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Still on track with these predictions.

Will make more from the knockout stages onwards once the draw is decided.

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World Cup group stage predictions 👇

🇪🇸 Spain recover and top Group H
🇧🇪 Belgium edge Group G despite a tricky finish
🇦🇷 Argentina cruise through with 9 points
🏴 England win Group L but Ghana make it interesting
🇩🇪 Germany look like one of the tournament favorites
🇧🇷 Brazil and 🇲🇦 Morocco advance from Group C

Dark horse alert: 🇨🇦 Canada. They've looked sharp and could surprise a few bigger nations in the knockout rounds.

Which prediction ages the worst? 👀⚽️ #WorldCup2026

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@FabrizioRomano No surprise here.

Tournament favourites in my opinion the attack is too strong and the defence isn’t bad either.

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@RinoTheBouncer Given the specs it hard to argue against the PS5/Pro.

It has more peak performance due to optimisation.

The Steam machines biggest selling point is Steam itself and the PC ecosystem. Still too much at over $1k.

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@StokeyyG2 Agreed the GOAT 🐐

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@FabrizioRomano Best player of the tournament so far.

Argentina haven’t been tested yet. He needs help for them to go deep into the knockout stages.

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@nocontextfooty Love the imagery on this. 🐏

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@sickdotdev The applications for Postman are very small and specific.

However it is the best around for anything APIs in testing and development.

You don’t have to do a million different things to be a successful business just one thing very very very well.

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@nocontextfooty He has been the GOAT for the last 10 years.

And Messi is still performing.

Unbelievable.

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@markgoldbridge The GOAT.

Doesn’t need to prove anything but is still world class.

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@xMBGx It would be a mistake.

There is no need for new hardware ps5/pro are more than capable and PlayStation’s first party output has been poor this gen.

Delay to 2029/30 with improved specs.

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@FabrizioRomano Beautiful.

Only the World Cup creates moments like this. There are stories behind every team and it is always great to learn about them.

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@Andxion_ Yes.

They have me squad depth and a good manager, many of the team have won at club level.

This could be the time for England.

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@norah_olatunji @markgoldbridge They were very poor.

Disorganised defensively and offered nothing going forward.

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@UTDTrey Agreed.

The offside was unlucky but with that tight of a line it was difficult to pull off that free kick routine.

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@WorldCupMedia_ The best player in the world.

The World Cup will reinforce this.

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@FabrizioRomano Very much needed for Spain.

They have to make a statement and they are doing that so far.

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A single large AI data centre consumes 100–200MW of continuous power.

To contextualise:

• 100MW powers approximately 80,000 average UK homes continuously.
• The average UK grid substation serves 10,000–15,000 homes.
• A hyper-scale AI campus requires the equivalent of building new grid infrastructure for a medium-sized town, substations, transmission upgrades, interconnection agreements.
• Large power transformers take 18–24 months to manufacture and are produced by a small number of global suppliers.

Ohio suspended its data centre tax incentives when projected exemptions became fiscally unsustainable.
Local communities are organising ballot measures to ban hyperscale facilities outright.

The energy appetite of AI is not a future problem.
It is a present constraint that is already slowing deployment timelines.

The model is trained.
The electrons to run it at scale are the bottleneck nobody was putting in the slide deck two years ago.

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@WorldCupMedia Spain Win.
Belgium Win.
Uruguay Win.
Egypt Win.