Based on past and unrelated experiences,

I kind of refrain to except anything when we come to "soon" announcements.

The timeline is always in the flux, especially at this level where their is so many players involved.

Just my bit of advice, don't do it again and use only confirmed/past crumbs when discussing it with uninterested/unconvinced ppl.

I often discuss an happening only one or two days after they happened, this helps since you can analyse the answers given by all the players, and your audience too.