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GOM World Cup Diary #8: Why Can’t We Ever Just Enjoy It?

GOM World Cup Diary #8: Why Can't We Ever Just Enjoy It? England won 4-2 last night. Just let that sink in for a moment. Four goals scored. Three points…

DaveThomas June 18, 2026

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GOM World Cup Diary #7: Why Does It Take Seven People To Get It Wrong?

Why Does It Take Seven People To Get It Wrong? Last night I watched another controversial VAR decision. Or perhaps I should say I watched seven people spend several minutes…

DaveThomas June 17, 2026

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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…

DaveThomas June 16, 2026

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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…

DaveThomas June 15, 2026

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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…

DaveThomas June 14, 2026

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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…

DaveThomas June 13, 2026

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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…

DaveThomas June 12, 2026

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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…

DaveThomas June 11, 2026

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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…

DaveThomas June 11, 2026

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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…

DaveThomas August 26, 2025