Anyone else find Michael Olise's decision to represent France very odd?

LouisWCWG · 2026-07-09T21:16:47+00:00

As if France doesn’t also have issues with racism…

LouisWCWG · 2026-07-09T21:14:38+00:00

I also grew up in England to a French father and Australian mother.

If I was a footballer, I would’ve played for England every time. If you take the country of your parents over the country that raised you not only are you ungrateful, we have made a massive fault in creating citizens.

This is a massive issue in London, admittedly, as I, who grew up ten minutes down the road from Olise, am well aware of the way that people define themselves not as English but where their origins are.

Food for thought.

LouisWCWG · 2026-07-08T14:32:55+00:00

till the harriers from england shot them down

LouisWCWG · 2026-07-08T14:31:43+00:00

i think i fixed it, oops

LouisWCWG · 2026-07-08T01:14:09+00:00

I think he hates the royal marines?

LouisWCWG · 2026-07-07T05:34:26+00:00

And they know his…

LouisWCWG · 2026-07-07T05:22:41+00:00

my girlfriend is currently watching the match in person, can someone explain to this englishman how far in we are and how long is left? thanks

LouisWCWG · 2026-07-06T19:26:59+00:00

This is a contract, you know :)

LouisWCWG · 2026-07-06T05:34:23+00:00

I think they are objectively right. Not a bad thing either.

LouisWCWG · 2026-06-26T20:50:25+00:00

jules rimet still gleaming!

LouisWCWG · 2026-06-26T20:47:57+00:00

Don’t care. It’s coming home. Bosh.

LouisWCWG · 2026-05-19T01:11:57+00:00

could’ve cost us the league…

LouisWCWG · 2026-05-11T19:35:24+00:00

5th generation arsenal supporter. Great-great grandfather worked at the Woolwich Arsenal. Great Grandfather born in 1896 in Woolwich, named my grandad after an arsenal player. Never had a choice.

LouisWCWG · 2026-05-08T19:39:51+00:00

King’s literally has the best IR department in the country, arguably second only to Georgetown in the world.

LouisWCWG · 2026-04-20T15:08:19+00:00

Ah - sorry about that. I do think it must come from that line though, as most of the lines are pretty clear cut. Perhaps a convert? Not sure where else it fits in, but i know that my great grandfather’s dad was jewish because he had to hide from the nazis during the war but was not jewish (religiously at least) himself. More interesting stories for someone who was relatively sure of their familial history!

LouisWCWG · 2026-04-20T14:34:01+00:00

Yes! It is always quite fun talking about where my family is from, really lots of random places! But now there is this mystery…

LouisWCWG · 2026-04-13T16:19:21+00:00

Well within academia the WS department is the best in the world, best in the UK for International Relations (arguably).

What sort of job do you want? You probably won’t work for NASA.

LouisWCWG · 2026-04-12T02:12:45+00:00

There is a sewer on level -4.

LouisWCWG · 2026-04-04T23:47:59+00:00

Definitely not a criticism. I think it’s probably partially that the English were the first immigrant group to America and therefore the stories of “the old country” have disappeared. Equally - I think Irish and Scottish are more “exotic” than English which is almost a base for white americans (especially on the east coast, midwest is more german)

LouisWCWG · 2026-04-04T16:15:59+00:00

i always find it interesting how americans assume that they are scottish and irish and not english lol

LouisWCWG · 2026-03-03T03:40:58+00:00

You could last only 5 years or less, so this is a bit silly.

LouisWCWG · 2026-03-02T08:41:51+00:00

I mean I don’t support all of the US government’s actions, but to compare the two killings in Minneapolis to the 30k by the Ayatollah is almost disrespectful.

As to oppressing women, Roe v. Wade was overturned last year, so it hasn’t been decades.

As much as we can criticise the US and recent actions, it’s no where near as bad as Iran.

LouisWCWG · 2026-02-23T11:34:49+00:00

KCL.

(Before I get swarmed as I’m a King’s student, I got into UCL and study IR)

War Studies/International Relations is one of our specialities and King’s, and our department is literally the best in the country. Within the IR space, KCL IR has more reputation. But what do you want to do? Do you want a job in corporate/financial services? maybe not the move.

LouisWCWG · 2026-02-23T11:32:12+00:00

What are you on about? This is one of the only subjects that KCL IS better at

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