Germany - DVL 1. Bundesliga 2012/13

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The problem is that there have been very few matches where the team could play with the best line-up. Linda Dörendahl was injured some weeks, now Ashley Benson is out (and she missed some matches earlier in the season too)...Münster's starting seven is very good, but their system is very much made for those players, so if somebody is missing, it's difficult for the team...

I agree. Likely, last season they had hardly injuries.

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Deborah is a special case...She is an original MB...during her last season in Weert she started to play OH (with reception) because of emergency-call (injred OHs). Last year in Venelles she played OH as well, if I remember correctly; and now Opp in Stuttgart.
Also Pietersen is an original MB and changed to OH/Opp later..

Style of play: Judith has (little) more power than Deborah and is a (little) better blocker. Deborah moves better/is faster (Judith is quite slow in her moves) and jumps a lot better than Judith.

So, I don't agree with you that they are the same type of players EDIT: they are not TOTALLY the same type..so you are right in a certain way

Overall I think Deborah has more potential. She is a better all-round player.

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They are even better than De Kruijf as MB。。。

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Yeah well, of course they are not exactly the same type of player, but that's also not what I meant I was just refering to the style (movement, armswing) of attack which looks similar in both, but of course it helps that they are both tall blond Dutch girls

I still think it was not a good idea to move Pietersen to Opp (whose idea was it anyway??)...in 2006, I watched Dutch Junior NT in ECH and Pietersen as MB was by far the best and most interesting player of that team, I'm sure if she had stayed MB she could be better than De Kruijf and Steenbergen now, and what's most important, right now Dutch NT has no MB2-type player, all 3 MBs of current Dutch NT attack better behind the setter than in front of the setter, and Pietersen was more a Visser-style MB who attacked very well in the middle.

Match point of Suhl-Dresden: https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?v=3857325197902

Van Dalean is also a strong middle attacker。。。
I feel really sad of turning them into OPP，because Moneik Jansen、Celeste Plak and Lonneke Sloetjes are or can be OPPs too。。。

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Münster - Köpenick 0:3 (23, 23, 22)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2012/Women/&2062.pdf
MVP: Linda Dörendahl / Patricia Grohmann

Looks like a surprising result, but Münster was without Cutura (Nirk? Why?), so Sloetjes was the only real attacker, and Köpenick for the first time since 6 weeks could use both starting OHs again. Münster was leading 22:17 and 23:21 in 1st set but lost it eventually, and in 3rd set Münster was also always leading until 2nd TTO but in the end Pia Riedel served Köpenick from 19:18 to 23:18...

What I have heard Hana Cutura has a Muskelverhärtung (muscle tightness in english?).

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Thanks, so at least nothing too serious...

I also read somewhere that Dijkema has muscular problems because of her ankle injury and von Piekartz feels some pain in her chest/ribs whenever she sets a ball, that doesn't make life easier for Münster. But I'm confident that they can reach playoff semifinals if everybody is healthy in March/April

I hope so but they should avoid to play against Schwerin, Dresden and Vilsbiburg in quarterfinal. Next league matches are in Schwerin, against Wiesbaden and against Vilsbiburg. If they want to get at least fifth in normal round they must win both matches at home I think.

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I also read somewhere that Dijkema has muscular problems because of her ankle injury and von Piekartz feels some pain in her chest/ribs whenever she sets a ball, that doesn't make life easier for Münster.

That´s correct, Axel Büring said so during a press conference past Thursday.

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Time for some new injuries in Dresden Judith Pietersen has an inflammation in her shoulder and needs 2 weeks break, Stefanie Karg has some injury in her left arm, it's not clear yet what exactly it is, she will have MRI this week...

So for the next matches, Utla will have to play as Opp and Schwabe and Izquierdo are the only OHs, Anne Matthes is back in the team but she can't play a full match yet...

Stuttgart-VCO Berlin: http://www.regio-tv.de/video/238173.html

Poor Dresden-girls...

What is wrong with Bundesliga website? It has been down for several days now. Are they getting a new one?

They have server problems.

I expect a kind of walk-over for Schwerin tomorrow. Münster has a long list of (lightly) injured players...Not available: MB Benson and Berg. Lightly injured: Hana Cutura, Laura Dijkema, Tess von Piekartz, Linda Dörendahl. Presumably von Piekartz will be in starting-six.

http://www.muensterschezeitung…Aufgabe;art112660,1883575

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I expect a kind of walk-over for Schwerin tomorrow. Münster has a long list of (lightly) injured players...Not available: MB Benson and Berg. Lightly injured: Hana Cutura, Laura Dijkema, Tess von Piekartz, Linda Dörendahl. Presumably von Piekartz will be in starting-six.

http://www.muensterschezeitung…Aufgabe;art112660,1883575

Linda Dörendahl injured?!
Not a single word in that news article related to Linda, so where does the info come from?

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Linda Dörendahl injured?!
Not a single word in that news article related to Linda, so where does the info come from?

' Obwohl der Schuh auch auf der Libero-Position drückt '

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' Obwohl der Schuh auch auf der Libero-Position drückt '

'Obwohl der Schuh drückt' in german can mean anything I would not rely on not seeing Linda play...

Anyway, when first reading it I simply thought he means setting position, because it continues with a quote concerning Laura und Tess, which seems a little bit strange to me. On the other hand, the hint at Linda missing might be related to the preceding sentence saying no libero from 2nd squad is gonna come along. But if so, why then does the writer of the article not clearly mention Linda Dörendahl? One way or the other, something feels wrong there