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In the history of predictions there are many that stand out for the magnitude of their incorrectness;

“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers” - Thomas J. Watson, 1943, Chairman of the Board of IBM

“640K ought to be enough for anybody” - Bill Gates, 1981

“With over 50 foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn't likely to carve out a big slice of the U.S. market” - Business Week, 1958

 

However, last night I witnessed a prediction that will stand in the pantheons as the quickest to be proven wrong. At 49 minutes and 47 seconds into the Spain v Russia football game, George confidently stated that “Russia would score an equalizer soon”. At 50 minutes, Spain scored their second goal. And that is why George is one of my favourite people in the whole world…