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Alan Rickman gets the plaudits for one of the most memorable movie villains (and rightly so), but I can't help think its unfortunate that he's completely overshadowed three other wonderful performances by Harold Innocent, Gwendoline McEwan and Michael Wincott. Never seen much stated about them but all of them really nail the evilness in different forms.

This really is a rip roaring adventure full of great characters and performances. I think initial critical response was mixed but often that's to it featuring yet another bland Costner role, along with the baggage of him influencing the direction as another of his 1990's vanity projects.

One of best thing as well are the brilliant sets, Nottingham castle scenes was film in France, and everywhere and extras feel legit Norman/Saxon. A lot of Hollywood medieval films always feel very Magic Kingdom sets but here it looks natural.

I've always like to imagine this film with a proper Northern actor like Sean Bean, Christopher Eccleston or David Thewlis as Robin. Or maybe even Carey Elwes.

Average attendances as we've reached half way through the group stage.

So 20 or 29 attendances reported so far (if you have figures for any missed please let me know and the source - missing are listed in red and what round they were).
FAI Connect app is the source of these, but a couple also come from club's facebook posts (can be seen in italics e.g. Newbridge vs Villa)

I have to say I'm actually surprised we've had this many, i wasn't expecting them to be reported so while its disappointing we don't have all its better than i expected.

I'll do another post at the end of season, hopefully some gaps will be filled.

So just the one fixture published so far. And remains to be seen if the others will be updated. Though to be honest I didnt expect any to be.

890 a great figure, obviously its opening day and will drop off but it was higher than all but Cork's First Division games on Friday.

Bulk of the main is done, more plants to go in and rocks inside.

The outer rocks on the lower part of the second picture need reworking but overall I think its looking good.

If you are wondering why so much soil at the side, there was raised beds either side of the tree as needs seeding.

No fish, a wildlife pond, some of the frogs have already taken residence having moved over from my other small established pond (photo 4)

Never seen these guys not mounting a mate.

Common red solider beetle, their larvae eat slugs, snails and aphids so one of the most beneficial bugs in European gardens. The adults however seem to just spend two months like this.

I don't really see the point of this. Both products are produced by Walkers (although the Cheetos licence through Lays must be that they aren't branded as Walkers - no mention of their name any where but they do have the same Leicester and Dublin addresses)

They are both a corn snack that are "Sweet & Spicy Flamin' Hot" flavour.

Taste wise they are the same but I found Monster Munch slightly hotter.

In terms of bite the monster munch have more crunch, they stick to the teeth, tongue and roof of mouth less and are far more enjoyable eat.

The Cheetos thing is a bit of mystery to me in UK. Yes they are a cultural phenomenon in the US and Europe and have a distinctive mascot Chester and are the leading cheese puff brand in the world.

But Walkers previously tried to introduce them in the late 90s to take on the UK leading cheese puff brand Wotsits by Golden Wonder. It was a disaster and soon abandoned. Walkers eventually bought Wotsits from their struggling rival in 2002.

Then in 2015 Cheetos returned. With a Cheesy

product virtually the same as Wotsits and a Flamin' Hot virtually the same as Monster Munch it seems a bit pointless.

At a sanctuary in North West Ireland.

It was really overcast with heavy rain and the enclosure is heavily planted with trees and shrubs, and this poor wee guy still was struggling to open his eyes in the light.

Had a good bond with its siblings

2026 attendances at the half way point. Note that Galway's fixture against Shelbourne isn't until August, but all other clubs have now played all the other sides in 9 home ties.

Division currently 282 up on last season, but this should reduce as usual by the end of the season. I suspect we might have a slight decrease on the previous year but it will be tight.

Why aren't Atalanta's U23 in Group A with the rest of the Northern teams? Theres like 11 Lombardy sides in Group A. Even Group B would make more sense that C.