Dutch NT 2015

Quote from Matthias

Yes I remember that, but I don't remember any news after that....was he proven guilty, did he get a sentence already?

They will be in court in the beginning of 2016, they'll ask 50 years in jail for them.

Quote from flyingdutchman

http://nos.nl/artikel/2076394-…en-missie-in-turkije.html

A short tv-report about Dutch Vakifbank-trio and of course Guidetti

Buijs says the adaptation to the traffic in Istanbul was not that hard, though it is totally different, because there are no rules.. just do like the others. It will be much harder to obey the rules again when she returns to Dutch traffic.

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from the cev-match page this is the roster for their match against germany:

1 KNIP Kirsten L
2 STOLTENBORG Femke
3 BELIEN Yvon
4 PLAK Celeste
5 DE KRUIJF Robin
6 BALKESTEIN-GROTHUES Maret
7 STEENBERGEN Quinta
8 PIETERSEN Judith
9 SCHOOT Myrthe
10 SLÖETJES Lonneke
11 BUIJS Anne
14 DIJKEMA Laura
16 STAM-PILON Debby L
22 KOOLHAAS Nicole

C'mon, the absence of an assistant coach won't affect Holland chances in Ankara.
Even though it seems that Selinger take it personally but in the end Cutino have a contract with Volero and he should respect it.. Allow him to join Holland NT in Ankara or not, Volero and their head coach who decide, not Guidetti.
I don't like Selinger and i still could not understand why he did not give the permission to Cutino but Guidetti should respect it.

Congrats to the dutch girls for another great opportunity to grab an olympic bounding ticket. Overall their performance was good, I think the loss against Germany in the 1st match gave them some positive motivations.

With Flier out, I presume there won't be much changes in the roster.

S : Dijkema, Stoltenborg
OPP : Slöetjes, Pietersen
OH : Buijs, Balkestein, Plak
MB : De Kruijf, Steenbergen, Beliën, Koolhas
L : Pilon-Stam, Schoot, Knip

In case they qualify to the olympic games (most likely they shall...) Guidetti must cut 2 players and I guess Knip and Koolhas will be the players. Too bad that Caroline Wensink retired too early, she could have been helpful no matter what position she plays, even as setter. Flier was pretty unlucky to be pregnant this period, I know how much she has wanted to play in the olympics and considering how she used to lead her team many years ago, she MUST be there as well

I'm not so much worried about setters, at least not as much as I did. Dijkema played a very well tournament overall, having ups and downs isn't a new thing to her anyway. Stoltenborg also showed some positive signs when she was given chances to play. I liked her super fast sets to Balkestein, she knows that Maret wouldn't have a chance to kill a ball unless it's fast enough.

Stam Hard to believe she started to play libero just some months ago, I think she's already more consistent than Knip and Schoot and she knows how to cover Buijs and Plak when they get tagged in serve by the opponent. Schoot could help the team as defense specialist if it is needed, I don't see a spot for Knip if the roster has to be made of only 12 players.

Another good sign is that both Slöetjes and Pietersen played very well, the first one had some hard times hitting balls but managed to lead her team again. Judith also proved she deserves a spot, especially versus high russian mountain blocks

As for MBs, I hope to see Steenbergen as starter over Beliën, Yvone is also pretty good and having a splendid season in Italy, but Quinta is much more experienced and knows how to deal with pressure.

Alice Blom returns on court after 3 years break surprisingly. I wonder what performance she will show and if she could be in the mix for Rio, but I would be surprised...even in her prime she was not that important in NT.

Quote from Emil

Guidetti must cut 2 players

Only 12 players in team rosters?

Quote from Phil

Only 12 players in team rosters?

In the olympic games, yes.

in Rio definitely 12, but in Tokyo it may be 14