2014 FIVB World Grand Prix

  • I think Gözde Sonsırma is the MVP of the tournament so far.
    I still remember the days when she was a huge liability both in attack and block.At that time, fans were questioning coach's decision to select her to national team. She was Güldeniz of national team in the beginning of 2000s. She used to be so shy that she was getting extremely nervous when talking to reporters, etc.
    Right now she is the best player, captain, heart,voice and face of the Turkish national team. Her personal improvement is mesmerizing and it comes from out of nowhere.

    I think she is one of the best OH in the world right now. I really like her personality on court, smiling and diplomatic to players of other NT during play.
    It shows that she is a greater person she is rather just being a great player.


    And her courage to lead her team out from troubled situations with her attacks and determination.

  • I think Gözde Sonsırma is the MVP of the tournament so far.
    I still remember the days when she was a huge liability both in attack and block.At that time, fans were questioning coach's decision to select her to national team. She was Güldeniz of national team in the beginning of 2000s. She used to be so shy that she was getting extremely nervous when talking to reporters, etc.
    Right now she is the best player, captain, heart,voice and face of the Turkish national team. Her personal improvement is mesmerizing and it comes from out of nowhere.


    Agreed! Also when she is on court, there is always a chance for an epical come back even it is 14-8 in tie break, she always fire others with some spectacular blocks or spikes. Only thing she has to improve is her consistency, she rarely plays well in two consecutive matches :S

  • Gözde Sonsırma is really amazing, I hope she will be fine.I am worried about her. She spends lot of energy. Kosheleva and Gözde are MVPs.


    Best OH: 1-Sonsırma 2-Kosheleva
    Best MBs: Bahar Toksoy,Fabiana(or Thaisa ??)
    Best setter: Dani Lins
    Best Libero: Yuko Sano :obey: :obey:
    Best OP: Nagaoka


    In my opinion, awars will be like that.


    Bahar is amazing in the finals i am really really shocked :what: :what: Well done my girl!! :obey:

  • it's true that it's frustrating to see DOM regressing so much but you guys are forgetting that the reason they are ranked so high is because they did well at the WCup in 2011, they beat GER, SER and KOR, and finished pretty high (8th?).


    this year, most teams seem to be in flux, except BRA, which is pretty serious about getting its first ever WChmps. all other teams are not fixed or playing at their best, incl. US, CHN, RUS, JPN, etc.


    as for RUS and TUR playing so well at home, well, JPN seems to play REALLY well at home...

  • belgium shows so far very weak power in group 1 final, so i think that is why FIVB decides the winner of group 2 in 2015 shall not participate in Group 1 Final any more...

    i may not be the tallest,
    the fastest, or the strongest,
    but at least i can do one thing better than anyone else,
    to be me...

  • ok, it's true that paul sunderland is a better announcer than most, i mean, he was in the US NT and obviously knows a lot about VB… but he's also somewhat … absent-minded or confused. he says some really astonishing things, as in the RUS x JPN match, he said "nakamichi going to serve now, she's in to play some defense." apparently he didn't notice she came in for miyashita and she's a setter, not a libero…


    NBC sports had him for a while doing other sports like figure skating and athletics (track & field) and he was just awful… couldn't keep track of athletes names and didn't really know anything about those sports.

  • I don't understand why Barbolini change Kübra with Büşra for serving all the time, Kübra is way better server than Büşra and doesn't make many mistakes (not as much as Bahar for example :rolleyes: )By the way, Neriman has very strong zone 1 attacks :obey:

  • And 21-19 :wall: That's what I am saying, Gözde and Neriman can't play well at the same time (when it happens we beat even Brasil :whistle: )


    Yuan Xinyue played incredible, she should play besides Xu Yunli. Although she is very young, I believe she is incredibly confident

  • Xu Yunli


    And 21-19 :wall: That's what I am saying, Gözde and Neriman can't play well at the same time (when it happens we beat even Brasil :whistle: )


    Yuan Xinyue played incredible, she should play besides Xu Yunli. Although she is very young, I believe she is incredibly confident


    I don't agree. Xu Yunli has never shown anything special and she has always been given a chance.. She was there in London and Beijing and in both as a sub. Both Yunwen and Junjing are better.. But I think Ma Yunwen is not coming back to NT, and Junjing is not performing like she was in 2011 so she might have a chance now..

  • Challenges are new speciality for Barbolini. Unfortunately he doesn't add anything to team other than this.
    Not changing Güldeniz when she was in front at match points or not changing rotation ( or letting Merve receive) when it was obvious the team struggled to receive Yuan Xinyue's serve is something doesn't suprise anymore