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GOM World Cup Diary #6: Why Do We Bother With Experts?

GOM World Cup Diary #6: Why Do We Bother With Experts? Yesterday I was told Spain would comfortably beat Cape Verde. The experts said so. The statistics said so. The betting markets said so. The

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June 15, 20260Comments

GOM World Cup Diary #5: Do We Really Need 48 Teams?

GOM World Cup Diary #5: Do We Really Need 48 Teams? Germany beat Curaçao 7-1 yesterday. Which was unfortunate for Curaçao. And, if we're being completely honest, not especially surprising for the rest

June 14, 20260Comments

GOM World Cup Diary #4: Whatever Happened to Just Watching the Match?

GOM World Cup Diary #4: Whatever Happened to Just Watching the Match? I spent part of yesterday watching football supporters watching football. Which, when you think about it, is a rather strange

June 13, 20260Comments

GOM World Cup Diary #3: Why Does Everything Have To Be Bigger In America?

GOM World Cup Diary #3: Why Does Everything Have To Be Bigger In America? The World Cup has now arrived in the United States, and after watching the coverage I find

June 12, 20260Comments

GOM World Cup Diary #2: By the Time the Opening Ceremony Finished, I’d Forgotten There Was a Match

By the Time the Opening Ceremony Finished, I'd Forgotten There Was a Match I switched on last night to watch a football match. That, at least, was the plan. What I actually got

June 11, 20260Comments

GOM World Cup Diary #1: Why Does Every Football Tournament Need an Opening Ceremony?

Why Does Every Football Tournament Need an Opening Ceremony? The football starts tonight. Or at least, that's what I've been told. Personally, I was under the impression that football tournaments began when

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June 11, 20260Comments

Grumpy Old Man and Queues

Whatever Happened to a Good Queue? There was a time when people knew how to queue. It wasn't written down anywhere. There wasn't a government leaflet about it. Nobody needed an

August 26, 20251Comments

Week 1 – Results are in!

So in the first week of this experiment, both the AI entries were poor compared to my gut predictions. WEEK 1 FIXTURES Score ME Pts CLAUDE Pts ChatGPT Pts Wet Spam v Chelsea 1-5 0-2 1 1-2 1 0-2 1 Man City v Spurs 0-2 1-1 0 2-1 0 3-2 0 Bournemouth v Wolves 1-0 2-1 1 2-1 1 2-1 1 Brentford v

August 25, 20250Comments

How good is AI? My idea for a challenge!

With a view to answering my own question about the validity of using AI for problem solving, I decided to give it a test with my Premier League football predictions

August 26, 20240Comments

National Dog Day

The two beautiful dogs in the headline picture, sadly no longer with us, gave my family and me endless hours if fun and entertainment and it pleases me to be

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