World League 2013

    Quote from gawjus69

    Is it just me or Pavlov looks like a smaller version of Poltavskiy?


    yeah! and spiridinov looks like tin tin of the adventures of tin tin :mirror:

    Quote from axel

    yeah! and spiridinov looks like tin tin of the adventures of tin tin :mirror:

    ahaha yep. :dance6:

    Petkovic played so awesome that our commentator finally said if he'll keep playing like that Russians will jump to the block with four players... Cheesus, I know, reception was just hopeless but donnu what this guy really was doing :aww: The second setter can't even hit the ball properly. Where's Mitic, once again?
    Invisible Rosic. Atanasijevic played all alone most of the time. Fighting with his setter not only with Russians :pinch:


    Spiridonov :rolll: He's so amusing. Great to see him back.
    Hey, guys, donnu if it's my screen, bad quality of transmission or Apalikov looks so SO big? :what: Man, bigger than Toshko... What did he take? Not only him, actually. Zhilin looks bigger too, not fat, but bigger than he was.


    I hope to see better Serbia tomorrow.

    Quote from Kaziyski

    Weakened Russia ?( they can make 3 selections and all 3 would fight for medals :obey: if Musersky won't play there are players capable to replace him, like Apalikov. IMO Kovačević absence is bigger handicap for the Serbs than Musersky for Russia


    As expected... Serbs were really poor, bad reception, bad setter, maybe Brđović deserved more chances today

    Quote from bella

    Apalikov looks so SO big? :what: Man, bigger than Toshko... What did he take? Not only him, actually. Zhilin looks bigger too, not fat, but bigger than he was.

    Hmm i didnt notice any changes in their size.




    Btw, where is Milos Nikic?

    Quote from gawjus69

    Hmm i didnt notice any changes in their size.




    Btw, where is Milos Nikic?

    Oh, I forgot about Don Pedro! Indeed, he isn't there. How could I.


    Well. On my screen Apalikov looked mega big. He was stretched on the whole screen of my laptop, I would even say.

    I hope Cuban NT will think once again about their idiotic politic after such shamefull perfomances of their NT... they are used for tests and for trainings by all NTs :aww:

    Quote from Kaziyski

    As expected... Serbs were really poor, bad reception, bad setter, maybe Brđović deserved more chances today

    I don't see how he could've changed the game today. Petric did a good job at the beginning and then the whole team collapsed. Sorry, but I was never a fan of Nikic, Nikola Kovacevic and Janic, to me they are all overrated players. I don't deny the results they might have with the NT jersey or their overall contribution to reception, but I rather think Serbia was successful DESPITE the three of them. Quite honestly, I like Petric, Uros and Ivovic way more. After Vujevic, Vl. Grbic and Boskan Serbia suffered in the OH position. I know I might have a different opinion abou him/them from most of you here and we had a discussion about Nikic a couple of years ago, I can't say things have changed much since. I like this Serbian team with Petric much more even if he needs time to adapt. And let's not judge them by a single game, Kaziyski correctly said Russia B and Russia C would easily top that group just as well.

    Our team makes me :sleeping: at least watching Weber out of his mind in the timeouts is fun



    Why no De Cecco again for god's sake!? All cool with Uriarte getting experience but at least use him when playing at home!

    Oh well, that was easy. Quite a good match from Brazil, despite some terrible setting from Bruno a few times. Seeing Eder as the best scorer was fun as well.
    I do think it'd be at least a little different with De Cecco playing, but it's pretty obvious Weber is saving him for the finals.

    Easy, that I expected :whistle: Couldn't watch this, but I see I wouldn't spend a lot of time on it...


    One sure thing I know after this night - I should stop predicting France to win, my God... :aww:

    Quote from LDvolley

    What the hell made me think France and Serbia could win?! Jesus... :wall:

    Remember that our predicting is only game, even without any prices :D France proved again that they're too weak against Bulgaria and new built American team, so I won't see chances for him against Argentina, Poland or especially Brazil. As we can see Russia even with new coach and some changes in roster (Ashchev, Pavlov or Makarov instead of Volkov, Mikhaylov and Butko) is still strong team and Serbia couldn't handle, however they'll fight with Iran and Germany, Italy may be too much for them.

    Gold medal - World League 2013 Prediction Game
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    Quote from kondzio

    Remember that our predicting is only game, even without any prices :D France proved again that they're too weak against Bulgaria and new built American team, so I won't see chances for him against Argentina, Poland or especially Brazil. As we can see Russia even with new coach and some changes in roster (Ashchev, Pavlov or Makarov instead of Volkov, Mikhaylov and Butko) is still strong team and Serbia couldn't handle, however they'll fight with Iran and Germany, Italy may be too much for them.


    France played on higher level against Bulgaria, the game vs USA is like another team played.

    Spiridonov is unstoppable!