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Get it right or get eaten: the fate of football ‘experts’
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17/12/2022 04:08 PM | Click to read full article
Here’s a secret I can share with you as we await the final in Qatar. The Netherlands will win the football World Cup. Those who prophesy live a risky life, rather like football managers who are sacked if their team loses. Each animal had a different way of predicting. You will remember Paul the Psychic Octopus who was right eleven out of 13 times at the 2010 World Cup, even getting right the Spain-Netherlands final.