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[Raoul Duke III]

I'd say 50% of French folks under 40 have tats (based on my highly unscientific observations)....

[Raoul Duke III]

Need a big red chicken emoji. ...

[Raoul Duke III]

It's a fine line between managing your squad and leaving the frontliners short of game time. I'd say unlucky rather than dumb - there wasn't any malice...

[Raoul Duke III]

Desperate news, for France obviously but also anyone who loves the game. Hopefully it's not as bad as feared....

[Raoul Duke III]

Hopefully Dupont is OK, that was some bang he took.

[Raoul Duke III]

We're going to trash them with consummate ease. ...

[Raoul Duke III]

Champions beat champions...

[Raoul Duke III]

Can't blame the assistant when you forget to wear trousers though.......

[Raoul Duke III]

they can do whatever they like, we'll just beat off the park regardless

and who hacked your account? ...

[Raoul Duke III]

I don't know if your fellow cheese-eating surrender monkeys were just being polite but everyone we met in our 10 days was saying the same. I think it's...

[Raoul Duke III]

This will be one of those games where I know the words to both anthems, even the one sung in five languages.

Not much of a contest...

[Raoul Duke III]

Next RWC journey a mere 24 hours away. Starting point this time is Brussels, with a quick Thalys ride down to Paris on Saturday morning and back Sunday...

[Raoul Duke III]

Decades of war, religious maniacs running the place, no centralised government, food shortages, foreign terrorists using it as their base...yeah, sounds...

[Raoul Duke III]

Whatever about Iraq, Afghanistan was clearly the very definition of a failed state. So not sure the theory is univerally applicable!...

[Raoul Duke III]

In 20 years (10 for West Germany)!...

[Raoul Duke III]

Joe's helpline will be on fire

[Raoul Duke III]

But I think you're being super-optimistic to think that China will somehow transition to democracy, just because they have cultural similarities with...

[Raoul Duke III]

Well, it clearly worked in South Korea and Japan.

And it clearly failed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

So they have a mixed record...

[Raoul Duke III]

You mean politically different? Why is South Korea a (checks Economist score) a full democracy with a score of 8.03, whereas China is an authoritarian...

[Raoul Duke III]

Like most things in my life, I blame the Google search algorithim. ...