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i think hyth should hang out with axolotls more often
absolutely
#cosmodynes ask#hythlodaeus#axolotl ffxiv#ambystoma#thank u anon this was cute#so i doodled a little cute for u#i should specify#i may not doodle a thing for every ask so pls don't expect#but if it has hyth the chances are Very Good
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What would you say is your favorite thing about writing your character? Is it their characterization, their development so far, or would it be something else entirely? Are you proud of how far they've come since you started your blog? Is there anything you'd do differently if given the chance?
[ALWAYS ACCEPTING✅] Very cool anons
i dunno! i really just enjoy hyth's character….to the extent where he is literally my main and i've made mods both so that my main literally has his face /hair; but also aesthetic mods that accommodate my headcanons for him (his tattoo textures in particular, which i'm still tweaking.) simple acts of adjusting his eyebrow textures to suit the darker skintone i've given him, to aggressively combing through glamourdresser and xma to find cute clothing mods for him to kinda gives me a never-ending supply of muse for him tbh. i've worked extremely hard to add on to his appearance and his story, i've busted ass making nice graphics for the blog too. i feel like i've come a long way since starting this blog. i kind of delayed and fought against writing him for a long time, but the urge ended up winning in the end, as we can see. i honestly didn't intend for him to be my primary muse; i meant to keep him as a side muse as most folks do, but that's just not how things work out.
he's not a super-detailed character; canonically we're given minimal information on him. he's literally just some guy who happens to be everyone's friend. he's a support character who wholeheartedly works to support his friends, but can't help but lament that his own abilities aren't on par with theirs. i just. i think i get his character because i can relate with him so much?
i don't even care so much about the ships (while it would be nice to have a hades muse who want to ship and write with me consistently as mains or exclusives, i don't really mind either way. controversial take ig, but the vibe is just as good with them being platonic) because i just enjoy hyth's character so much, in a holistic and individual sense, separate from his interactions with just hades and azem. and really, the man deals with so much indignity from the fandom; from f//ujos (and altogether people who are NOT mlm and seem like they have never so much as shared oxygen with us) portraying him in creepy and/or harmful stereotypical ways within the context of m/m ships and then everybody and their mother flattening his character to being a mischievous horny annoyance and nothing else. i am putting my masters degree knowledge to good use by writing him as well-rounded, nuanced character partly for my own enjoyment and partly to spite people who really don't seem to have played the same game and watched the same cutscenes.
i wouldn't do anything differently tbh, although i do wish i'd started off with a better tagging system. i'm quite happy with my portrayal of hyth, and i'm glad that i have a fairly distinct manner of portraying him, as he's an increasingly popular character for people to write.
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FFXIVWrite2022 23: Join me
“I’m surprised you can do that still, given your weaker aether.”
Teri pulls in the line, so to speak, of aether they cast and smiles. “It’s good to see you too, Hades. Hythlodaeus.”
Hythlodaeus smiles. “Tis too kind of you to wish to speak with us, Teri. Though I’m certain you seek not idle chatter.”
“It’s an offering I have to you two. Neither of you have ever been reborn as I have. I’m certain Hyth wants to, but Hades...”
“As I said, you won, I lost in the end. There is nothing I can do, and I wish not to sour any possible sundered with my thoughts.”
“I suspected as much, but you know I’ve remembered everything from all my lives. And I know I’ve had a certain visitor in all of them, even those when you were the Emperor of Garlemald. A’lin may not have noticed your presence, but I had. The wisps of aether you used to keep it secret.”
Hades frowns, more than usual. “I fail to see what you’re implying.”
“Both A’lin and Maurellin were very much not me. Marellin if you squint, but even they cast aside anything resembling morality to follow your hints, to prove themself to you. And I know they are far from the only ones. Your reincarnation be just as grumpy as you, but I doubt that you would influence them as strong as you fear. I only ask for one reincarnation from you. I’ll take after my mother, and raise you by my side, share every moment and the best the sundered life has to offer.”
“I’ve done that before. If you spotted my bodies in every past life of yours, then you know how many I used to give the sundered a chance. How many times I came close.”
“Fourteen, I believe. Yet none of them did you take over until they were in adolescence. Not childhood. Every time, you knew the other option and weighed it constantly. If you didn’t, or at least could see through their eyes, hear through their ears. Feel as they do, and learn their every thought, I would like to know your answer then. You’re a clever man, and I’m sure you could see some of the spells cast by Mum on my soul, and create a one-lifetime’s worth on your own to have this final judge.”
They hold out their hand. “Mum’s mostly released me from the spell, but it’s still here until this last time. I’m sure it’s so I can offer the same to you.”
“But if you’re wrong about it, that I live, die, and know what this means, and still find it wanting.”
“I’m willing to lose a protégé at the cost of seeing you back in the sea again. I simply wish to see you in life as well.”
“We will not return together,” Hythlodaeus says. “You’ve been on the star for what? Thirty years now? Is that not a sizable percentage of a sundered life?”
“Thirty-two, and yes. The average age for this kind is in the fifties and sixties. However, I suspect with the denser aether, I may live longer. Enough to balance out two that much younger than me.”
They hold out their hand. “What do you two say? Shall you join me?”
Hythlodaeus takes it. “Hades, I don’t care what your decision is, but I would very much like to see this world again after all this time locked away in Zodiark.”
Hades sighs and looks between them. “I must admit that your suggestion is powerful, but too much like Venat. All that hear feel think, and live die know. That said, tis the best chance I have, and if you forgive me, perhaps I might be able to forgive myself.”
With that word, he takes their hand as well. “How soon do you want us to show up?”
“Within the next five years should be enough to build up the spell, I suppose, though would be a dream if you can come sooner.”
The two look carefully.
“We’ll be born in two. Find us soon, Teri.”
#FFXIVWrite#FFXIVWrite2022#Pitch as in Elevator Pitch#I've written something similar with Lin#But Teri and Lin offer it differently#And I know Teri is a sucker for tossing in the big things about Venat and Emet-selch followed through.
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“I highly doubt your new friend would want that.” Hades claims, arms across his chest and frown in place. To say he hadn’t somewhat felt bad for being unnecessarily cruel to the hunter now turned, would be a lie, yet he has never been one to quite regret his actions - least of all when he feels they are justified in one way or another. And to have the same mortal reincarnated and chase after him, again and again for centuries ( and all this time, he has been kind enough as to let the hunter go! ) - ‘twas simply too much. More so when in truth, Emet-Selch has been trying his best to give them a chance - cooperating with mortals when he could easily crush them instead.
“I reckon they much prefer to never see me again.” Even so, he has ever been weak to his lover’s requests, especially when Hythlodaeus would look at him like that. As if ‘tis his choice whether they would ever see eye to eye or not ( would the newborn be able to forgive him? ).
VAMPIRE HYTH IS NOT ABOVE USING THE PLEADING EYES
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“My new friend may yet surprise you, dearest Hades,” There is truth to Emet-Selch’s words, of course; Azem had every reason to wish distance from their vampiric sire, after being so violently turned. But Azem, for all their stubbornness, was capable of seeing him in another light, Hythlodaeus was sure, with a bit of persuasion. They had adapted quite well, with adequate support, and truth be told, the friendship between himself and the other had developed with a natural ease he had not expected when first approaching them.
Perhaps it was their very natures, their shared inclination to mischief; he was well aware his lover would define it simply as their ability to give him headaches despite his vampiric powers. Regardless, he knew Hades enough to know that for all his certainty in his acts, he was not beyond befriending Azem, either. With the right push, they may yet see beyond their differences, and when they did, Hythlodaeus was sure they would yet be able to become good friends.
For that to happen, however, they needed at least coexist in the same environment for some time, rather than avoiding each other. Azem had been easily convinced to join them, though somewhat begrudgingy at first; and Hades, for all his stubbornness, could be convinced too. “And they have already agreed to my proposition,” He adds, draping himself over the other and facing him with pleading violet eyes. “Can you not make an attempt, at least, beloved? I do not ask you to apologize --- simply to try and be in their company for some time, and to genuinely give them a chance.”
“ ‘Tis not too much to ask, is it?” Relentless in pursuit of his goal, he continues to look up to golden eyes in that manner, arms around Hades’ neck. “Please -- for me?”
#archaeoelysian#muse: hythlodaeus { SOULSEER. }#in character: hythlodaeus { ARCHITECT. }#hyth is going to make them friends 😌
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🌈is there a fic that you worked *really fucking hard on* that no one would ever know? maybe a scene/theme you struggled with?
So I don't have a lot published for her and there's quite a few drafts in my drive but I always feel I work the hardest whenever I bring Stasia into the mix of just about anything. She's tougher to write for me in a lot of contexts because she's villainous. She was never meant to be what one would associate as a good guy or good person, and that's a bit harder of a perspective (to gain a little insight you can check out this piece here).
While there is an aspect of difficulty for her original universe/fandom its much easier to kind of write for than anything I've done with ffxiv. A main reason being that her opinion on characters are so different than how I view them. She tends to go very 2-D with characters like Zenos or Emet-Selch stripping them of some of the nuances I know to be there, but for her its just that change in being true to her character and making sure I'm not adding more to her view than feels right. Its fun once I'm in a groove and am writing her because she's a fun challenge but it can be a lot to have to stop and think from her eyes, since part of her charm is burying any and all emotions despite the fact they are felt and do influence her to a degree, its a balancing act with her.
Or even funny in that she has a hatred of characters I love and I feel so bad for writing these interactions with her. Mostly in drafts its been her interactions with Hyth because that man is the bane of her existence and the root of all her current problems. I always feel bad but if I want to stay true to her character I have to suck it up and write her being so mean and rude to him (she calls him a little bitch at one point, she is about ready to toss him off the side during that scene in Ktisis, threatens him, yells at him that he needs to stop with the whole "I'm so useless" act because Emet-Selch doesn't associate with those that are, etc. if she had a chance she'd hold a knife to his throat she hates him that much). But yeah she's a toughie because she just has such a different way of viewing things than I do.
#I love her but damn she can be hard to write for me#stasia oc#writer asks#endwalker spoilers#ish just in case#Thank you for asking!
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Day 8: Adroit
And again some more modern a - I swear I am also going to write something else this month - eventually 😅
Emet/Reader
When Hades shows up the following evening, he holds to boxes of steaming Thai food in his hands, insisting that if you are already staying late, you should do so with a somewhat decent dinner. And it’s definitely more than decent. Not to mention the company is delightful. You talk about this and that, not even looking at the time as you tell him how you are slowly making your new apartment habitable. Hades meanwhile regales you with some more anecdotes of his friend upstairs and his never-ending quest to get him to work less. Over an hour has passed until you finally get around to talking about anything work-related.
“So, what kind of name is ‘Emet-Selch’ actually?” you ask the question that has been repeatedly on your mind.
In front of you, Hades coughs, needing a moment to not choke on his food before he looks at you with a question written all over his face.
“Pardon me?” he murmurs. “What?”
“The boss,” you point out. “I’ve wondered about that; it sounds like a strange name, don’t you think?”
“It’s more akin to a title, actually,” he says after clearing his throat, and that information makes you perk up.
“It is? Oh, kinda like a stage name?” you wonder. “That makes sense; I guess he is an artist, after all.” With a frown, you add, “So what’s his real name then?”
Across from you, Hades lets out a laugh. “I am sure you can easily find that out by employing twenty seconds of your time into a search engine, my dear.”
You shake your head vehemently.
“I am not going to google my boss; what if I find out something I really didn’t wanna know?”
He looks at you across the rim of his glasses like you lost your mind.
“And how is this any different?” Hades asks with a raised brow. “You don’t know what kind of stories I could tell you, after all.”
“Yeah, but then it would be your fault for blabbing and not mine for snooping,” you claim, nodding gravely to underline your point.
“That… is not how it works,” Hades mumbles before he goes back to his food with a shake of his head. “Seriously, you have not looked up the company you’ve come to work for even once?”
You had not. It’s not like you hadn’t thought about it, but ultimately, you had decided against it, and so you give him a shrug.
“It has a splendid reputation, everyone in my class wanted a job here, and I didn’t see the point,” you say before grabbing another bite. “I guess I just like to make my own impressions?”
“An admirable attitude,” Hades murmurs with another shake of his head. “If, perhaps, prone to complications.”
“Huh?” At his muttered afterthought, you look up, but he just waves it aside.
“Ah, don’t mind me.”
You finish your dinner with some more not work-related talk, and before he leaves to get some more work done himself, you give him the small folder you prepared with your proposed changes. He assures you that he will forward them once again as he wishes you a good night and a relaxing weekend.
You have both, but you are almost tempted to go to work on a Sunday for having nothing better to do. You could finally unpack the rest of your things, get your apartment into a state that is actually comfortable to live in, but you’re still not feeling like it. If you’re honest with yourself, it’s not necessarily the work itself you miss and wanna sit around at the company for. Out of all the people you have met over the past week, you definitely like Hades the most. He is kind, thoughtful, unobtrusive, and he listens to your complaints as well as talks to you whenever you both seem to have a little time. And sometimes… Sometimes you notice his eyes sparkle when he looks at you, and it is not only a welcome sight; it is one that sends little jolts of excitement through you each time you catch him. It doesn’t even matter that you have basically just met the man or that he seems to be a good few years older than you - you would like nothing more than to get to know him better.
A feeling that only grows on Monday when you go through your inbox, and an email from your boss already contains some parts of your proposed changes, together with a small thank you note for your very skillfuly adjustments. Hades didn’t waste any time relaying your thoughts, it seems, and you smile to yourself before you decide to visit the coffee cart downstairs and get him something as a thank you. You have no idea what he likes, except for coffee, of course, but the elderly lady behind the counter knows her customers, and a little while later, you are on your way up to his floor, carrying glazed donuts with you. You wouldn’t have suspected him of having a sweet tooth, but the coffee cart lady insisted that those were his favorite.
When you exit the elevator, you look around. You have no idea where his office is precisely, only the floor it’s on. You’ll simply have to ask the next person you see to point you in the right direction.
It turns out to be unnecessary, as you round a corner and practically run into the man himself.
“Persephone,” he greets you with a confused look, holding your shoulders steady to keep you from stumbling. “What are you doing here?”
The way he seems so surprised but at the same time genuinely happy to see you makes you smile. He looks a little different, and it takes you a few seconds to realize that, for once, he is not wearing glasses.
“Looking for you,” you say, holding up the bag with the baked goods to show him. “I brought a thank you for playing messenger for me.”
He looks a bit confused, but as he sees what’s in your hand, his eyes light up.
“Are those donuts?”
“You really do have a sweet tooth,” you laugh as you nod. “So, I was wond-”
You stop talking in surprise as his hands around your shoulders tighten, and he pulls you further around the corner all of a sudden, looking past you with a slight frown.
“What are you doing?” you mumble, unsure just how to react when Hades motions you to be quiet.
“Shhh, I think I saw Hythlodaeus,” he whispers, and now he has you thoroughly confused.
“Your friend?” you murmur back as you wonder about the sudden secrecy.
“He is trying to rope me into something, and I am avoiding him,” he explains quietly, shifting you just a little so he can peek around the corner. “Oh no,” he murmurs. “He’s heading straight this way. Get in there.”
He nudges you through the door right next to you into an empty office. Everything goes fast, and before you know it, you find yourself on the inside, slightly wedged between the office door and Hades, who quietly snaps the lock shut.
You look at him questioningly, trying to make sense of all this when he puts a finger over his lips, indicating you not to make a sound.
A second later, you nearly flinch when someone knocks sharply at the door.
“Hades, are you in there?” an impatient voice asks, and in front of you, Hades mouths the word ‘Hyth’ in a quiet explanation.
“You can’t avoid me forever, you know?” the voice comes again. “This fundraiser is happening, you are going, and if you want to look approachable for once, you’re bringing someone.!”
You have to swallow down a giggle as you realize what it is he is trying to avoid. Somehow, it doesn’t surprise you. He doesn’t seem like the very outgoing type.
“Come on,” comes Hyth’s voice again through the door. “You could ask that cute singing girl from downstairs you’ve been mooning over to come with you; it will be fun!”
Hades winces slightly in front of you, and your eyes widen at those last words as a sudden feeling of giddiness has your stomach jump. With the way Hades looks at you almost apologetically by now, there is little chance his friend means anyone else, and the thought is nothing if not exciting.
“I’ll just be back…” the voice from outside claims before you can hear the sound of someone walking away.
For a moment, you stay quiet, almost unwilling to say something. The slight tension in the air is far too precious, after all. But at the same time, you are not the calmest or most patient person, after all.
“Cute singing girl from downstairs?” you comment with a raised eyebrow, and for a moment, Hades has a sheepish look on his face.
“Well…” he starts, but before he can say anything more, you give him a playful wink.
“You know, I think I’ve heard of her,” you say with a knowing look. “Rumor has it she has been slightly mooning herself about some upstairs guy. So…” you trail off for a moment, grinning at him. “If you ask her, she might actually say yes.”
Something between you shifts as the sheepish look from earlier is completely gone from his face now, replaced by something decidedly different. Unveiled interest is in his eyes as a slow smile spreads across his face.
“Is that so?” Hades murmurs in a low voice, and you are suddenly acutely aware of just how close he is.
His arm against the door, he half cages you in, and with the way he is so much taller than you are, he is practically filling out your whole view. He gives you a long look, and then his other hand rises, and your stomach flutters as his fingers graze your cheek, gently brushing over your skin as he draws a strand of hair out of your face. He tugs it behind your ear, fingertips ghosting over your neck in the process, and you swallow heavily as you look up into his golden eyes that are, for once, not behind a pair of glasses. He is so close all of a sudden, and you lick your suddenly dry lips, very aware of the way his eyes follow the motion. You barely dare to breathe as you wonder if the intense way he looks at you means he is going to kiss you when his smile slightly widens.
“Good to know,” he finally says, letting his hand fall away but still keeping close.
“Are you going to ask?” you wonder with bated breath, and there is a twinkle in those warm eyes as he gives you a slight nod.
“Eventually,” Hades says, still smiling before he finally takes a step back. “But Hyth is not going to let this rest,” he adds with a frown at the door. “I’ll leave to go look for him, and you can sneak out of here a few minutes later.”
The assumption that you would somehow need to sneak out has you furrow your brow in confusion.
“Sneak out?” you ask. “Why would I need to do that?”
“You really don’t want to get people talking,” Hades says with a sigh. “Everyone on this floor is a horrible gossip; you have no idea what you’d set yourself up for if you just walked out of here.”
It doesn’t lessen your confusion at all as you wonder just why anyone would even care if you walked out of a random office with him, but before you can point that out, his hands run over your upper arms, and he nudges you to look at him.
“Persephone, I’m going to come by your office tonight, and I’m going to ask you to go to a fundraiser with me,” Hades says in a surprisingly serious voice. There is a slightly crooked half-smile on his face as he looks down at you with clear anticipation, and you smile back at him at that.
“I look forward to it,” you say with a genuine smile, but Hades doesn’t seem to be done.
“In the meantime, please do me one favor, and google this company,” he murmurs, and just like that, your confusion is back, and you scrunch your nose. “Trust me, my dear,” he insists, “You really want to know some things before you decide to say yes!”
That is not ominous at all, you think, but with a final smile, he lets go of you, unlocks the door, and is gone faster than you can process. A bit forlorn, you look at the bag still in your hand before, for the first time after being dragged in here, you look around the room. It’s the most spacious office you have ever seen. There are shelves willed with folders on one side, a couch, and a sitting area on the other, but at the center, behind a large desk, it’s the floor-to-ceiling windows that catch your eyes the most. The view from up here is so breathtaking that it takes you a few more moments to notice that some impressive things are hanging at the far wall. Honors, prizes, and rather prestigious awards. All made out to…
Emet-Selch.
You nearly let the bag of food slip from your grasp as you realize in whose office you stand, where Hades had dragged you in to. For a few seconds, you think you both can count yourself lucky that it was empty when you notice something else. There is a pair of glasses lying on the desk before you, glasses that look very familiar. You have stared at them quite a few times over the last week, after all. You realize that Hades’ colleague had straight-up assumed he was in here when knocking at the door, and behind the desk, the windows show a clear view of the nearby park as things suddenly click, and you are not sure if you are mortified, very confused or maybe even slightly angry. All you know as you put the bag from the coffee cart down on his desk for him to find later is that the first thing you will do when getting back to your office is heed his advice and look some things up. And tonight, when he shows up at your office, you will make him give you some answers.
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Those Halcyon Days Ch 2 preview
general shb and 5.3 spoilers
Suddenly she felt cool fingers brush against her arms and a tickle of breath against the crook of her neck. The presence surprised her but it was not unwanted. She smiled and placed a hand over Hades’ as it trailed across her stomach.
“Good morning.” She greeted.
“I have you back for one night and already you are trying to abandon me.” Hades murmured, pressing his lips against her shoulder. He trailed kisses up to her neck, and Persephone giggled at the sensation.
“I’d never abandon you.” She told him.
“You came home late last night.” He then said, and his tickling kisses brushed against her shoulder.
“I apologize, my love.” Persephone hummed. “I had...work to do at Akadaemia and I suppose time got away from me.”
She had not meant to spend that long in Akadaemia. After dinner with Halmarut, she had doubled back to look through his collection of tomes. Leafing through the pages to see if she could find anything that might shed some light on her strange experiences during her travels.
Unfortunately she had let time get away from her in her readings. And thus ended up arriving home at a later hour than expected. Hades had already turned in for bed long before she had finally come home.
She had been careful in trying not to wake Hades when she snuck into bed. But apparently he hadn’t even been asleep at the time.
“Your excuse for missing yesterday’s assembly as I recall.” He murmured. “When did my dear Azem become so busy?”
She gently traced her fingers over his knuckles. “Still upset about that?.” And she whirled around to face him, wrapping her arms around his shoulders. “My dear Architect, I do believe I made it clear it would be made up to you.”
Strong arms looped around her waist, pulling her close against his chest. A smile upon his lips as he tilted his head down towards her. “Indeed you will.” He purred.
Hades’ lips brushed against hers, his golden eyes filled with sleepy affection. And Persephone smiled as she reached up to card her fingers through his hair. But also to draw him closer, for she was not satisfied with the little peck he had given her.
She kissed him again, very shameless in the delight it gave her. Already the tendrils of the nightmares were beginning to lose their hold on her. It was only a dream—a foolish dream. Amaurot still stood and her dear, sweet Hades was safe in her arms.
It was the weight of her travels falling upon her. She was tired and had not the chance to indulge and rest properly. But here—here she could finally have that. To make up for all that time she was away…
She felt Hades’ hands glide along her body. And he hummed pleasantly against her lips. “Come back to bed, my weary wanderer.” The man purred. “Before the world has a chance to steal you away from me again.”
His words were enticing, and was about to allow him to guide her back to the warm haven of the bed. However an abrupt knocking at the door interrupted it. Visitors already? Who would be here so early in the morning?
A haggard sigh slipped from Hades and annoyance wrinkled his features.
Persephone chuckled and nuzzled his neck. “Ignore it. I’m sure they’ll leave us eventually.”
“Not this one.” He grumbled.
Then came another knock. This time accompanied by a cheaper voice. “Hades! I know you’re awake in there! Come, you can’t keep Azem all to yourself! Let me in!”
Persephone placed a hand against Hades’ chest. “Is that Hythlodaeus?” She smirked.
“Don’t.” Hades grumbled, giving her a pleading look. “Please don’t.”
“Oh Hades.” She laughed. “You need to stop acting like that. Hythlodaeus is our friend—yours longer than mine.” And she slipped from the bed, leaving the room to go answer the door.
Asides, Hades was not the only person she missed dearly.
She was greeted by the beaming face of a man at the door. Half his expression hidden by his mask, but his joy obvious from that broad grin of his. His arms were occupied with what appeared to be an array of gifts. A bouquet of flowers and boxes that probably contained sweets.
“Ah, there she is!” Hythlodaeus exclaimed upon seeing her. “Oh my dear friend, it has been too long!”
“Indeed it has.” Persephone beamed as she invited her friend in.
Aside from Hades, Hythlodaeus was a face she was always happy to see greeting her whenever she returned from her travels.
“I had heard of your homecoming last night.” The man said as he disappeared into the kitchen. “It had to be from the lips of a gossiper because someone didn’t bother to inform me of our mutual friend’s return.”
He raised his voice with that last part. No doubt hoping to reach that certain someone’s ears. And Hades made an appearance soon after. Hair still bedraggled and a frown creasing his brow.
“Do you have any idea what time it is?” He indignantly scolded.
Hythlodaeus poked his head out the kitchen. His hood was tossed back, revealing neatly braided red hair. “Three quarters of a bell after seven.” He stated. “And you seemed to have already been up anyway from the looks of it. So I don’t believe I was interrupting any of your much needed beauty rest.”
Hades glared and the other man ducked back into the kitchen.
Persephone smiled at him, giving him a look to remind him to behave. “What brings you here this morning, Hyth?” She asked as she wandered into the kitchen.
Her friend was busy unpacking his boxes and bags. “I thought to celebrate your return by treating you to breakfast.” He cheaperly told her. “While we eat, you can regale us with your exciting tales. How’s that sound?”
“It sounds wonderful.” She beamed. “I’d greatly appreciate it. And I’m sure Hades would as well. Wouldn’t you, dear heart?”
#final fantasy xiv#Shadowbringers#emet selch#hythlodaeus#azem#shb spoilers#5.3 spoilers#writing#(Chronicles of the Traveler)#something a little fluffy this time
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Thomas OCs: Robyn
Number: 77
Class: HR Dunrobin 0-4-4T (Replica)
Built: 1970
Arrived on Sodor: 1985
Service (Shed): Private Engine (Peel Godred)
Livery: NWR Local Passenger Green (Clan Callan Markings)
Although he doesn’t look it, Dunrobin II - alias Robyn - is a true oddity amongst the others in the NWR roster. For one thing, she’s much younger than he looks - while her design dates back to 1895, she herself was actually constructed as late as 1970! And for another, while she looks distinctly British, Robyn has actually come from as far afield as Canada! Now, to make things a little clearer...
The locomotive known as Dunrobin had been built specifically to convey the Duke of Sutherland between his residence at Dunrobin Castle and Inverness. Unfortunately, the Duke was forced to sell the engine when BR revoked his running powers in 1949. Dunrobin then went through a succession of owners: Captain Howey of Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway fame, then Canadian businessman Harold Foster, and then the Government of British Columbia. The engine finished up at Fort Steele, a heritage village in that same province, where it was regularly used on tourist trains.
Obviously operating a Scottish engine in Canada brought its own logistical problems, by far the biggest being the availability of spare parts. Dunrobin was pretty popular with tourists, and so couldn’t be taken out of service for too long. The decision was taken to commission a replica, to fill in on occasions when the real engine required repairs that couldn’t be carried out quickly. The job of building this replica fell to Andrew Barclay & Company, and this was actually one of the last jobs they undertook before being acquired by the Hunslet group.
And this was where Dunrobin II, as she was known then, came in. Upon her completion in 1970, she was shipped over to Fort Steele, bringing with her all the necessary plans and instructions for maintaining and repairing both herself and the real Dunrobin. As a standby engine, Dunrobin II’s career was very much off again, on again, as she was only occasionally required whenever Dunrobin needed to be absent for whatever reason.
By 1982, however, the staff at Fort Steele had managed to build up all the resources necessary to keep the real Dunrobin running, and Dunrobin II was declared surplus to requirements. Having seen relatively little use, she was still in good working order, and so it was decided that she should be sold rather than scrapped. The trouble was that it would have been too expensive to send her back to Britain, and there wasn’t really anywhere else in North America that she could run.
Fortunately, salvation came in the form of an unexpected visit from Lord Callan of Sodor. He’d been visiting one of his relatives, a wealthy Canadian landowner, who had been offered the chance to buy Dunrobin II, but had to decline due to lack of room. This was brought up in conversation, at which point Lord Callan agreed to split the cost of having the engine shipped to Sodor.
Dunrobin II’s long voyage to Sodor began shortly after the purchase was made. Firstly, there was a lengthy journey across Canada, which was made partly under her own steam, but mostly on the back of a lorry, or as cargo on huge freight trains. Then there was an even longer sea crossing, as she travelled by ship directly from Halifax to Tidmouth. Finally, the whole journey was rounded off by a short rail journey to Crovan’s Gate, where she was examined and overhauled in the greatest of secrecy.
It was while being overhauled that Dunrobin II decided, as she so succinctly put it, that ‘[she] was done being Dunrobin‘, and adopted the shorter, sweeter, snappier name of Robyn.
In 1985, Robyn’s overhaul was completed, and she was unveiled at a special ceremony at Callan Castle. However, she'd been kept a closely guarded secret right up to his unveiling, which meant that when news of a ceremony came to light, all the engines ended up fighting for the chance to take the important guests to the party. This was ironic, as one of the reasons for Robyn’s arrival had been to put an end to such fights in the first place.
Since her arrival, Robyn has carved out a nice little niche for herself, as the private engine of Lord Callan. She’s proud of this job, but unlike most private engines, she never lets the honour go to his smokebox. Of course, being much younger than most of the other engines, Robyn still has a lot to learn, and her lack of experience often means she feels uncertain about tackling new jobs. She offsets this, though, with a youthful enthusiasm for life. Her Canadian origins, too, give her a strong work ethic and a witty outlook on life, and she's never averse to the odd joke now and then.
Surprisingly, one of Robyn’s closest friends is actually Spencer! Nobody really knows why, but their shared status as private engines may have something to do with it. In any case, Robyn is perhaps one of the only engines on Sodor who can reel Spencer in when he's getting too full of himself. As their respective owners are close friends as well, they typically attend the same important functions, and can often be seen talking to each other while waiting to take their owners home.
Trivia
I’m sure I must have originally come up with the idea for Robyn around the time All In Vain first aired. I remember I’d been reading about the real Dunrobin and its history at the same time, so it didn’t take long for the concept to lodge itself firmly.
I went with the name Robyn as a bit of a pun - it’s a shortened version of Dunrobin, and she’s meant to be a younger twin of that engine.
A lot of my headcanons are based on the concept of plausible nonsense. That is, even if it didn’t happen in real life, it’s still got to sound as though it could have done. Robyn is a prime example of this concept - obviously it makes no sense for her to be a replica, or to have come from halfway across the world...but hey, it certainly sounds plausible!
Actually, Robyn also demonstrates my approach to international OCs - they’re still British prototypes, but they’re ones that have worked overseas at some point. Robyn technically fits both criteria.
Robyn was originally NWR #80, but that spot was given to Victor when I decided to include him on the stocklist. Both have since had their numbers changed completely, as part of a major restructuring effort on my part.
#thomas the tank engine#the railway series#sodor#island of sodor#north western railway#ttte headcanon#ttte analysis#ttte oc#robyn the private engine
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FOM BLOG: OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1 - 0 GILLINGHAM
My Thoughts On Oldham Athletic V Gillingham……………………
I left my house at 6.40AM in The Morning and I made sure that I had the following things on me,,,,,,,, (Money, Keys, My Oldham Athletic Ticket, My Samsung Galaxy S2, My Fleece-Jacket, Spare Batteries, Match-Day Programme, Lynx, Spare Lids, My Gillingham Scarf, My Gillingham Bag with Pads and Pens, And A Packet Of Polo’s), and after double checking I had everything on me, I left my house and I went to The NewsAgents to buy A 500ML Bottle Of Pepsi for £1, and after paying for my drink, I made the ten minute walk to The Bus Stop outside The Cricketers Pub, and I waited for The Kings Ferry Coach to arrive, once The Kings Ferry Coach arrived at 7AM, I got on the coach and sat near the back, there were USB Charger Ports in-between the seats, but I had charged Six Batteries to full power the day before.
Gary asked me about My Starting Line Up which I had posted on Twitter, which was the following,,,,,,,, GK Stuart Nelson RB Ryan Jackson RCB Max Ehmer LCB Chris Herd LB Paul Konchesky RM Scott Wagstaff RCM Josh Wright LCM Jake Hessenthaler LM Billy Knott ST Jay Emmanuel-Thomas ST Cody McDonald - I mentioned about Adrian Pennock’s Comments regarding wingers who need to get to the byline and whip in a cross, a right footed player in Wagstaff on the right, and a left footed player in Knott on the left, chances are that I have got the line up completely wrong and the way Gillingham Line Up against Oldham Athletic will be no-where how I predicted Gillingham will line up come 3PM.
Gary also thought I was going to Oldham Athletic via car, I mentioned that Diane didn’t want to take the risk because of the weather conditions recently and the fuel costs have shot up in price as well, and because of those fuel costs, we were looking at paying forty pounds each which just isn’t financially viable, I asked Gary what was the atmosphere like in The Rainham End after our defeat against Oxford United in our last home game, Gary added that the discontent for Edinburgh had been no louder then it had been for any other Manager who were having a difficult time in The Managerial Hot-Seat, but even so, we were all surprised that Paul Scally made the decision to sack Justin Edinburgh, while David Kerslake and Wayne Hatswell both left the club as well, and even more surprised that Adrian Pennock, Steve Lovell and Jamie Day had come in to replace them just over forty hours later.
Our next pick up point was Priestfield Stadium, and Diane got on the coach and told me that there were problems with the heater in her car and Diane was thinking about part exchanging her car, as there might have been problems that the previous owner had not told her, hence why the cost of the car was cheap, but Diane wanted to test the car for the long away trip to Sheffield United The Following Saturday, it’s a journey we have done via car before - so is Oldham Athletic - but Sheffield United Away isn’t a four hour plus journey.
I think everyone had the same opinion in regards to The Sacking of Justin Edinburgh and the appointment of Adrian Pennock, I thought there were two options on the table for Justin Edinburgh, 1. Make The Managerial Change Now and bring someone else in who can asses the squad for the remaining twenty one games before making the changes required to the squad in the summer, and 2. Make The Managerial Change in The Summer, I thought that two was more likely to happen then one, but I was surprised to see Justin Edinburgh relieved of his managerial duties as Gillingham Manager the day after The 1-0 Home Defeat against Oxford United, but everyone was disappointed with The Appointment of Adrian Pennock - http://fan-of-mulligan.tumblr.com/post/155482807487/fom-blog-adrian-pennock-steve-lovell-and-jamie - and I have posted my entire thoughts on Adrian Pennock’s Appointment as Gillingham Manager Here.
Diane gave her thoughts, and Diane wanted A Experienced Proven Manager who knows League One Football Inside Out - basically One Of Kenny Jackett or Steve Cotterill - and Justin Edinburgh has been replaced by A Manager. who. Gillingham Connections Aside, has less managerial experience and has a lot of questions and reservations surrounding his appointment, you also have questions regarding Paul Scally, and does he have the time to go through The Entire Interview Process and Interview A lot Of Manager’s, this quick appointment suggests that he doesn’t have the time to go through that entire process, and of course, there is the possibility that this is a stop gap appointment until the summer, where Manager’s with A Proven Track Record are more likely to come to Gillingham.
After stopping off at The Bus Stop the other side of The Medway Tunnel to pick up Brian, we stopped off at Strood Train Station and Strood Sports Centre, and once all the pick up points were done and dusted, we were on our way to Oldham Athletic, Peter had then gone through the formalities of The Coach Prices for Adults and Children and no alcohol on the coach - not that anyone would carry alcohol on the coach - and travel costs were £31 for adults - £10 cheaper then our respective prices for what it would have been for us had we traveled via car, however, Peter had also mentioned that he had been in contact with Oldham Athletic about the likelihood of this match being postponed, and there was a slim chance of that happening, and while that is a sign of encouragement, there is still that slim possibility of the match being called off.
None of us wanted that to happen, we got up early for Oldham Athletic Away so we want the game to go ahead, the prospect of traveling to Oldham Athletic on A Tuesday Night would be a difficult one to face, because if we all thought that Oldham Athletic Away was going to be cold on A Saturday Afternoon, then you can imagine how cold Oldham Athletic is going to be on A Tuesday Night, and also, the players traveled up to Oldham Athletic on A Friday, so Oldham will have to pay for Gillingham’s Travel Costs Twice, not something that Oldham Athletic can afford to do given there financially difficulty.
I had posted the following on Twitter before leaving the house,,,,, making the long trip up north to Oldham, while any point away from home is a good point, it’s three points we want today - COME ON THE GILLS - A point wouldn't be a bad result in Adrian Pennock’s First Game in-charge as Head Coach, the win is desperately needed though and this is a game that Gillingham need to win, away to a side who are bottom of League One and struggling for points and goals, a point wouldn’t be a bad result, but we were hoping that Adrian Pennock will start his reign with a win and three points.
I spoke with Diane about the positives about Adrian Pennock’s Appointment as Gillingham Head Coach, we will clearly be looking more closely at The Kent Non League Scene as Gillingham missed out on Alfie May at Hythe Town and Harry Smith at Folkestone Invicta, both players signed for Doncaster Rovers and Millwall respectively, and sometimes you just are going to have to take a chance on them, rather then wanting to watch them on trial over and over again, Adam Coombes has scored twenty nine goals in twenty four appearances for Welling United and I can see Gillingham signing him because of that goal-scoring record, and Adrian Pennock and Jamie Day will know everything about Adam Coombes, so they would know if Coombes can make the step up or not.
Another advantage will be playing against Kent Non League Teams in Pre-Season - assuming that Adrian Pennock is given the job on a permanent basis - because Gillingham only played against Dartford in the summer as we had pre-season matches arranged against Braintree Town and Billericay Town in Essex and only five fixtures arranged as well, so it would be nice to see Gillingham arrange games against Folkestone Invicta, Faversham Town, Chatham Town, Ramsgate, Margate, Whistable Town, Ashford United, Sittingbourne and Rochester United.
However, those negative concerns do appear to out-weigh the positive one’s, the decision to make a managerial change was the right one, but could Gillingham afford to spend weeks and weeks to bring in A New Manager, especially with The January Transfer Window Closing and No Loans outside The Transfer Window ??? - perhaps The Manager’s we spoke to don’t want to come to Gillingham in the middle of the season, as that is always a possibility, But Justin Edinburgh being appointed as Northampton Town Manager was very surprising, because I thought that Justin Edinburgh will get A Job In League Two and work his way back up into League One, but all credit to him, and I genuinely wish Justin Edinburgh all the best and thank him for the good times as Gillingham Manager, he will clearly work his way up into The Championship, but sometimes, Manager’s need to go backwards to go forwards being moving up through the divisions, and maybe Justin Edinburgh will learn from a few mistakes at Gillingham, and correct those mistakes at Northampton Town.
We stopped off at Peterborough Services at 9.30AM for a quick stop and the plan was to stop twice on the way up to Oldham Athletic, this was only a short stop and I brought A 500ML Bottle Of Coca Cola for £2 - Service Stations are very expensive - before getting back on the coach again and we were on our way again at 9.50AM, there was still no mention of the game being on or off at this stage, but with the highly likely scenario that the match was still going to go ahead, we carried on with our journey up to Oldham.
And I checked Twitter to see the message that I am sure that we all wanted to hear and I saw the following Tweet on Twitter,,,, GAME ON: Oldham Athletic v Gillingham, Thank Goodness for that was my response, so we can make the rest of our journey to Oldham knowing full well that the match is on at Boundary Park and having paid £31 in travel costs, none of us wanted this match to be re-scheduled, we have been regular’s on The Kings Ferry Coach this season as quite a few trips have not been possible to go to via car, like Bolton Wanderers Away, but Diane has been having a few car problems which has seen these type of trips just not possible, because of the wear and tear on the car and the rising fuel costs.
Our second service stop was at mid-day as we stopped at A Service Station less then half an hour away from Oldham, I thought we had much longer then that to go in our journey, and I was going to buy something to eat and drink from the services, there was only A KFC And A Subway at this service station, and with plenty of time remaining until we were back on the coach, I brought A Bacon and Cheese Chicken Fillet, Fries, and A Large Coke for £5.70 and sat down in The Services to eat what was essentially My Dinner, having had My Breakfast at 5.45AM in The Morning.
Me and Diane also got speaking to a few Rugby Supporters who had only set off on there journey, while we mentioned that we left from Gillingham at 7AM in The Morning, Rugby doesn’t seem to be as popular of A Sport in The South Of England compared to The North, and The Rugby Super League has got the following teams,,,, Hull FC, Warrington Wolves, Wigan Warriors, St Helens, Catalans Dragons, Castleford Tigers, Widnes Vikings, Wakefield Wildcats, Leeds Rhinos, Salford Red Devils and Hull KR - Hull, Wigan Leeds and Salford all based in The North Of England, I have seen London Bronco’s play at Priestfield Stadium a few times, but the game just hasn’t captured the same enthusiasm in the south for some reason.
Gary and a few others mentioned roughly the wages that Jay Emmanuel-Thomas is on at QPR, the amount does vary but over £10,000 does appear to be the reoccurring theme, and when you look at the money that Championship Clubs were willing to spend to try and get into The Premier League then over £10,000 is hardly surprising, especially when you consider the money QPR have spent on players when they were playing in The Premier League, there was also a rumour that Gillingham have signed someone who would be on the bench for The Oldham Athletic V Gillingham Game, similar to how Andrew Crofts was signed on the day before The Southend United V Gillingham Game Last Season.
After finishing My Dinner and Diane finished her Sandwiches, we both made our way back to The Kings Ferry Coach at 11.35AM and once we were both back on the coach, we were on our way to Oldham, which surprisingly was less then half an hour away, I also checked Twitter and Harry Kane had already scored a brace for Tottenham against West Bromwich Albion, so my decision to put Harry Kane in for Diego Costa proved to be a brilliant decision already, A Good Points Total in Fantasy Football and Gillingham winning against Oldham Athletic will do nicely.
And having set off at 7AM and stopped at Two Service Stations on the way up to Boundary Park, we arrived at Oldham Athletic at 1AM and we have made exceptional time to arrive at the ground so early, had I known we would have arrived at the ground so early then I would have got something to eat and drink in Oldham, but you can never tell what the traffic is going to be like on the motorway, so I got something to eat and drink from KFC, as I didn’t want to buy any food inside Boundary Park, as I rarely buy food inside Football Stadiums, and having parked up inside The Car Park, I made sure I had everything on me I wanted to take with me inside the ground before getting off The Kings Ferry Ground, for many, arriving at the ground meant the chance to go to The Pub, or get something to eat and drink from elsewhere, while Diane and Myself wanted to see where The Team Coach was going to park so we can wait there.
There are so many regular’s Me and Diane know who used to go to away games but for one reason or another unfortunately don’t go to as many away games these days, cost probably the main contributing factor, the time it takes to travel to and from places like Oldham Athletic, how well Gillingham are playing is another reason, working on A Saturday, and I also know a few Gillingham Supporters who watch A Non League Game when Gillingham travel away from home, a few supporters I know go and watch Chatham Town Play for example, but I would say cost and time are the two main contributing factors for the declining numbers away from home.
We walked around Boundary Park, including going up to where the Away Supporters used to be situated by The Jimmy Frizzell Stand Old Away Entrance, now this stand is given entirely to the home supporters, a decision which has angered Oldham Athletic Supporters, as The Chaddy End was traditionally reserved for home supporters, this would be like giving The Away Supporters at Priestfield Stadium The Rainham End and Gillingham Supporters sat in The Brian Moore Stand, I saw A Programme Seller and brought One Match Day Programme for £3 and Diane brought One Match Day Programme as well, Referee Dean Whitestone was on the back of The Match-Day Programme among with The Assistant Referee’s and Squad Sheets, we will find out how good or how bad Referee Dean Whitestone will be over the next ninety minutes.
We headed round to where The Players Entrance was behind The Main Stand, which was the oldest stand at Boundary Park, and a stand that was showing it’s age, and while we were waiting for the team coach, Me and Diane spoke with Stuart Nelson’s Mum, who had mentioned that Stuart Nelson hadn’t fully recovered from his ankle injury he picked up against MK Dons when saving Dean Bowditch’s Penalty Kick, and Stuart Nelson has picked up another slight knock on the other ankle, both ankles are strapped up and this reminds me of Simon Royce, who had his ligaments strapped up during his time at Gillingham, and his time on the training ground was reduced because of those injuries, but Stuart Nelson is only having his ankles strapped up through a recovery process.
We also spoke to Colin who had mentioned to Me and Diane that someone told him back in November that Adrian Pennock was going to come back to Gillingham, Wow, Was My Response, maybe you should have put a bet on it was then my second response, imagine what the payout would have been on that bet as well, but it was clear that A Managerial Change was needed, either immediately, or the change was made in the summer, I couldn’t see a third scenario where Justin Edinburgh remained as Gillingham Manager at the start of The 2017 / 2018 season, it is important though we thank Justin Edinburgh and wish him all the best at Northampton Town, the first half of his tenure was sensational and even this season, winning away against Watford and going to White Heart Lane were real stand out moments this season, but we were hoping that Adrian Pennock can start his first game as Gillingham Manager with a win and all three points.
We saw The Team Coach Arrive with Adrian Pennock, Steve Lovell and Jamie Day getting off The Team Coach with the rest of Gillingham’s First Team Squad, we didn’t see any surprising revelations, like we did away at Southend United Last Season when Andrew Crofts was on The Team Coach, so it was pretty much the case of going with what we have got for the game against Oldham Athletic, and look to bring in the players we want to sign before the game against Sheffield United The Following Saturday.
Once the players had gone through The Players Entrance, we made our way towards The Away Turnstile Entrance, which meant walking past the housing development around Boundary Park, I mentioned to Diane that maybe she could buy one of these houses and rent The House out to Football Supporters when there team plays against Oldham Athletic during the season, at least it wouldn’t be far to walk to from the house to the ground, a hypothetical idea, but it was a interesting idea nonetheless.
It was 1.50PM by the time the turnstiles opened to let supporters into the back of the away end, and once My Match Ticket was scanned, I went through the turnstiles and Me and Diane went to the back of the stand for the food and drinks stand and I brought One 500ML Bottle Of Coca Cola for £2, while Diane brought A Coffee and A Chocolate Bar, the team news wasn’t in yet, but Me and Diane were thinking of where we could sit, and the central block behind the goal is the only block where both goals were not restricted, Diane spoke with Brian, while I went over to speak with Ben, who had made his way up north via train.
I asked Ben what game or games was he going to go to had Oldham Athletic V Gillingham was called off because of the weather ??? - Ben added that he was looking at either Altrincham V Gainsborough Trinity Or Stockport County V Brackley Town, but chances are that if Oldham Athletic V Gillingham was called off because of the snow, then both of these matches would have been called off as well, Ben added that he wouldn’t have come to Oldham Athletic V Gillingham on A Tuesday Night if this match needed to be re-arranged, and both of us have got dreadful records at Boundary Park, A Stadium that is always cold even in the summer months, I remember A 0-0 Draw where Gillingham were battered and we deserved to lose, but Doug Loft’s Goal was the first Gillingham Goal I have seen scored at Oldham Athletic as well.
Eventually, We Saw Gillingham’s Team News On Twitter and Gillingham Lined Up As Follows,,,,,,,, Stuart Nelson, Ryan Jackson, Max Ehmer, Chris Herd, Paul Konchesky, Ellliott List, Josh Wright, Billy Knott, Scott Wagstaff, Bradley Dack, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas SUBS: Tom Hadler (GK), Mitchell Dickenson, Darren Oldaker, Mark Byrne, Emmanuel Osadebe, Cody McDonald and Rory Donnelly - Adrian Pennock was true to his word when he spoke about playing with wingers who can get to the byline and whip in crosses, as both Scott Wagstaff and Elliott List both made The Starting Line Up, with Bradley Dack and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas lining up in what we believed to be a 4.4.1.1 formation.
Jake Hessenthaler missed out on making The Match-Day Squad through illness, Adedeji Oshilaja is suspended, and Cody McDonald might have been one of the two / three unnamed players who were ill, which might explain why Cody McDonald was named among the substitutes bench for this important League One Match at Boundary Park, Adrian Pennock has already made some important decisions with Elliott List starting and Max Ehmer being given The Captain’s Armband, Elliott List starting was a decision that interested me, so I tweeted the following tweet on Twitter, I am going to pick Elliott List as the player to watch for Gillingham, rare starting appearance and let’s see what List can do today - because Elliott List has the pace and he has shown what he can do in patches, Watford Away, Bradford City at home, so let’s see what Elliott List can do when he is given the opportunity to start.
Me and Diane both decided to stand in the back row at Boundary Park, we needed to be behind the goal and high enough so that we could look over the crossbar, so standing at the very back made perfect sense, and Colin joined up with us soon afterwards, We spoke about Justin Edinburgh’s departure as Gillingham Manager and Adrian Pennock, Steve Lovell and Jamie Day coming in to replace Justin Edinburgh, Wayne Hatswell and David Kerslake, and the one thing we spoke about which has become clear over Justin Edinburgh’s Tenure is that Justin Edinburgh hasn’t been able to strengthen Gillingham’s Defence, John Egan was top draw and he was always going to go, we couldn’t sign Adam El-Abd on a permanent basis, Leon Legge was released over a year a go, Mahlon Romeo was released and so was Brennan Dickenson, all three players released could do a job in this Gillingham Team Now.
The Defence needs major reshuffling between now and the end of the season, and trying to bring players in to strengthen the squad in the middle of the season is a extremely difficult challenge, but that is the challenge that Adrian Pennock, Steve Lovell and Jamie Day have taken on and it is a challenge that starts with this up and coming match against Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park, we must have been close to signing at least one new player before this important League One Match, otherwise, why did we let Baily Cargill go back to AFC Bournemouth if we didn’t have a replacement or two in mind ???
After The Warm Up’s were complete, The Players applauded The Gillingham Supporters Behind The Goal, and likewise, The Gillingham Supporters applauded The Players as they went down the tunnel for what will be Adrian Pennock’s First Team Talk as Gillingham Head Coach, Colin noticed just how Tom Hadler looks like A Goalkeeper as Tom Hadler has the height and the build to be a decent goalkeeper for Gillingham in the Future, I can only assume that Tom Hadler is going to go out on loan to play competitive first team football, hence why Adrian Pennock is looking to sign A Goalkeeper who will challenge Stuart Nelson for The Number One Jersey.
Both teams were out of the tunnel ready for kick off, with Gillingham wearing white and The Gills will be kicking towards The Jimmy Frizzell Stand, while Oldham Athletic will be kicking towards The Chaddy End, meaning that both teams will be kicking towards the ends where there supporters are situated in The Second Half, but before this important League One Match can begin, there was A Minute’s Applause for Graham Taylor who sadly passed away at the age of seventy two, what Graham Taylor managed to achieve at Watford was truly remarkable, but also, the player tributes tells you everything about just how much respect these players had for Graham Taylor, and how much they enjoyed playing for him, everyone will of course talk about England, but Aston Villa, Watford and Lincoln City Supporters can only speak highly of what Graham Taylor managed to achieve with these clubs.
After The One Minute’s Applause was completed, both teams were ready for kick off, can Gillingham do what we need them to do against Oldham Athletic and manage to pick up three crucial points, let’s hope so - COME ON THE GILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FIRST HALF:
And Oldham Athletic show there intentions early on as Ryan McLaughlin kicks the ball long down the left side of the pitch - Gillingham’s Right - and Lee Erwin flicks the ball on and almost picks out Billy McKay with that flick on, but Paul Konchesky was in the right place at the right time to clear the ball away from danger by kicking the ball over his shoulder, and if we thought that was a clear cut chance from Oldham Athletic, then The Hosts could and perhaps should have opened the scoring in The Second Minute, again, Oldham Athletic are finding the right side of Gillingham’s Defence to be exploitable, as George Edmundson plays a long ball down-field into Lee Erwin’s path, and Lee Erwin drops the ball back to Ryan McLaughlin, who plays the ball over the top of Gillingham’s Defence as Billy McKay has managed to get in and behind Gillingham’s Defence and manages to get to the byline, and Billy McKay was inside Gillingham’s Penalty Area and was looking to pull the ball back to a number of Oldham Athletic Players inside Gillingham’s Penalty Area, but Max Ehmer blocks the attempted pull back and Ryan Jackson plays the ball short to Josh Wright, who plays the ball back to Ryan Jackson, who clears the ball away from danger - A Lucky Let Off for Gillingham there, and Ryan Jackson is just pushing far to high up the pitch which is seeing him being caught out by the long ball over the top.
Four Minutes into the match and Ousmane Fane is penalised for his challenge on Elliott List, and Gillingham have A Free Kick Twenty Five Yards out from goal, Billy Knott and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas both stand over the resulting free kick, and Referee Dean Whitestone had to tell Oldham Athletic Players to go further back because it was so obvious what Gillingham were going to do with this free kick, and when Gillingham could finally take the resulting free kick, Billy Knott tee’s up Jay Emmanuel-Thomas to go for goal with a first time effort which went well wide of Oldham Athletic’s Goal and was closer to the corner flag then hitting the target - Jay Emmanuel-Thomas was rushed to hit that ball and probably didn’t connect as well as he would have liked, but how many of those free kicks from Jay Emmanuel-Thomas has actually resulted in a goal, the one at Walsall stands out, but I cannot think of many others off the top of my head.
Six Minutes into the match and Gillingham win another free kick as George Edmundson is penalised for his challenge on Scott Wagstaff, and Gillingham have the chance to test Oldham Athletic’s Defence from the resulting free kick, but Billy Knott’s dangerous in-swinging free kick is headed clear and away from danger by Peter Clarke, as Gillingham just lack the height and physicality in our side to cause Oldham Athletic’s Defence Problems in the air.
And from there, Oldham Athletic look to turn defence into attack as Ryan McLaughlin plays the ball down the line towards Lee Erwin, who plays a one touch layoff into Ousmane Fane’s path, and the Oldham Athletic Midfielder threads the ball through to Lee Erwin down the left side of the pitch, and The Linesman Down The George Mill Main Stand Side Of The Pitch had raised his flag very late for Offside when I thought that Lee Erwin was clean through on goal - we’re not even ten minutes into the match and there has been three incidents where Gillingham have been exposed down the right side of the pitch, Ryan Jackson has got to do a lot better defensively, but we cannot just blame him individually, collectively, Gillingham need to be a lot better at the back.
Ten Minutes into the match and Gillingham have won A Corner Kick as Paul Konchesky’s cross from the byline is blocked by George Edmundson and Gillingham have the chance here to open the scoring, Billy Knott goes across to take the resulting corner kick - not Bradley Dack this time - and Billy Knott’s in-swinging corner kick aimed towards the far post is headed clear and away from danger by Brian Wilson, but Gillingham can still pile on the pressure on to Oldham Athletic’s Goal as Brian Wilson has headed the ball out for A Gillingham Throw One - again - Gillingham just lack the height and physicality to cause Oldham Athletic any problems in the air, so I am surprised that Gillingham do not try some short corner variations and try and do something different from set plays.
However, from the resulting throw on, we all thought that Gillingham had managed to open the scoring, Ryan Jackson has gone across to take the resulting throw on, and Ryan Jackson has hurled in a long throw into the heart of Oldham Athletic’s Penalty Area and George Edmundson, Qusmane Fane and Peter Clarke all get in each other’s way in attempting to header the ball clear and Josh Law wins the second aerial challenge up against Max Ehmer, but the third ball drops to Chris Herd, who see’s his first time effort towards goal blocked by Peter Clarke when we all thought that Chris Herd had opened the scoring for Gillingham, but Oldham Athletic looked to turn defence into attack as Brian Wilson keeps the ball in play and passes the ball down the line towards Ryan McLaughlin, who takes a touch to control the ball, and Ryan McLaughlin boots the ball long down-field towards Lee Erwin, who climbs high up against Paul Konchesky and we thought for a moment that the handball shouts were waved away when Josh Wright plays the ball back to Ryan Jackson, however, A Free Kick was given in Oldham Athletic’s Favour, a decision that looked soft at the time, however, the highlights show why The Free Kick was given as Paul Konchesky did handle the ball, and having survived a goal-scoring scare at one end of the pitch, Oldham Athletic can open the scoring with this free kick, as they have the aerial threat in there side to cause Gillingham problems defensively.
And from the resulting free kick, Oldham Athletic came very close to opening the scoring as Josh Law clips in a dangerous in-swinging free kick into the heart of Gillingham’s Penalty Area and Billy Knott’s defensive header manages to get the ball away from goal, but Lee Erwin has managed to pull away at the far post and Lee Erwin’s first time pull back is diverted behind at the expense of A Corner Kick, and the way that ball bounced right in-front of Josh Wright, that could have quite easily have been A Own Goal, and Oldham Athletic can continue to pile on the pressure on Gillingham’s Goal with this corner kick.
And Josh Law goes across to take the resulting corner kick for Oldham Athletic and Josh Law has whipped in an dangerous in-swinging cross and Stuart Nelson has completely missed the ball and accidentally punched Peter Clarke while Scott Wagstaff and Qusmane Fane were also down inside the six yard box and somehow the ball runs out of play for A Gillingham Goal-Kick, but there was a lengthy stoppage in play as Peter Clarke needed a head wound bandaged and Stuart Nelson also required treatment as Stuart Nelson needed to lie down on the deck so that physio, Adam Roach can stop the bleeding and Tom Hadler was standing by just in-case Stuart Nelson needed to be substituted, and Tom Hadler had a spare Goalkeeper Jersey so that Stuart Nelson can replace the shirt he is wearing - as blood is a obvious concern now with many viruses.
But you have got to say that Stuart Nelson is very lucky not to concede a penalty, as Colin pointed out, if that was a high foot from a out-field player, then that would have been a free kick, and the only saving grace is that both Stuart Nelson and Peter Clarke both required treatment, and after a lengthy stoppage of over five minutes, Stuart Nelson was back on his feat and Tom Hadler went to sit back down on the substitutes bench, and play finally resumed, we may well be in The Twentieth Minute Now, but there is going to be a lot of stoppage time at the end of the first half.
And as play resumes, Oldham Athletic are finding Gillingham’s Defensive Weakness in Ryan Jackson easy to capitalise on, as again, Ryan McLaughlin plays the ball over the top of Gillingham’s Defence Towards Lee Erwin, and Chris Herd has had to come across, slide and kick the ball into touch, Elliott List is playing in-front of Ryan Jackson down the right wing, but it is like Gillingham are playing with two attacking wingers down the right side of the pitch, because Oldham Athletic are finding so much space down there left side - and Mitchell Dickenson is the only defensive cover on the bench, and Mitchell Dickenson can play at Left Back or Left Centre Back, there isn’t any alternatives who can fill in at Right Back on the bench.
And Oldham Athletic still look like the side who are going to make the breakthrough as Oldham Athletic have A Throw On Down there right side of the pitch - Gillingham’s Left - and Cameron Dummigan throws the ball short to Ryan Flynn, who turns back on himself, and Ryan Flynn was under pressure from Josh Wright and Bradley Dack, and that pressure forces Ryan Flynn to pass the ball back to Peter Clarke, who takes a touch to control the ball, and Peter Clarke takes another touch to control the ball before kicking the ball long down-field and Lee Erwin wins the aerial challenge up against Max Ehmer, and Lee Erwin headers the ball towards Billy McKay, who is being closely marked by Chris Herd, and Billy McKay tries to play the ball back towards Lee Erwin, but Billy McKay’s pass is cut out by Paul Konchesky and the deflection forces Stuart Nelson to dive to his left to keep the ball in play and gather the ball at the second attempt - that deflection could have gone anywhere and Lee Erwin is causing Gillingham’s Defence a lot of problems - Erwin is precisely the sort of striker we’re lacking, someone who can hold the ball up, lay the ball off and win the aerial battles, we just do not have anyone who can do that in The First Team Squad, Noel Mbo can do this, but Adrian Pennock might want someone with more experience to lead the line for Gillingham.
Scott Wagstaff saw a harsh foul given against him as Scott Wagstaff timed his challenge to perfection on Cameron Dummigan, while Max Ehmer fouled Lee Erwin and I had my complaints about the second foul, we’re Twenty Six Minutes into the match, but probably only played for nineteen / twenty minutes, so there is going to be plenty of stoppage time remaining at the end of The First Half, but in the aftermath of the free kick given against Scott Wagstaff, Ryan Flynn’s dangerous in-swinging free kick towards the far post is headed clear at the back-stick by Chris Herd, who is having to fill in at centre back as Gillingham have very few defensive options available for this game against Oldham Athletic - but well done Chris Herd for being in the right place at the right time.
Twenty Six Minutes into the match, ad we all thought that Oldham Athletic were going to open the scoring, Ryan Flynn whips in an dangerous in-swinging cross and Peter Clarke see’s his header brilliantly blocked by Max Ehmer because that was going in and Max Ehmer has managed to divert the ball away from goal, but Oldham Athletic have got A Corner Kick Here and the chance to pile on more pressure on to Gillingham’s Goal, Josh Law goes across to take the resulting corner kick, and Josh Law has whipped in an dangerous in-swinging cross towards the far post, but Stuart Nelson was quick off his goal-line to gather the ball, and Stuart Nelson was looking to quickly distribute the ball forward, but Gillingham had everyone back defending the corner kick, and by the time everyone had moved forward, Stuart Nelson has basically booted the ball forward from one goalkeeper to the other, there is a real lack of movement out there on the football pitch from Gillingham, Oldham Athletic look like they have A Game Plan under John Sheridan, I cannot see this being Adrian Pennock’s Game-Plan, but despite being second best, the score-line remains at 0-0, and hopefully this is a match where Gillingham get the result but not the performance, because it is clear looking at the way Gillingham are playing, we’re short of several additions to this squad.
The Match is Now End To End as both teams create one goal-scoring opportunity each in The Twenty Seventh and Twenty Eighth Minutes Respectively, it is Oldham Athletic who look to strike first, as Connor Ripley has possession of the ball from Stuart Nelson’s Long Kick Down-Field and Connor Ripley takes several touches on the ball before kicking the ball down there left wing, and Ryan McLaughlin wins the aerial challenge up against Ryan Jackson, and Ryan McLaughlin headers the ball inside to Ryan Flynn, who brings the ball under control and The Oldham Athletic Midfielder is baring down towards Gillingham’s Goal as Gillingham’s Defence is just all over the place, and Ryan Flynn brings the ball under his control, as the pitch isn’t in the best of conditions, carries on his run down the left side of Gillingham’s Penalty Area, and Ryan Flynn’s shot towards goal is brilliantly blocked by Chris Herd, and Stuart Nelson is first to react to the loose ball - a lucky escape for Gillingham there.
And in The Twenty Eighth Minute, everyone in The Away End thought that Gillingham Should have been awarded A Penalty Kick, having just made the save, Stuart Nelson rolls the ball out to Paul Konchesky, who takes a touch to control the ball, and Paul Konchesky runs forward in possession of the ball up to the halfway line before laying the ball off to Bradley Dack, who squares the ball to Billy Knott on the centre circle and Billy Knott plays the ball out-wide to Ryan Jackson on the right flank, and Ryan Jackson takes a touch to control the ball before playing the ball down the line to Elliott List, and Elliott List has the pace to go past Ryan McLaughlin and Brian Wilson, and Brian Wilson brings Elliott List down on the edge of the penalty area, but Elliott List was up on his feat quickly and Peter Clarke brings Elliott List down inside The Penalty Area, and Referee Dean Whitestone awards a free kick to Gillingham for the first challenge, but I have got to say that there was a huge penalty shout there as Peter Clarke had fouled Elliott List inside Oldham Athletic’s Penalty Area, and I thought A Penalty was going to be awarded to Gillingham.
And from the resulting free kick, Billy Knott has curled an effort over Oldham Athletic’s Wall, but Billy Knott’s Free Kick lacked any power and it was easy for Connor Ripley to save, goal-scoring opportunities have been a rarity for The Gills, and we just haven’t seen Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Billy Knott, Bradley Dack, Scott Wagstaff and Elliott List on the ball often enough, but the score-line remains score-less at Boundary Park, and Gillingham are going to get chances eventually, but more needs to be done to get our more creative players on the ball in Oldham Athletic’s Final Third.
Twenty Nine Minutes into the match and Oldham Athletic have A Free Kick within shooting territory here as Max Ehmer is penalised for his challenge on Lee Erwin, and Diane believed that every time Oldham Athletic appealed for A Foul / Free Kick then Referee Dean Whitestone caved in and gave The Free Kick, thankfully, from A Gillingham Point Of View, Josh Law’s dangerous in-swinging cross was too close to Stuart Nelson, who was still required to make a solid catch, but that free kick could have been more threatening and the hosts have had plenty of chances to break the deadlock, and there going to take one of them eventually.
Thirty Two Minutes into The Match, and Oldham Athletic look like they were going to make the breakthrough as Ryan Flynn threads the ball through to Ryan McLaughlin on The Over-Lap, but Oldham Athletic’s Number Twenty Seven see’s his driven shot towards goal saved and held on to by Stuart Nelson, and in The Thirty Fourth Minute, Bradley Dack does manage to test Oldham Athletic Goalkeeper Connor Ripley in-between the sticks as Bradley Dack cuts inside from the left flank and see’s his driven effort towards goal take a deflection off Brian Wilson, but that deflection takes all the pace out of the ball and Connor Ripley dives low to his right to make the save, so both goalkeepers have been forced into saves, as both teams are looking to make the breakthrough before the half time whistle.
Thirty Five Minutes into the match and Ousmane Fane is penalised for his challenge on Bradley Dack, and Gillingham have been awarded a free kick which relieves the pressure building up on our own goal, but just before that, Max Ehmer sliding challenge was dangerous, and Max Ehmer is lucky not to be booked or at least concede a free kick for that challenge, perhaps that is the element of luck which suggests that the tables and turning in Gillingham’s Favour ???
Thirty Six Minutes into the match and Gillingham are pushing for the goal that will break the deadlock at Boundary Park as Ryan Jackson’s Long Throw into the heart of Oldham Athletic’s Penalty Area is headed behind by Peter Clarke at the expense of A Corner Kick, and Gillingham can pile on the pressure with this corner kick, and a huge roar of encouragement came from the traveling Gillingham Supporters, as we haven’t had a lot to cheer about in the first half so far, and from the resulting corner kick, Billy Knott has whipped in an dangerous in-swinging corner kick towards the far post and Oldham Athletic Goalkeeper Connor Ripley was well positioned to punch the ball clear and away from danger, Oldham Athletic’s Three Centre Back’s Of Peter Clarke, Brian Wilson and George Edmundson have the height and physicality to deal with anything in the air, and striker Lee Erwin also comes back to defend set plays as well.
But despite pushing to create that attacking move that will open the scoring for The Gills, it is Oldham Athletic who are looking to turn defence into attack themselves, Paul Konchesky throws the ball to Bradley Dack, who plays the ball out-wide to Paul Konchesky, and Paul Konchesky plays the ball down the line towards Scott Wagstaff, and despite huge hand-ball shouts, play continued, as Scott Wagstaff played the ball back to Bradley Dack, and Bradley Dack whips in an dangerous in-swinging cross which is headed clear by Peter Clarke and Ryan Flynn gets to the loose ball ahead of Josh Wright and plays the ball inside to Ousmane Fane, and The Oldham Athletic Midfielder goes on a driving run forward in possession of the ball, and Ousmane Fane continue’s his run into Gillingham’s Final Third before playing the ball out-wide to Lee Erwin, who is one on one with Chris Herd, who is back-peddling into Gillingham’s Penalty Area and Paul Konchesky has tracked back and conceded a free kick with a poorly timed challenge - it might have looked soft at the time, but there can be no complaints about the free kick being given, and Paul Konchesky is the first player to go into Dean Whitestone’s Notebook, and having just come back from suspension, I think substituting Paul Konchesky at half time would be a good idea.
Unfortunately for Gillingham, Oldham Athletic open the scoring from the resulting free kick as Oldham United produce that bit of quality which makes the breakthrough, the type of quality which can make all the difference between winning and losing, as Josh Law curls the ball over Gillingham’s Wall and places the ball into the top right corner of the net, and by the time Stuart Nelson could see the ball it was too late, and despite the despairing dive from Stuart Nelson, he couldn’t get across his goal in time to make the save, great strike from Josh Law, and now Gillingham have a lot of work to do to try and get back on to level terms at the very least.
And having conceded the opening goal of the game in The Thirty Eighth Minute, Gillingham came closest to equalising in The Forty Third Minute, Gillingham have A Throw On Down The Right Side Of The Pitch in Oldham Athletic’s Final Third, and Ryan Jackson hurls in a low throw into the heart of Oldham Athletic’s Penalty Area, and Ousmane Fane and Peter Clarke both climb with Chris Herd to try and win Ryan Jackson’s Long Throw, and Ousmane Fane gets the faintest of touches to win the aerial battle, but the chance was still there for Gillingham as Max Ehmer tee’s himself up to attempt the spectacular over-head kick and Max Ehmer almost equalised, but Connor Ripley dived to his left to make a solid save, it’s a decent save from The Oldham Athletic Goalkeeper, but one you expect Connor Ripley to make, had Max Ehmer aimed that spectacular over-head kick towards either top corner, Ehmer would have equalised for The Gills, but Gillingham can still pile on the pressure on Oldham Athletic’s Goal from the resulting corner kick.
Billy Knott goes across to take the resulting corner kick for The Gills, and Billy Knott’s in-swinging cross towards the far post is headed clear by Brian Wilson at the back-stick and Elliott List goes across to shield the ball out of play for A Gillingham Throw On, so the chance is there for The Gills to score a crucial equaliser before half time, and that is almost precisely what happens as well, as Ryan Jackson hurls in another dangerous long throw into the heart of Oldham Athletic’s Penalty Area, and Peter Clarke headers the ball partially clear and away from danger, but Max Ehmer controls the ball on the stretch with his back towards goal and Max Ehmer’s driven shot on the turn is straight at Connor Ripley, but it was a driven effort hit with plenty of power and either side of The Oldham Athletic Goalkeeper and Gillingham would have equalised - it does say a lot when your Centre Back is having your best goal-scoring opportunities on goal against A Team who are Bottom Of League One, but Oldham Athletic have been the better side and you have got to say that, they have been the better team.
We have reached The Forty Fifth Minute Of The Match, However, with that long stoppage in play because Peter Clarke and Stuart Nelson both requiring treatment, there will be Seven Additional Minutes Of Stoppage Time, and there is time remaining for Gillingham to score an equaliser before the break, because The Gills do look like there pushing for the equaliser, as Oldham Athletic’s Opening Goal Of The Game has woken Gillingham Up.
Bradley Dack is penalised for his challenge in the first minute of stoppage time on Josh Law, and in The Fifth Minute Of Stoppage Time, Cameron Dummigan is penalised for his challenge on Billy Knott, A Chance Here For The Gills to go in at the break with the score-line level at 1-1 (well we hope that was the case anyway), and Bradley Dack has driven in a cross / shot which either was going to pick out A Gillingham Player to header towards goal, or, Bradley Dack picks out the top right corner of the net with a sensational free kick, unfortunately, neither was the case as Bradley Dack’s driven in-swinging cross / shot was too close to Oldham Athletic Goalkeeper Connor Ripley and that chance had gone for The Gills.
The Final Noteworthy Moment Of The First Half was Chris Herd timing his challenge on Lee Erwin to perfection, and after seven additional minutes of stoppage time, Referee Dean Whitestone blew his whistle for half time, and the score-line at Boundary Park is Oldham Athletic 1 - 0 Gillingham - massive team talk required for Adrian Pennock.
HALF TIME: OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1 - 0 GILLINGHAM
And the reason why I say that A Massive Team Talk is required from Adrian Pennock is because Gillingham are lucky it is only 1-0 to Oldham Athletic, the performance just hasn’t been good enough, our creative players like Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Bradley Dack, Scott Wagstaff, Billy Knott and Elliott List just haven’t been in the game often enough, Oldham Athletic keep trying to pick that pass over the top of Gillingham’s Defence and Ryan Jackson is having a mare, but we cannot substitute him, we do need him for long throw on’s, but Jackson’s positional sense and seeing what is behind him is well and truly off the pace, you can tell that Ryan Jackson has been in and out of The Gillingham Side This Season, because he isn’t 100% match sharp / match focused yet.
And it isn’t like Adrian Pennock can bring on Mitchell Dickenson for Ryan Jackson, that would not be unfair to the lad because Mitchell Dickenson is a left footed centre back, and Defending 101 is playing players in there best positions, A Right Footed Right Back at Right Back, A Left Footed Left Back at Left Back, and ideally, A Right Footed and Left Footed Centre Back with one or both of those centre back’s being A Header and Kick It Type Of Defender, we just don’t have those type of defenders at the football club.
And you can go through all of our Defenders In Detail, Ryan Jackson and Bradley Garmston both rely on there pace and speed and both players have been in and out of the side this season, in Bradley Garmston’s case, he has barely featured for Gillingham All Season, Paul Konchesky, Nice Guy, Decent Bloke, Exceptional Professional, but at the age of thirty five, Paul Konchesky is struggling to deal with pacey and tricky wingers, and he has already been booked in the first half, so do we substitute Paul Konchesky at Half Time and bring on Cody McDonald Up-Front, or play Mitchell Dickenson at Left Back ???
Chris Herd is being asked to fill in at Centre Back, but he isn’t A Centre Back, you want him in Midfield, Baily Cargill has gone back to AFC Bournemouth, which is a real shame as we could have done with him in defence, but Adrian Pennock must have one or two centre backs that were close to signing for Gillingham and we couldn’t get those signings over the dotted line in time for The Oldham Athletic Game, Adedeji Oshilaja is a shadow of the player he was last season and Josh Pask started bright and looked liked a top draw centre back, but ever since that mistake against Sheffield United, Josh Pask has just lost confidence in his own ability, but what we can tell from The Centre Back Situation Is This, Justin Edinburgh gave it three cracks with the loan system, Baily Cargill, Adedeji Oshilaja and Josh Pask, there all young centre back’s, there going to be consistently inconsistent, so why didn’t we sign someone with experience alongside them ???
We also have Youngsters Mitchell Dickenson, Ryan Huckle and Finn O’Mara and I rather we loan those three out to gain experience first and bring them back into The First Team in The Summer, we don’t want to be throwing our youngsters into the fire just yet, let’s see what they can do by playing First Team Football in Non League before throwing them into The First Team, if after half a season they are ready for First Team Football, Fantastic, If Not, then another loan spell higher up The Non League System so that these three get used to playing at a much higher level would be a good idea.
Looking at The Options Gillingham had on The Substitutes Bench, I thought that Cody McDonald on for Paul Konchesky, move Elliott List to Left Back and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas to The Right Wing would be a good idea, Paul Konchesky has already been shown A Yellow Card and he has just come back from suspension, so I think substituting Paul Konchesky is a good idea, another option was to replace either Billy Knott or Josh Wright with Cody McDonald and get two strikers up-front.
As for the best player on the pitch ??? - For Me, that player is Lee Erwin as Oldham Athletic have A Striker that Gillingham don’t have, someone who can hold the ball up, play a one touch layoff back to a team mate, win the aerial battles and give Oldham Athletic A Focal Point, because it must be great for A Defender just to hit a fifty / sixty yard long ball and the ball will stick up top, because Lee Erwin is a Traditional Number Nine, despite his physicality, strength, power and athleticism, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas isn’t A Striker who is willing to battle and scrap with two centre back’s in the air - although it is three centre back’s as Oldham Athletic are playing A Wing Back System.
SECOND HALF:
Both Teams were out ready for The Start of The Second Half and I am not surprised that John Sheridan has stuck with the same side that started for Oldham Athletic, I am slightly surprised that Adrian Pennock stuck with the same eleven, perhaps Adrian Pennock would hope that a heated team talk would give the players a kick up the backside to put in a much better performance in The Second Half, Big Second Half coming up and at the very least, Gillingham need to pick up a point - SO COME ON THE GILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And maybe that heated team talk was having the desired effect as Elliott List was starting to impress us at the start of The Second Half, right after the restart, Elliott List wins A Free Kick for Gillingham as he was fouled by Ousmane Fane, and A Minute Later, Elliott List used his pace to devastating effect, but he was eventually crowded out by both George Edmundson and Ryan McLaughlin, but Elliott List is causing Oldham Athletic’s Defence problems with his pace, pace which will be more effective as we reach the latter stages of the match and defenders start to tire.
Forty Seven Minutes into the match and Max Ehmer is penalised for his challenge on Billy McKay, but there was a huge penalty shout in The Fiftieth Minute for the home side as Ryan Flynn has managed to get behind Gillingham’s Defence and Paul Konchesky looked liked he had fouled Ryan Flynn inside Gillingham’s Penalty Area, A Decision which would have seen Paul Konchesky sent off, A Penalty Given and Oldham Athletic having the chance to double there advantage from The Penalty Spot, Referee Dean Whitestone waved away those penalty appeals, and although I didn’t have the clearest of views of that incident - as The Jimmy Frizzell Stand is at the opposite end of where The Away Supporters are situated - I did think that was a good shout for A Oldham Athletic Penalty.
And in the same minute, Oldham Athletic should have doubled there advantage, Gillingham have A Throw On Down The Left Side Of The Pitch and Josh Wright throws the ball back to Paul Konchesky, who plays the ball down the line towards Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, who is being marked by Ousmane Fane and Cameron Dummigan, and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas plays the ball back to Josh Wright on the halfway line, and Josh Wright takes on Lee Erwin but loses out to Ousmane Fane and Lee Erwin is on to the loose ball as Oldham Athletic look to turn defence into attack as Lee Erwin runs forward in possession of the ball, and Lee Erwin continue’s his run forward and skips past Chris Herd’s challenge, then goes past Billy Knott’s attempted challenge and Lee Erwin sidesteps past Max Ehmer and rolls a placed shot just wide of Stuart Nelson’s Left Hand Post - Great Run From Lee Erwin, who has been the standout player for Oldham Athletic, and Gillingham’s Defence is just all over the place, that should be 2-0 to The Home Side, and all the while The Score-Line is 1-0, Gillingham can still get something out of the game.
A Minute Later and Elliott List goes on a brilliant run forward in possession of the ball and forces Ryan McLaughlin to concede A Corner Kick as a roar erupted from the away end, A Chance here for Gillingham to score that all important equaliser in-front of the away end and Elliott List has put in a very good performance at The Start Of The Second Half For The Gills, Although Billy Knott’s In-Swinging Corner Kick didn’t create a goal-scoring opportunity of note as Brian Wilson had headed the ball clear and away from danger, Josh Wright did play the ball out-wide to Ryan Jackson, who took on Ousmane Fane, and Ousmane Fane on the stretch diverted the ball out of play for A Gillingham Corner Kick, but Referee Dean Whitestone pointed for A Oldham Athletic Goal-Kick, much to our surprise and shock, Gillingham should have been awarded A Corner Kick as the final touch from Ousmane Fane was so blatantly obvious.
Cody McDonald and Rory Donnelly were both warming up and looked liked they were ready to come on, despite an improved Second Half Performance from The Gills it is Lee Erwin who has had the best goal-scoring opportunity in The Second Half to date so far, and something needs to change, and with Cody McDonald and Rory Donnelly both warming up, it is clear that Adrian Pennock is considering an double substitution.
But in The Fifty Eighth Minute, Oldham Athletic could and perhaps should have doubled there lead, Billy Knott plays the ball forward to Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, who losses out to Ousmane Fane, who intercepts the ball very easily, and The Oldham Athletic Midfielder goes on a driving run forward in possession of the ball and Ousmane Fane passes the ball forward to Ryan Flynn, who himself was willing to run forward and take on The Gillingham Defence, and despite three players around him, Ryan Flynn has managed to turn and drive into the heart of Gillingham’s Penalty Area, cut inside and get a shot off towards goal on his preferred right foot and Ryan Flynn’s shot towards goal takes a big deflection off Max Ehmer which loops the ball up into the air towards the air post, and Lee Erwin wins the aerial battle at the far post, and Lee Erwins header was going into the far right corner of the net and Stuart Nelson dived to his left to turn the ball around the post to keep Gillingham in this match, at the expense of conceding a corner kick though.
Again, Lee Erwin has managed to get another effort on goal for Oldham Athletic, and again, the Home Side have created an decent goal-scoring opportunity as Gillingham lose possession of the ball, we’re unwilling to put a tackle in, players keep back-tracking, and Oldham Athletic look more confidant and have more of a game plan then The Gills, if you had just been told that both teams have changed manager’s, you would of thought that John Sheridan had worked with the players longer then Adrian Pennock judging on this performance.
Oldham Athletic do not manage to create a goal-scoring opportunity of note from the resulting corner kick, however, in The Fifty Ninth Minute, Gillingham are looking to score that all important equaliser as Billy Knott goes for goal from the edge of Oldham Athletic’s Penalty Area, Billy Knott’s effort towards goal clears Brian Wilson’s Head, as The Oldham Athletic Centre Back was looking to make the block, but Billy Knott’s effort on goal also cleared the crossbar as well.
After that effort on goal, both teams made one substitute a piece on the hour mark, for Oldham Athletic, Darius Osei comes on to replace Lee Erwin - who was one of Oldham Athletic’s best players on the pitch - and for Gillingham, Cody McDonald comes on for Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, who you have got to say has put in a very disappointing performance, now of course, every player has there good and bad days, but other then that wayward free kick in The First Half, I cannot think of much else that Jay Emmanuel-Thomas had done good or bad throughout the entire game, hopefully, Cody McDonald can come on and give Gillingham a threat in the final third that has so clearly been lacking throughout the game so far.
Fouls and Free Kicks start to break up the pace and tempo of this match as Cameron Dummigan fouls Paul Konchesky and Bradley Dack fouls Ousmane Fane, but Chris Herd being penalised for his challenge on Billy McKay see’s Oldham Athletic have A Free Kick in a very promising position on the pitch, prior to that free kick being taken, A Steward Told One Of Our Supporters he either couldn’t take photo’s or video’s inside the ground, now I usually take photo’s, but having heard that comment, I decided to take no more photo’s during the game, and Oldham Athletic also announced the attendance of 3,475, very rarely do teams actually announce the away attendance during the game, but there hasn’t been an official away attendance given for The Oldham Athletic V Gillingham Game, 200 was a rough estimate, but it is still a guess.
And Oldham Athletic almost scored from the resulting free kick as well, Josh Law had already scored one sensational free kick in the first half and he almost scored again, as Josh Law has whipped in an quality free kick with plenty of power, pace and accuracy and Stuart Nelson had to be at his very best to tip Josh Law’s stunning strike over the crossbar - great save from Stuart Nelson to keep Gillingham in this match, and Oldham Athletic were looking to pile the pressure on from the resulting corner kick, as Josh Law whips in an dangerous in-swinging cross and Stuart Nelson was well positioned to gather the ball with ease, however, Referee Dean Whitestone had already blown his whistle, so did Josh Law’s In-Swinging Corner Kick went out of play before curling back in, or was there a foul by A Oldham Athletic Player inside Gillingham’s Penalty Area ??? - I couldn’t say for sure, but this decision does relieve the pressure building on Gillingham’s Goal.
There is Twenty Five minutes remaining Plus Stoppage Time, A Look Over to The Substitutes Bench and Rory Donnelly was warming up and looking like he was going to be introduced into the action, who was going to come off was the question we were asking, I do think that with Paul Konchesky on that Yellow Card, it might be worthwhile to substitute Paul Konchesky for Rory Donnelly, and get Rory Donnelly up-front alongside Cody McDonald.
Oldham Athletic had the chance to score in The Sixty Seventh Minute as Darius Osei’s cross / shot doesn’t pick out Billy McKay, nor does it pick out the bottom left corner of the net, as Darius Osei’s effort towards goal goes well wide of Stuart Nelson’s Right Hand Post, but it is Gillingham who were threatening to score in The Sixty Eighth Minute, Josh Wright runs forward in possession of the ball from Gillingham’s Final Third up to just past the halfway line, and Josh Wright passes the ball forward to Elliott List, who takes a touch to control the ball, and Elliott List retains possession of the ball before passing the ball back to Paul Konchesky, who takes a touch to control the ball and Paul Konchesky squares the ball inside to Josh Wright, who passes the ball from left to right to Scott Wagstaff, and Scott Wagstaff takes a few touches in possession of the ball and waits before passing the ball out-wide to Ryan Jackson on the over-lap, and Ryan Jackson whips in an dangerous first time cross towards the far post and Elliott List manages to win the aerial battle up against George Edmundson, and Elliott List cannot quite direct his header on target, and Elliott List’s header was only just wide of Connor Ripley’s Right Hand Post.
That was the last we will see of Elliott List as the Young Winger has put in an impressive display and Elliott List has been substituted for Rory Donnelly in The Sixty Ninth Minute, I thought that Elliott List would stay on for the entire game as I have been impressed with Elliott List’s performance, especially in The Second Half, but the opportunity is now here for Rory Donnelly to come on and hopefully do what he did against Swindon Town or Rochdale, and that is make an impact from the substitutes bench.
Seventy Minutes into the match and Brian Wilson is booked for preventing A Quick Throw On for Gillingham and just prior to that, Rory Donnelly was penalised for a foul on Josh Law, when I thought that Rory Donnelly had timed his challenge to perfection, and in the aftermath of that decision, Gillingham made there third and final substitution as Emmanuel Osadebe comes on for Chris Herd with Emamnuel Osadebe playing alongside Max Ehmer in defence, Adrian Pennock hasn’t messed around with his substitutions to try and get Gillingham back into the game, and when you look at the rest of the substitutes bench, Mark Byrne and youngsters Tom Hadler, Mitchell Dickenson and Darren Oldaker were all available, so you can tell just by looking at the substitutes bench that Gillingham are lacking squad depth, and the options to change the match in our favour with a few impact players.
Seventy One Minutes into the match and Gillingham are pushing for the equaliser as Ryan Jackson hurls in a long throw into the heart of Oldham Athletic’s Penalty Area and George Edmundson wins the aerial challenge up against Max Ehmer, but the second ball drops to Josh Wright inside Oldham Athletic’s Penalty Area, and Josh Wright tee’s himself up to strike the ball on the half volley and George Edmundson was in the right place at the right time again to make a goal saving block, but the chance was still there for The Gills, as Ryan Jackson see’s his first time cross blocked by Ryan McLaughlin and the ball is still in play as Ryan Jackson cannot shield the ball out of play, and Ryan Jackson manages to work his way to the edge of Oldham Athletic’s Penalty Area, evading Ryan McLaughlin’s challenge before laying the ball off to Josh Wright, who takes a touch and passes the ball out-wide to Ryan Jackson, and Ryan Jackson takes a touch to control the ball, and Ryan Jackson forces Ryan McLaughlin to make a sliding challenge and concede a throw on.
So the chance is still there for The Gills to find that all important equaliser as Ryan Jackson hurls in an dangerous long throw into the heart of Oldham Athletic’s Penalty Area and Ryan Jackson’s Long Throw is headed clear by George Edmundson and then helped on it’s way away from goal by Ryan Flynn, and Billy McKay mis-controls the ball and in his attempt to retain possession of the ball, he bundles Emmanuel Osadebe to the floor, and Gillingham have been awarded A Free Kick In A Promising Position On The Pitch.
And Gillingham came close to scoring an sensational equaliser from the resulting free kick, Bradley Dack and Billy Knott were both standing over the resulting free kick, and up stepped Bradley Dack to attempt an up and under effort over what I assumed would be an attempt to pick out the top right corner of the net, but Bradley Dack almost picked out the top left corner of the net, similar to the free kick Bradley Dack almost scored against Wigan Athletic in The 2015 / 2016 season, great strike from Bradley Dack, and Dack almost equalised with an stunning free kick which was on par with Josh Law’s effort in the first half.
And Bradley Dack was involved again as Gillingham almost scored in The Seventy Fifth Minute, Josh Wright plays the ball forward to Ryan Jackson on the over-lap, and Ryan Jackson was looking to whip in an dangerous first time cross, but as Ryan Jackson was being double marked, Ryan Jackson checks the ball back to Scott Wagstaff, who whips in an dangerous first time cross into the heart of Oldham Athletic’s Penalty Area, and Bradley Dack manages to direct his header on target, but straight at Connor Ripley, either side of The Oldham Athletic Goalkeeper and Bradley Dack would have scored that all important equaliser for Gillingham.
And in The Seventy Seventh Minute, Gillingham continued to pile on the pressure as we all thought that Gillingham were going to equalise, Scott Wagstaff runs forward in possession of the ball into Oldham Athletic’s Half Of The Pitch before squaring the ball to Billy Knott, and Billy Knott squares the ball to Paul Konchesky on the left side of the pitch, and Paul Konchesky takes a touch to control the ball before clipping a cross-field pass from left to right in a attempt to pick out Rory Donnelly, but Brian Wilson Headers the ball clear and Ryan McLaughlin is on to the loose ball, and Ryan McLaughlin is forced to kick the ball down the line, but Oldham Athletic have everyone back as they are under a lot of pressure, Josh Wright brings the ball down and Josh Wright plays the ball down the line to Scott Wagstaff, who retains possession of the ball despite pressure from Brian Wilson, and Scott Wagstaff is twisting and turning to retain possession before passing the ball through to Ryan Jackson on the overlap, and Ryan Jackson whips in an dangerous low first time cross which is cut out by Josh Law, and Ryan McLaughlin times his challenge on Scott Wagstaff to perfection, but the ball falls kindly into Ryan Jackson’s Path
And Ryan Jackson whips in an dangerous low cross which somehow falls kindly into Connor Ripley’s Path and that ball could have gone anywhere, because Peter Clarke had no idea where the ball was and Oldham Athletic got that bit luck which can make all the difference, but one thing I have got to say is this, Gillingham look a more balanced side and more of a threat in the final third with Jay Emmanuel-Thomas off the pitch then on it, now Jay Emmanuel-Thomas has scored eleven goals for Gillingham This Season and on his day, he is capable of winning a match all by himself, on his day, are the three important words though, because when Jay Emmanuel-Thomas is having a off day, a bad performance from him is very noticeable.
A Minute Later and Scott Wagstaff is penalised for his challenge on Ousmane Fane and Oldham Athletic have A Free Kick in Gillingham’s Half Of The Pitch, and from the resulting free kick, Josh Law whips in an dangerous in-swinging cross towards the far post, and Paul Konchesky has to header the ball out of play at the expense of A Corner Kick for the home side, and Oldham Athletic have the chance to score a second goal which will surely mean no way back for The Gills, Josh Law goes across to take the resulting corner kick for Oldham Athletic, and Josh Law’s dangerous in-swinging cross was aimed towards the far post, and no-one in A Oldham Athletic Shirt can make a telling connection on the ball as the chance had been and gone for the home side.
Eighty Minutes into the match and Oldham Athletic make there second substitute of the game as Paul Green comes on for Billy McKay, an substitution I am sure will see Oldham Athletic look to protect the lead they have got, as Oldham Athletic will look to play with another midfielder in-front of there three centre back’s.
Eighty Two Minutes into the match and Cody McDonald goes into The Referee’s Notebook for his challenge on Josh Law, however, in The Eighty Fourth Minute, Gillingham should have been awarded a penalty kick which was explicably not given by Referee Dean Whitestone, Emmanuel Osadebe squares the ball to Scott Wagstaff in Oldham Athletic’s Half Of The Pitch and Scott Wagstaff plays the ball out-wide to Ryan Jackson, and Ryan Jackson takes a touch to control the ball before playing the ball forward to Cody McDonald, who retains possession of the ball before playing the ball out-wide to Ryan Jackson, and Ryan Jackson plays the ball over the top of Oldham Athletic’s defence and Peter Clarke bundles Bradley Dack down inside The Penalty Area and the Penalty Shouts from Gillingham Supporters was as clear as day, it looked blatant, very obvious and Gillingham should have been awarded an penalty kick, and The Linesman was in the perfect position, he was down that side of the pitch, his view wasn’t restricted and not giving that decision was very irritating.
I have been saying this for sometime now, but it is time for Video Technology to come in and introduce what Hawkeye does for Tennis into Football, where Manager’s can appeal A Refereeing Decision and the decision is reviewed by A Panel Of Referee’s who either over-rule or agree with The Refereeing Decision, There have been so many articles and so many debates about Technology in Football, and the Technology is being used by Pundits, Supporters can see images or replays on Twitter, and when you look at other sports, Rugby Union, Rugby League, Cricket, Snooker and Tennis (which I have already mentioned), they already have technology in place and it is time for that technology to be introduced in Football.
I would like to see Manager’s given One Challenge A Half to appeal A Refereeing Decision, There needs to be something where you can appeal a decision in real time, not review the footage after a game when players are sent off and find out that the decision has been rescinded, because even if the punishment has been over-turned, that sending off could have been the reason why you lost the game, I also think you should be able to appeal bookings and not just A Straight Red Card, I have been calling for technology in Football for some-time now, The Refereeing is just getting worse, the game is speeding up, and I think two challenges a game to go to A Computer Referee would be precisely what Football Needs.
Eighty Six Minutes into the match and Oldham Athletic are using excellent game management to retain possession of the ball and wind the clock down, and Cameron Dummigan kicks the ball against Emmanuel Osadebe and Oldham Athletic have won A Corner Kick, and Oldham Athletic could have scored from the resulting corner kick as well, as Josh Law has whipped in an dangerous in-swinging cross into the heart of Gillingham’s Penalty Area and the ball bounces off Max Ehmer into Peter Clarke’s Path, and Peter Clarke just cannot sort his feat out and Ryan Jackson manages to do enough to stop Peter Clarke from getting a shot off on target by conceding another corner kick, Gillingham are just all over the place at the back, and we’re only just in with a slim chance of getting something out of this game, but had that gone in then surely it would have been game over.
And Oldham Athletic created another goal-scoring opportunity from the resulting corner kick, as Josh Law whips in another dangerous in-swinging cross and Josh Wright wins the initial aerial challenge, but the second ball drops to Ousfane Mane, who slices his first time volleyed effort towards goal and Darius Oseu holds the ball before attempting a shot towards goal, but Darius Osei cannot make a telling connection on the ball and Peter Clarke’s shot on the turn is blocked by Josh Wright, but the ball ricochets back into Ryan McLaughlin’s Path, and Ryan McLaughlin fires his first time effort over Gillingham’s Crossbar, much to our own relief, because Gillingham are incapable of defending from corner kicks, we are just all over the place at the back.
Oldham Athletic make there third and final substitute as Brendy Glackin comes on for Darius Osei, who himself has only come on as a substitute in The Second Half, no doubt, this is a change to try and protect the lead that Oldham Athletic have got already and the home side are edging ever closer to picking up all three points, we still retained some hope that Gillingham can get something out of this match, and let’s hope that is precisely what Gillingham can do, as we move closer and closer to stoppage time.
Eighty Nine Minutes into the match and Gillingham had a second penalty appeal turned down, Gillingham are pushing for the equaliser as Paul Konchesky has possession of the ball down the left side of the pitch in Oldham Athletic’s Half Of The Pitch, and Paul Konchesky squares the ball to Billy Knott in a more central position on the pitch, and Billy Knott takes a touch to control the ball before passing the ball to Josh Wright in a centre / right position on the pitch, and Josh Wright takes a touch to control the ball before threading through a fantastic through-ball in-between Left Back and The Left Centre Back, and there was a coming together between Ryan McLaughlin and Bradley Dack inside The Penalty Area and we all thought for a moment that Referee Dean Whitestone was going to point to The Penalty Spot, but Bradley Dack was booked for simulation and you have got to say that this was less blatant then the first penalty decision that wasn’t given, but I did thought that after the first penalty decision, we might see the second penalty decision given in Gillingham’s Favour.
Gillingham are pushing for that equaliser in stoppage time as Bradley Dack is involved again, and with few passing options available, Bradley Dack has attempted an driven effort towards goal from Twenty Five Yards out and Connor Ripley dives low to his right to save and gather the ball at the first attempt, and in The Ninety Second Minute, Gillingham could had the chance to score again, Paul Konchesky kicks the ball long into the heart of Oldham Athletic’s Penalty Area and Peter Clarke wins the first aerial challenge, the second ball drops to Josh Wright who plays the ball forward to Cody McDonald who cannot quite get the ball under his complete control, and as Brian Wilson times his challenge to perfection, the ball falls kindly to Billy Knott on the edge of Oldham Athletic’s Penalty Area, and Billy Knott takes one touch to tee himself up and another touch to hit a driven volley towards goal which was straight at Connor Ripley, who is in the right place at the right time to make the save, and The Oldham Athletic Goalkeeper dives on the deck to wind the clock down, there might be one chance left for The Gills to score a dramatic last gasp equaliser.
But it is Oldham Athletic who came closest to scoring that crucial second goal in The Fourth Minute Of Stoppage Time, Oldham Athletic have a throw on in there final third of the pitch as George Edmundson throws the ball forward to Josh Law who hooks the ball over his shoulder to clear the ball down the line and get the ball closer to Gillingham’s Goal, and Max Ehmer completely mis-judges the ball’s path as his header is more up and under and Brendy Glackin mis-times his jump to win the aerial challenge, but The Oldham Athletic Striker still manages to retain possession of the ball, shrug off the attempted challenge from Ryan Jackson, turn back on himself and play the ball square to Ryan Flynn on the edge of Gillingham’s Penalty Area, and Ryan Flynn takes a touch to control the ball before passing the ball back to Ousmane Fane, who tee’s up Josh Law, and Josh Law takes one touch to control the ball and another to hit a sensational strike towards goal which crashes against the top of the Gillingham’s Crossbar, Stuart Nelson was beaten, there was no doubt about that, but Gillingham still had the very slim possibility of getting something out of this match.
But the final noteworthy moment was Oldham Athletic doing enough to seal all three points as Ryan Flynn throws the ball down the line in Gillingham’s Half Of The Pitch and although Ryan Jackson manages to boot the ball clear, time is up, and Referee Dean Whitestone blew his whistle for Full Time, and Oldham Athletic have won the battle of the newly appointed manager’s, as John Sheridan has made an instant impact back at A Football Club he knows well, for Adrian Pennock, he will have learned a lot about his side after that very disappointing defeat in his first game in-charge.
FULL TIME: OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1 - 0 GILLINGHAM
And the first thing that Adrian Pennock will have learned from this defeat is the fact that Gillingham are in A Relegation Battle Now, and we will need players in the squad who are willing to battle and scrap for a relegation battle - something that Adrian Pennock spoke about was the lack of leaders in Gillingham’s Squad, so he must realise what Gillingham have got, and after that defeat. what Gillingham don’t have in this squad - basically a lack of experience in the heart of our defence is costing us points and costing us goals which are avoidable, the free kick that Josh Law scored was a stunning strike, no doubt about that, but it was the foul Paul Konchesky conceded prior to the free kick being scored which was the glaring error.
I spoke to Brad and James after the game and they were under no illusions that Gillingham are in a dreadful relegation battle now following that defeat against Oldham Athletic, I mentioned that Gillingham being Gillingham, we will probably go to Sheffield United and win, James added that although people do say that, he wasn’t confidant that Gillingham could pull that result off, and to be perfectly honest, neither was I, I am just clinging on to something to be positive about, but this is a battle to preserve League One Football for Next Season.
The Next Two Away Games are against Top Of The Table Sheffield United and fourth placed Bradford City, Two Localish Games for Brad and James to travel to, and two extremely difficult challenges, as Sheffield United and Bradford City are both challenging for promotion and Gillingham have just 1-0 against A Oldham Athletic Side who were rooted to the foot of the table, and those two away games are going to be extremely difficult, we were all hoping that Adrian Pennock can sign at least five players who can walk into The Starting Line Up, because it is clear looking at the squad that we’re very short in key area’s of the squad, especially in defence, which is a area of the squad that really does need to be strengthened in The January Transfer Window, Up-Front, we can do with A Target-Man, and we’re probably looking to sign at least one winger, Brad and James wished me a safe trip back, while they went to the pub.
As soon as I was back on The Kings Ferry Coach, I sat down in my seat and took to Twitter and I sent the following tweet, FOM TWITTER TRAVELS: OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1-0 GILLINGHAM - Gills lose 1-0 at Boundary Park, feel free to ask me any questions about today's match, I had replied to one tweet I saw from another Gillingham Supporter who had said that Gillingham are in a relegation battle, and my response was, I agree, Pennock will need to sign scrappers, players who might not be great technically, but will do a job for Gills, his response back was i (think everyone does) really miss Aaron Morris #UnsungHero - and I agreed, as Aaron Morris is Mr Consistent and someone who gave you 7/10 week in, week out.
The following stat was also very concerning,,, 26 Games Played, 30 Points, Gillingham are in A Relegation Battle and Pennock will need to bring in the players required to keep Gills in L1, One Point A Game will not be enough to keep Gillingham up, with four teams relegated from League One into League Two, I think you need at least fifty three points to preserve your League One Status, those home games against AFC Wimbledon and Shrewsbury Town are crucial and Gillingham need maximum points from these matches.
The fact that Gillingham played better when Jay Emmanuel-Thomas was substituted really does tell it’s own story, Gillingham are in A Relegation Battle and we’re not in a position where we can carry someone who can be 9/10 one week and 3/10 the week after, a squad that works hard is better then a squad that looks strong on paper appeared to be the reoccurring theme I was seeing on Twitter, and the stat I had also just saw on Twitter after The Oldham Athletic Game doesn’t make for good reading, Sheffield United have lost just four of there last twenty eight matches in all competitions, and Gillingham travel to Sheffield United next in The League, last season, Gillingham drew 0-0 at Bramall Lane, I would take that result right now if that was offered to me.
I was asked for my opinions on Elliott List and Josh Wright’s Performances against Oldham Athletic, Regarding Elliott List’s performance, I added, I thought List played very well, he was willing to take players on - especially in The Second Half - surprised he was subbed, and for Josh Wright, I think Wright will improve without the weight of the captaincy on his shoulders, today was one of his better performances, I am hoping that we will see the performances we saw from Josh Wright during The 2015 / 2016 season, some players thrive under the additional pressure as Captain, and others falter, and I do think that Josh Wright will be able to concentrate on his game more now that he doesn’t have The Armband.
There were a few tweets that I Re-Tweeted, including the heaters that PSV have in there stadium - could have done with those at Oldham - and Rob let me know that Chris Dickson scored for Chelmsford City against Dartford and I added that The Chris Dickson Thread is somewhere on Gills Debate, We could sign all our former strikers, Jackson, Marquis Oli & Akinfenwa, And Nicholas sent me a very interesting quote from Adrian Pennock’s Post Match Press Conference, and the one thing I took away from that quote, especially the comment about Oldham Athletic having Men in there side was this,,, Expect Gills to sign players with experience who are willing to battle & scrap - because there the type of players Gillingham will need to sign now.
There was no announcement on the away attendance, just a rough estimate of 200, most teams normally give you the official away attendance, but there was nothing from Oldham Athletic which was very surprising, I know Nicholas will want The Away Attendance to be confirmed for The Away Attendance Prediction League, but nothing has been mentioned so far.
January is A Season Defining Month For Gillingham, and back to back 1-0 defeats against Oxford United and Oldham Athletic is a terrible way to start this month, and with a change in management, several new players needed and a trip to high flying Sheffield United next, then who knows what is going to happen, those back to back home games against AFC Wimbledon and Shrewsbury Town are matches that Gillingham have to win, but that is easier said then done.
One of the more interesting tweets I managed to re-tweets was one with an remarkable stat, the average Football Supporter has been to Forty Two Stadiums, by now we had stopped off at Peterborough Services and the time was 8.10PM, and we were going to stop for twenty minutes, I was going to queue up at McDonalds but the queue was very long and we weren’t stopping for very long, so I brought A Cadbury Bar and A 500ML Bottle of Coca Cola for £3, and saw that Diane was getting served in McDonalds, Diane mentioned that the queue was moving quicker then it looked and had I knew that, I would have brought Nine Chicken Nuggets instead, we made out way back to the coach, disappointed with the result, and we still had plenty of miles to go, And a collision on A249 in Sittingbourne could potentially add further delays to our journey on the way back.
After getting back on the coach and sitting back down in my seat, once back in my seat, I sent Stewart A Few Messages, and I had done a lot better then he had done in Fantasy Football - Harry Kane’s Hat-Trick Helped A Lot - and I still had five players left to play, Stewart was basically relying on A Ashley Williams Hat-Trick to try and get more points then me, so I was confidant of securing more points, I was still on my way back from Oldham Athletic, still two hours to go, and it had been a disappointing day, I also rang home to say that I was just over two hours away from getting back home again, and I had got something to eat and drink as we just stopped off at the services.
As Peter came round asking us where we liked to be dropped off, he was also taking bookings for away games, and as Rochdale and Bury are similar trips travel wise, as Oldham Athletic, Bury and Rochdale are all right next to each other, Me and Diane booked on the coach for those matches, but Diane wanted to drive to Sheffield United and the plan was to leave at 8AM / 8.15AM, Diane wants to test her car on a lengthy away journey, and we want to try to go to as many away games via car as we possibly can, and Sheffield United is one such match we want to travel to via car, I am not sure if Rob or anyone else wants to go, as that would help with travel costs, but we have been noticing the lack of interest in away games from those who normally would travel week in, week out, perhaps if things improved on the pitch, then we will see those supporters come back, and I hope they do come back and support Gillingham Away From Home - but I do understand how a long long trip to Oldham Athletic can be off putting.
Stephen sent me a message asking what I put for NoirCat Predictions, and having checked the spreadsheet, I put A Draw, and Diane put A Win, so neither of us got the predictions spot on, but Me, Gary, Nicholas, Stephen and Diane are all pushing for promotion in our respective divisions, I have to try and get a few more to participate in The NoirCat League, and also, get a few more to turn up to The NoirCat Presentation Night as well, there was a really big turnout last season, so maybe there will be an even bigger turnout next time as well.
That final away game of the season against Northampton Town could be an interesting game, I don’t want Gillingham going into that match needing something to stay up, I am hoping that survival is achieved long before that game, but what I find irritating is that the final game of the season is A 12PM Kick Off Time ??? - this is very infuriating, why not everyone kick off at 3PM, or if The Championship, League One and League Two all want there own time slots, then League Two 3PM on A Saturday, League One, 5.15PM on A Saturday, and The Championship can kick off at 3PM on A Sunday, also, with these kick off time slots, there shouldn’t be any games where teams have to travel long distances, thankfully, we’re only traveling to Northampton Town, but traveling to somewhere like Rochdale on the final day of the season for A Mid-Day Kick Off would be very infuriating.
We had actually made good time traveling back, stopping off at Strood Sports Centre on the way back and as we were making our way through the pick up points, I was making sure that I had everything on me, and Diane was making sure she had all of her belongings as we stopped off outside Priestfield Stadium, and Diane would message me in-regards to the travel time for Sheffield United Away, I was actually going to buy My Match Ticket On The Day before Diane as kind enough to buy My Ticket In Advance, and I said C Ya to Diane before she, and the vast majority of Gillingham Supporters got off the coach at the ground.
Peter was next to be dropped off, before Gary, myself and two others were dropped off outside The Cricketers, it was 22.25PM, and we had made very good time getting back, and after thanking The Drivers, we got off The Kings Ferry Coach and I checked I had everything, and after getting off the coach, Gary mentioned the limited goal-scoring opportunities that Gillingham had created and how Oldham Athletic could and perhaps should have been out of sight in The First Half, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas was simply woeful and that was the general opinion from the vast majority of Gillingham Supporters, and Gillingham cannot carry Jay Emmanuel-Thomas all the while we’re in A Relegation Battling Position, he is capable of being A Match Winner on his day, but someone who is 9/10 one week, and 3/10 the next, just cannot be given a regular run in The Starting Line Up at this present moment in time.
We actually improved when Jay Emmanuel-Thomas was substituted, Scott Wagstaff looked comfortable in his more natural position, Cody McDonald and Rory Donnelly came on and I thought that Stuart Nelson, Bradley Dack and Elliott List played really well, but has Connor Ripley been tested to make top draw saves ??? not really, saves yes, but saves you expect A Professional Goalkeeper to make, but if we were to talk about Oldham Athletic’s best player, then Lee Erwin (Number Nineteen) was superb, he held the ball up, played one touch layoffs back to team-mates, brought his team-mates into play, when the ball was played up to him the ball stuck up top, and he was a threat in the air, precisely the type of striker that Gillingham need alongside Cody McDonald.
Gary headed off home and I Said C Ya To Gary before making my own way home and I was back home at 22.45PM, A Long Long Day, which meant getting up at 5.30AM, and that was very disappointing from Gillingham, I have got a lot of sympathy towards Adrian Pennock, the task ahead of him is a difficult one and the squad built by Justin Edinburgh is unbalanced and weak in both boxes, under Martin Allen, Gillingham had Leon Legge, Adam Barrett, Andrew Frampton, Danny Kedwell and Deon Burton, players who had experienced, they could battle and scrap and they knew how to shut a game out, there was little flair in that Championship Winning Side, but plenty of grit and determination, we now have gone the other way, plenty of flair and creative players, not enough combative players who are willing to battle and scrap, we need to find the balance between the two, and that is difficult to do during A Transfer Window, with games coming thick and fast, and when you have just made A Managerial Change, but that is the challenge facing Adrian Pennock, Steve Lovell and Jamie Day.
And the challenge next for Gillingham doesn’t get any easier, Top Of The Table Sheffield United and A Trip To Bramall Lane is next for The Gills, now that is going to be a difficult challenge, in our previous trip to Bramall Lane, Gillingham drew 0-0, I would be absolutely delighted if Gillingham somehow frustrated Sheffield United and earned a valuable point away from home, hopefully Gillingham can pull off the most unexpected result and win away from home against Sheffield United, and put in A Typical Gillingham Performance - COME ON THE GILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yarn is used for crocheting, sewing, knitting, stitching, plaiting, carpet and rope making, as well as the production of textiles. Fibres that make up a yarn can vary from animal fibres, synthetic fibres to plant fibres.
Plant fibres include cotton, and linen which are produced from alpaca, silk, angora, and wool. Wool is produced in very high quantities compared to the rest, this is because sheep have a lot more wool on their bodies than other animals. The different types of fibres consist of various qualities (both good and bad), these fibres are usually merged together in order to make use of each of the fibres’ good qualities.
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If you’re new to crocheting, you’re probably not aware of all the different types of yarn and wool that’s available locally. From animals, plants and synthetic, there’s a wide range of different textures and characteristics to be had.
Below we look at some of the most popular types of yarn that you’re likely to come across locally. If you’re looking for an in-depth guide on the different types, we high recommend this website.
If you’re interested in seeing how cotton is produced, we found this great video which highlights the manufacturing process.
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Yarn from animal fibre.
– Sheep’s wool
Yarn made from sheep’s wool and can vary greatly with texture and quality, as well as depending on the type of the sheep that produced the wool. The quality of wool is typically determined by the breed of sheep and its age. Lopi and Merino are the most common sheep for producing quality wool and Merino has the highest rate in terms of its price.
– Alpaca fiber
Alpacas are sheep-like animals which are related closely to llamas. They produce wool similarly to sheep but with dissimilar characteristics. Their wool is much warmer than sheep’s wool and they do not contain fat.
Yarn from plant fibre
Cotton
This is the most common source for yarn production and the type most widely available locally in Kent. The various types of cotton vary quite a lot with their characteristics. The most used types of cotton are Pima cotton which is known as the finest cotton on earth. It has long fibres and is extremely soft, it is also resistant to creasing, waning, ripping and unraveling.
Another type of cotton is Egyptian cotton which is longer than Pima cotton and thus making it also soft and easy to work with. The last type of cotton commonly used is Upland cotton which is short unlike the first two, it is suitable for production of affordable as well as quality products for everyone. It is also known as American cotton.
Bamboo
Its fibres are very short so they cannot be used to make a natural fibre, however, with the help of chemical methods, they can create a synthetic fibre. Bamboos are also useful to the environment since they prevent soil erosion and produce oxygen, therefore they are harvested carefully without destroying the plant.
Yarn from synthetic fibres
Synthetic fibres are mostly preferred to natural fibres because they are considered to be long lasting and cannot be easily dyed as well as water proof.
Rayon
A rayon is a man-made cellulosic fibre mainly made from refined wood and plant tissue. Rayon is commonly produced through the viscose method, it’s a process that produces an artificial silk.
Polyester
It is normally made from a combination of natural fibres and artificial fibres. Mostly used to make clothes as well as linens and fabric. Polyester can be combined with cotton to form a range of different materials.
Qualities to Look for While Buying Yarn for Crocheting or Knitting
Type of fibre
It is important to first choose the type of yarn to be used from the range of fibres available, such as animal and plant fibres. The selection of these fibres often depends on whether you have experience in knitting or crocheting. For beginners, cotton, wool, and acrylic yarn are much easier to work with and are therefore a good recommended starting point.
Wool yarn is easy to untangle in case of a small mishap, and they can also be used again. To some people, and cotton yarn is somewhat more difficult in crocheting than yarn since since it is inflexible, although it is perfect for other projects which require this quality.
Acrylic yarn is mostly embraced by crocheting beginners, although some acrylic yarns are hard to deal with since they open up so we recommend you ensure and acrylic yarn you buy is of the highest quality.
Weight of yarn
Depending on the expertise of the knitter, the thickness or weight of yarn should be considered. Choose the weight of yarn that you can use comfortably without finding it too thin or too thick. Details about the weight or thickness of the yarn are written on the yarn’s packaging.
Price of yarn in Hythe
Prices of yarn around Kent vary with the quality of yarn being offered. A higher price on yarn typically indicates its quality. However cotton, wool, and acrylic are the ones commonly used.
Yardage of the yarn
Different yarn brands produce different amounts of yardage, two yarns can be the same price but the yardage amount can be different so it is important to check whether the yardage before you buy.
Washable yarn
Most knitters knit things to wear, like scarfs, cardigans, throw blankets as well as leg warmers. It is necessary to check the washing instruction of the type of yarn you are considering buying. Some yarns cannot be washed using machines, others reduce in size when put in a drier, while others can stretch.
Yarn color
To make it easier to see all the stitches while crocheting, choose a brighter type of yarn as opposed to darker types of yarn. Brighter yarns are much more visible making it less likely that you accidentally miss a stitch.
Conclusion
Crocheting is fun and easy to learn, therefore as much as choosing the type of yarn is important, any type of yarn can be used when you’re trying to learn. The main thing the worry about, is simply getting started.
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13. death : is there anything in your muse’s life that they should be letting go of ? + 17. the star : what does your muse take inner comfort in knowing ? what guides your muse ?
a collection of muse headcanon questions inspired by the major arcana of the tarot / send the corresponding number(s) for headcanons surrounding the given prompts !
whew okay, this got longer than i wanted it to lmao, my apologies!
13. death : is there anything in your muse’s life that they should be letting go of?
as of my post-EW verse, hyth has a lot of survivor's guilt in a sense, despite the fact that he technically did sacrifice himself to zodiark. it's complicated? he's essentially wandering around because he wants to be USEFUL for a change, and his whole m/o of being the hero for a change, being the one who would save azem and emet-selch kind of got blown out of the water with the revelations about meteion's pivotal role in the final days. zodiark was really only a temporary solution and his summoning probably wouldn't have averted meteion's song of oblivion indefinitely, plus they might've eventually run out of people and things to sacrifice even if had worked.) he really needs to work on letting go of the guilt he has and the general feeling that he's useless and didn't do any good/make an impact in the end -- to say nothing of the guilt he feels currently at having a vague understanding of what emet-selch and azem have gone through in his absence, and knowing that in some cases, his absence (among that of many others) played a role in making his surviving/unsundered friends go off the deep and and commit atrocities in order to bring him and the other sacrificed souls back, as well as to reunify the world and its surviving sundered residents. despite the fact that this isn't really his fault, hyth feels guilty about it nonetheless. he thought he was REALLY taking one for the team, joyful (although scared and also sad) that he was finally given the chance to make a big impact and save the star the way emet and azem do, only for it to result in him twiddling his thumbs as he drifted in a dormant, dreamlike state inside of zodiark along with all other sacrifices…meanwhile, azem has had to deal with being 14++ people at minimum not knowing what the hell is going on whilst being doomed to fight their former friends bitterly without even knowing it for hte most part, and emet has lived hundreds of miserable lives in an effort to fix what is broken. hyth's really sitting here like damn…i didn't do shit, did it? :^( this isn't going to be something he heals from overnight ofc, it's going to take a looooooooong time, and possibly even him laying down to finally rest and reincarnate before this issue is totally resolved.
17. the star : what does your muse take inner comfort in knowing ? what guides your muse?
with the bureau of the architect no longer extant, he's having a bit of an existential crisis until he realize that hey, azem's shards are around, maybe i can be useful to them. and then that leads to him realizing that the sundered are far less advanced and gifted than their unsundered counterparts, and maybe, just maybe, hyth can lend his knowledge and talents to them to help them better theirs -- and the star's -- lot. even a relatively weak ancient would be super strong compared to your average sundered -- and i think he plans to take full advantage of this epiphany. i think hyth also very much takes comfort in knowing basically, it's over. it's finally over. sure, it's definitely a perfect solution where everyone gets a happy ending like in faerie tales, but at least the final days have been averted and the sadness stops. now comes the task of helping clean up the messes his friends have made during their ascian tenures -- but he's happy to do this because he knows in a sense, he'll get be at azem's side when they need him again. as he tells us during endwalker, his greatest contribution to the star will be helping his friends achieve their goals -- and when at last that has happened, then he can lay down and rest knowing that he's truly made an impact and completed what he feels is his existential duty.
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Best Wool & Yarn Shops in Hythe, Hampshire
Are you looking for local shops in Hythe to buy wool from?
You’ve come to right place.
If you’re from Hythe and love knitting, crocheting or sewing, there’s a good chance you’re going to either buy your wool and equipment locally in Hythe, or in the wider Hampshire region, so we’re here to help you wool shops in Hythe.
Many people prefer to buy their wool from a local wool shop so they can get hands on the product and find the best colours, thicknesses and textures to suit a particular project.
Finding the best wool shops in Hythe
Not all wool shops near by are alike, in fact there can be huge differences in quality and price from yarn shops just around the corner from one another. We recommend you spend time in each of the ‘wool shops near me’ to allow you to get used to their ranges, brands and pricing models. Having experience with each will allow you to know which wool shop is best for a particular project, whether quality is of the upmost importance or price is the biggest factor.
If you’re new to crocheting, there’s plenty of friendly forums such as Ravelry you can join to discuss your new hobby and meet new friends who share the same interest.
Things to look out for when crocheting
Find a shop in Hythe that holds a large selection of colours, types and prices of wool at any given time. Many people expect to go home with the wool that day, so most stores will always keep a wide range on the shelf ready to take home.
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Some things to look out for:
Colour selection – Is there a good range of colours available?
Brand selection – Do they sell different brands of yarn?
Price range – Do they have different price ranges to suit different projects?
Free advice – Are the staff friendly and knowledgeable about their product?
Organised & Tidy – Is the shop well organised and kept tidy?
Choosing the right wool/yarn
There’s tons of different wools & yarns available in Hythe, from colour tones to thicknesses and quality of fibres. Before diving in and buying a wool simply because it looks okay, it’s recommended that you get to grips with the actual specifics and what you should be looking out for.
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Don’t forget to always check the yardage when buying balls of yarn, manufacturers can often wind it differently to make less look like more. By looking at the label around the ball of yarn, you should be able to find out everything you need to know about the brand, colour, yardage and fibres.
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If you still have questions, we recommend you talk to a member of staff who should be able to explain everything you need to know and answer any questions.
Different Types of Yarn and Guidelines for Picking the Best Yarn
Yarn is used for crocheting, sewing, knitting, stitching, plaiting, carpet and rope making, as well as the production of textiles. Fibres that make up a yarn can vary from animal fibres, synthetic fibres to plant fibres.
Plant fibres include cotton, and linen which are produced from alpaca, silk, angora, and wool. Wool is produced in very high quantities compared to the rest, this is because sheep have a lot more wool on their bodies than other animals. The different types of fibres consist of various qualities (both good and bad), these fibres are usually merged together in order to make use of each of the fibres’ good qualities.
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If you’re new to crocheting, you’re probably not aware of all the different types of yarn and wool that’s available locally. From animals, plants and synthetic, there’s a wide range of different textures and characteristics to be had.
Below we look at some of the most popular types of yarn that you’re likely to come across locally. If you’re looking for an in-depth guide on the different types, we high recommend this website.
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Yarn from animal fibre.
– Sheep’s wool
Yarn made from sheep’s wool and can vary greatly with texture and quality, as well as depending on the type of the sheep that produced the wool. The quality of wool is typically determined by the breed of sheep and its age. Lopi and Merino are the most common sheep for producing quality wool and Merino has the highest rate in terms of its price.
– Alpaca fiber
Alpacas are sheep-like animals which are related closely to llamas. They produce wool similarly to sheep but with dissimilar characteristics. Their wool is much warmer than sheep’s wool and they do not contain fat.
Yarn from plant fibre
Cotton
This is the most common source for yarn production and the type most widely available locally in Hampshire. The various types of cotton vary quite a lot with their characteristics. The most used types of cotton are Pima cotton which is known as the finest cotton on earth. It has long fibres and is extremely soft, it is also resistant to creasing, waning, ripping and unraveling.
Another type of cotton is Egyptian cotton which is longer than Pima cotton and thus making it also soft and easy to work with. The last type of cotton commonly used is Upland cotton which is short unlike the first two, it is suitable for production of affordable as well as quality products for everyone. It is also known as American cotton.
Bamboo
Its fibres are very short so they cannot be used to make a natural fibre, however, with the help of chemical methods, they can create a synthetic fibre. Bamboos are also useful to the environment since they prevent soil erosion and produce oxygen, therefore they are harvested carefully without destroying the plant.
Yarn from synthetic fibres
Synthetic fibres are mostly preferred to natural fibres because they are considered to be long lasting and cannot be easily dyed as well as water proof.
Rayon
A rayon is a man-made cellulosic fibre mainly made from refined wood and plant tissue. Rayon is commonly produced through the viscose method, it’s a process that produces an artificial silk.
Polyester
It is normally made from a combination of natural fibres and artificial fibres. Mostly used to make clothes as well as linens and fabric. Polyester can be combined with cotton to form a range of different materials.
Qualities to Look for While Buying Yarn for Crocheting or Knitting
Type of fibre
It is important to first choose the type of yarn to be used from the range of fibres available, such as animal and plant fibres. The selection of these fibres often depends on whether you have experience in knitting or crocheting. For beginners, cotton, wool, and acrylic yarn are much easier to work with and are therefore a good recommended starting point.
Wool yarn is easy to untangle in case of a small mishap, and they can also be used again. To some people, and cotton yarn is somewhat more difficult in crocheting than yarn since since it is inflexible, although it is perfect for other projects which require this quality.
Acrylic yarn is mostly embraced by crocheting beginners, although some acrylic yarns are hard to deal with since they open up so we recommend you ensure and acrylic yarn you buy is of the highest quality.
Weight of yarn
Depending on the expertise of the knitter, the thickness or weight of yarn should be considered. Choose the weight of yarn that you can use comfortably without finding it too thin or too thick. Details about the weight or thickness of the yarn are written on the yarn’s packaging.
Price of yarn in Hythe
Prices of yarn around Hampshire vary with the quality of yarn being offered. A higher price on yarn typically indicates its quality. However cotton, wool, and acrylic are the ones commonly used.
Yardage of the yarn
Different yarn brands produce different amounts of yardage, two yarns can be the same price but the yardage amount can be different so it is important to check whether the yardage before you buy.
Washable yarn
Most knitters knit things to wear, like scarfs, cardigans, throw blankets as well as leg warmers. It is necessary to check the washing instruction of the type of yarn you are considering buying. Some yarns cannot be washed using machines, others reduce in size when put in a drier, while others can stretch.
Yarn color
To make it easier to see all the stitches while crocheting, choose a brighter type of yarn as opposed to darker types of yarn. Brighter yarns are much more visible making it less likely that you accidentally miss a stitch.
Conclusion
Crocheting is fun and easy to learn, therefore as much as choosing the type of yarn is important, any type of yarn can be used when you’re trying to learn. The main thing the worry about, is simply getting started.
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FOM BLOG: Adrian Pennock, Steve Lovell and Jamie Day Appointed At Gillingham
With The Expected Announcement officially confirmed around 7PM on The Fourth Of January that Adrian Pennock had been appointed as “Gillingham’s Head Coach” and Steve Lovell and Jamie Day have joined Gillingham as First Team Coaches, I thought it would be an sensible idea to write down my thoughts and opinions on there appointment, an appointment which was made just over twenty four hours after Justin Edinburgh had been relieved of his managerial duties, and a appointment which made me put My FOM BLOG for The Oxford United Game into the rubbish bin, Justin Edinburgh wasn’t the only person to leave Gillingham Football Club on Tuesday Morning, as Assistant Manager David Kerslake, and First Team Coach Wayne Hatswell also moved on, and Adrian Pennock was favourite for The Gillingham Job on SKY Bet very quickly prior to his appointment.
I had initially denied The Rumour of Adrian Pennock coming to Gillingham, but once I heard this Interview with Paul Scally on BBC Radio Kent - https://twitter.com/BBCKentSport/status/816562979688878080 - and more specifically, other alternatives and a team of coaches, it started to become clearer throughout the day that Gillingham weren’t going to appoint a manager, but rather a team of coaches, this lead to plenty of speculation with Nicky Southall, Stan Ternent, and Ian Hendon all being mentioned, coaches who all have had previous roles with Gillingham in the past, and of course, Dennis Wise was mentioned as well, but mostly it was staff who had previous connections with Gillingham who were being linked to the job, whether that is because we were re-defining The Managerial Role to A Head Coach Role, or Manager’s didn’t want to take The Gillingham Job in the middle of the season, I couldn’t say for sure.
Then, around 7PM, We Heard The Official Announcement that Adrian Pennock had been appointed as “Gillingham’s Head Coach” and Steve Lovell and Jamie Day have joined Gillingham as First Team Coaches, we as supporters could finally react to the news, I think it is fair to say that the reaction to this announcement wasn’t encouraging, and I will admit that I have, and still have, many reservations and concerns regarding this appointment, but I will be there at Boundary Park supporting Gillingham away against Oldham Athletic, hoping that The Gills can pick up three points in a match we have to win, as Oldham Athletic are bottom of League One with nineteen points from twenty four matches.
I liked the idea of A Head Coach working with A Team Of Coaches, the idea was intriguing, very interesting and with the right personal, I thought this would not only be a inspired managerial appointment, but also a unique appointment as well, rather then replacing one manager and his coaching staff, with another manager and his coaching staff, I had my own question marks over the personal we have brought in to go with the change of managerial structure.
Adrian Pennock was a real fans favourite at Gillingham Football Club, as A Player, Adrian Pennock made 168 appearances in a Gillingham Shirt, before injuries led to Adrian Pennock retiring from the professional game, a spell with Gravesend & Northfleet followed, which saw Adrian Pennock combine playing and coaching duties before starting his first managerial position with Welling United, before moving to Stoke City as First Team Coach and then promoted to Assistant Manager under Tony Pulis’s reign at The Britannia Stadium, in 2013, Adrian Pennock was appointed as Forest Green Rovers Manager, initially securing a top ten finish in The Conference National before securing back to back playoff position finishes, Fifth in 2014 / 2015, and Second in 2015 / 2016, however, after the The 2015 / 2016 season ended, Adrian Pennock was sacked, and there is this very interesting article which explained why Adrian Pennock had to go here: http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/forest-green-rovers-opinion-ady-pennock/story-29189337-detail/story.html - which is well worth a read.
However, Adrian Pennock has No Football League Managerial Experience, he may well have coached underneath Tony Pulis at Stoke City in The Premier League, and had stints as Manager with Welling United and Forest Green Rovers, but one of the first things I saw on Social Media, and the first thing on the tick list for Gillingham’s Incoming Manager was A Proven Track Record in League One, which is why Kenny Jackett and Steve Cotterill were constantly being mentioned, as they have achieved success in this division, all be it with clubs with large resources, but nonetheless, they had The CV’s and the experience required to be inspiring managerial appointments, Adrian Pennock may well be A Fans Favourite, and a exceptional coach, but that lack of experience in League One, having just seen Justin Edinburgh relieved of his managerial duties at Gillingham is very concerning.
But while I have question marks regarding Adrian Pennock’s Appointment as Head Coach, Steve Lovell returning to Gillingham Football Club is fantastic news, as Steve Lovell was part of The Gang Of Four prior to Justin Edinburgh’s Appointment which steadied the ship after Peter Taylor had left the club, and Steve Lovell is a highly respected coach, and the players were gutted when Steve Lovell left the club in the summer and it is great to see him back again - http://bromleyfc.boards.net/thread/664/gillingham-sack-edinburgh?page=2 - Bromley Supporters speak very highly of Steve Lovell’s work at Bromley as Assistant Manager, and I don’t think Steve Lovell should have left Gillingham in the first place, so I am delighted that Steve Lovell has returned to Gillingham.
At Thirty Seven, Jamie Day is the youngest of the three coaching appointments and the least experienced, a difficult time at Ebbsfleet United sandwiched two spells with Welling United, the first as Player / Manager, and in his second spell, Jamie Day was doing a very good job at Welling United, a job he could have had for a long long time, but you cannot blame Jamie Day for making the jump into The Football League, as Jamie Day may well regret not taking the chance if he looked back and regretted not taking a coaching role at Gillingham, as the chance to move into The Football League From Non League Football doesn’t come around often.
I don’t think this managerial trio is the end of the coaching appointments, because I think there will be a experienced coach who will come in to work alongside Adrian Pennock, Steve Lovell and Jamie Day, I think we will find out later this week, or the start of next week, if there will be a experienced coach brought into the football club to work with our new coaching staff, but I do think that someone will come in to provide Adrian Pennock, Steve Lovell and Jamie Day with bit of knowledge and know how.
But that person won’t be Andy Hessenthaler, who will be given The Director Of Football Development Role Job - A Role that Andy Hessenthaler succeeded in during The 2012 / 2013 season, and a role that suits Andy Hessenthaler perfectly, as his passion for the club saw Gillingham convince Deon Burton, Myles Weston, Adam Barrett and Stuart Nelson to sign for the club, and if Andy Hessenthaler can get players with Proven League One Experience to sign for Gillingham in The January Transfer Window, then one or two marquee signings could given us as supporters some inspiration, to make up for the lack of enthusiasm for our current managerial appointments.
Andy Hessenthaler being given The Director Of Football Development Role hasn’t been officially confirmed, but we can expect a announcement over the coming day’s, all in all, this appointment is no-where near who Gillingham Supporters wanted to see, or expected to see appointed as our New Manager, there were calls for A Experienced Manager to come in with a proven track record in League One, and unless a experienced coach is added to this trio, then there is a lack of Football League Experience amongst Adrian Pennock, Steve Lovell and Jamie Day, and that is obviously our main concern, however, the fact that this is only a deal until the end of the season also suggests that this could be a stop gap appointment before Paul Scally either makes another change, or, this is a incentive for Adrian Pennock, Steve Lovell and Jamie Day to impress over the remainder of The 2016 / 2017 season to extend there stay at Priestfield Stadium.
Now for the positives, all three have worked in Non League Football, and considering that Gillingham have missed out on Alfie May at Hythe Town and Harry Smith at Folkestone Invicta, Jamie Day and Steve Lovell will be able to recommend players they have worked with at Welling United and Bromley respectively to sign for Gillingham, and if all three are still at the club in the summer, we may well see Gillingham go back to arranging pre-season friendlies in The Kent Non League Scene, having played Braintree Town and Billericay Town in Essex in the summer, friendlies which were difficult to get to on A Tuesday and Wednesday Night.
I was very disappointed with our Summer’s List of Pre-Season Friendlies, Brainteee Town, Billericay Town, Dartford, Barnet and Leyton Orient, Dartford was The Only Kent Non League Ground we went to in pre-season, and many supporters were disappointed with the lack of friendlies - just five games before the season started - the small attendances confirmed the lack of interest in these matches, so I do hope we arrange many matches against Kent Non League Sides in the summer.
But regardless of our opinions on The New Gillingham Management Trio, Paul Scally deserves a lot of credit for making a quick and decisive appointment, it is a huge regret that Justin Edinburgh has been relieved of his managerial duties at Gillingham, because everyone wanted to see Justin Edinburgh turn things around and to see Gillingham climb the table, but the manner of the defeat against Oxford United, the bizarre 3.5.2 system, the fact that Oxford United could have won by more goals, and when you throw in Justin Edinburgh’s comments about Gillingham having the fifth lowest budget in League One when Paul Scally has said time and again that this is our most expensive squad in our entire history, then there was only going to be one out-come, a out-come which resulted in Justin Edinburgh losing his job as Gillingham Manager.
In This Post - http://gillinghamdebate.freeforums.org/january-fixtures-big-month-for-gillingham-t2324.html - I said that January was a big month to define our season, Looking at these five fixtures, Sheffield United away is by far our most difficult league fixture, but it is the matches against Oxford United, Oldham Athletic, AFC Wimbledon and Shrewsbury Town which will tell us if Gillingham are going to mount a playoff push if we get a very good points return from these matches, we will consolidate a solid mid-table position, or, we're nervously looking over our shoulder after a bad run of results, and The 1-0 home defeat against Oxford United is a horrible way to start 2017 for The Gills.
January is also a big month when it comes to incoming and outgoing players in The January Transfer Window, unlike in previous season’s, there is No Emergency Loan System out-side The Transfer Window, which possibly explains why a quick and swift appointment was needed, not only does this appointment of Adrian Pennock, Steve Lovell and Jamie Day give all three coaches time to bring in the players they want to bring in, but they can work with the entire squad for a whole week before our up and coming league game against Oldham Athletic, and it is time that The Trio will need, as Gillingham will have three league games in eight days, with A Tuesday Night Home Fixture against AFC Wimbledon sandwiched in-between two long away trips to Oldham Athletic and Sheffield United.
It my final paragraph, I will look to end this article on a high, perhaps other manager’s would have seen The Role as Gillingham Manager as another job and a job that pays the bills, but because Adrian Pennock and Steve Lovell have connections with Gillingham Football Club, and Jamie Day making the jump from Welling United into The Football League, these three are going to work extremely hard to be successful at Gillingham, as all three live locally, they know the area, they know all about Gillingham Football Club and they will do all they can to push Gillingham as high up The League One Table as possible, I am not exactly enthralled by this appointment and the lack of Football League Experience does concern me, but I am hoping that this appointment turns out to be an unlikely success story and we will see Gillingham put in better performances and get the results that we didn’t see from Justin Edinburgh’s Gillingham Side at the end of his reign as Gillingham Manager.
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