Frederic Michalak's career could be summed up by paraphrasing Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's lines from 'There was a little girl': 'When he was good, he was very, very good, But when he was bad he was horrid'.
Fans who wonder which France will turn up at a game are often left questioning which side of the country's up-and-down record points scorer they will see.
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