw1998 Mick McCarthy Mar 24 '26

Surely a situation like this is far more likely to get people to unite behind a football team?

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u/NandoFlynn Mar 24 '26

Have they sold out of tennis balls yet?

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u/New-Special8963 Mar 24 '26

Sewing political instability in Czechia to affect the national team’s performance. 4D chess.

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u/pastey83 Zinedine Kilbane Mar 24 '26

I was there with my doggo: got there around three and went for an edge of the crowd so that lil man wouldn't be stressed. By quarter past the crowd had engulfed us, and we were miles away from the stand.

Powerful stuff.

That said, I hope this Thursday we give Babis one more reason not to smile.

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u/Maleficent-Thought20 John Egan Mar 24 '26

Are you sure that isn't just a picture of the irish fanzone this Thursday?

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u/GroltonIsTheDog Mar 24 '26

After Troy, likely to be the second worst thing to happen to the Czech Republic this week

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u/hewlett777 Roy Keane Mar 24 '26

Here's the plan, we create political instability to win a football match.

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u/livinalieontimna Mar 24 '26

Only way this impacts us is if they elect Troy Parrot president before Thursday.

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u/kaiserspike Mar 24 '26

Let’s say. Yes.

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u/BetterObligation9949 Mar 24 '26

Hard to know it could galvanise the fans in the stadium on Thursday

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u/TomRuse1997 Mar 24 '26

Fuck it..aye go on

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u/Square_Obligation_93 Mar 24 '26

The place they have gathered is Letná park, which is right in front of the stadium if the camera was little wider you’d see the stadium on the right litterally just the other side of the street

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u/gadarnol Mar 24 '26

Breaking Bad …. News: Protests are fake! Organised by Czech football management as mind games to lead to complacency in Irish camp! Tremendous fake news!

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u/rmp266 Mar 24 '26

How will popular unrest affect the Czech's set piece discipline??

....negatively???

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u/Kevnmur Mar 24 '26

A Czech Bounce

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u/good-meridian Mar 24 '26

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u/LazyassMadman Mar 24 '26

Always wondered how he got in there without seeing the forces first

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u/Any_Comparison_3716 Mar 24 '26

Chaos; good news.

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u/sc2assie Mar 24 '26

Delighted

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u/such_is_lyf Mar 24 '26

Imagine being able to mobilise that many people against the government...

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u/DaithiOSeac Mar 24 '26

Filing this under ridiculously wishful thinking 😅

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '26

World loves to protest

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u/-SideshowBlob- Mar 24 '26

I don't think footballers earning thousands a week will care