Turkish League 2014/15

  • First of all, a big congrats to Fenerbahce. They showed an outstanding performance in the playoffs. Lucia and KYK are both amazing, I also liked Eda's performance. Libero Merve showed an excellent performance in the end and probably she is one of the biggest reasons why they played so well. It was a bit strange because Leo is a great setter and did everything well but it almost looked like Fenerbahce plays better with Elif instead.


    Second of all, congrats to GsD for today's win against Vakifbank.


    Coming back to transfers, I don't think GsD will keep the foreigners. It's not very common that we see the same foreigners in GsD longer than a season. Lo Bianco and Calderon were exceptions. Besides foreigners, team really needs a good libero that can receive and take responsibility in that sense. There are a lot of good liberos in Turkish market including Gizem Karadayi, Aylin Sarioglu, Aycanaz and Ceren Cihan. If they are aiming for a young team like last season, then they should really consider playing with Ada Germen as OH, keep Gamze as setter (including Nursevil as back up) and keep Asli Kalac. A killer opposite, an balanced OH and a good MB should be the spots for foreigners. My suggestion is an MB like Alexis Crimes, Milos, Ruseva etc. considering the low budget. It will be interesting to see the transfer news anyway but I hope GsD will change quite a lot.

  • First of all, a big congrats to Fenerbahce. They showed an outstanding performance in the playoffs. Lucia and KYK are both amazing, I also liked Eda's performance. Libero Merve showed an excellent performance in the end and probably she is one of the biggest reasons why they played so well. It was a bit strange because Leo is a great setter and did everything well but it almost looked like Fenerbahce plays better with Elif instead.


    Second of all, congrats to GsD for today's win against Vakifbank.


    Coming back to transfers, I don't think GsD will keep the foreigners. It's not very common that we see the same foreigners in GsD longer than a season. Lo Bianco and Calderon were exceptions. Besides foreigners, team really needs a good libero that can receive and take responsibility in that sense. There are a lot of good liberos in Turkish market including Gizem Karadayi, Aylin Sarioglu, Aycanaz and Ceren Cihan. If they are aiming for a young team like last season, then they should really consider playing with Ada Germen as OH, keep Gamze as setter (including Nursevil as back up) and keep Asli Kalac. A killer opposite, an balanced OH and a good MB should be the spots for foreigners. My suggestion is an MB like Alexis Crimes, Milos, Ruseva etc. considering the low budget. It will be interesting to see the transfer news anyway but I hope GsD will change quite a lot.

    buse kayacan and dilara bagci are good libero too

  • First of all, a big congrats to Fenerbahce. They showed an outstanding performance in the playoffs. Lucia and KYK are both amazing, I also liked Eda's performance. Libero Merve showed an excellent performance in the end and probably she is one of the biggest reasons why they played so well. It was a bit strange because Leo is a great setter and did everything well but it almost looked like Fenerbahce plays better with Elif instead.


    Second of all, congrats to GsD for today's win against Vakifbank.


    Coming back to transfers, I don't think GsD will keep the foreigners. It's not very common that we see the same foreigners in GsD longer than a season. Lo Bianco and Calderon were exceptions. Besides foreigners, team really needs a good libero that can receive and take responsibility in that sense. There are a lot of good liberos in Turkish market including Gizem Karadayi, Aylin Sarioglu, Aycanaz and Ceren Cihan. If they are aiming for a young team like last season, then they should really consider playing with Ada Germen as OH, keep Gamze as setter (including Nursevil as back up) and keep Asli Kalac. A killer opposite, an balanced OH and a good MB should be the spots for foreigners. My suggestion is an MB like Alexis Crimes, Milos, Ruseva etc. considering the low budget. It will be interesting to see the transfer news anyway but I hope GsD will change quite a lot.


    the middles you mentioned are good for GsD...but i have question marks on mind if an killer OPP can come to GsD which is going to play in CEv Cup??

  • Gizem K could be also an option. If Barbolini stays he definitely wants her, as you can see in the national team that he chose Gizem instead of Gülden. But i think that she won't go to a team which is not playing CL.
    I could imagine that fb might make an offer to her.


  • i dont think EcV will let such a libero like Dilara go..can Buse Kayacak make a difference in libero position indeed?

    I agree that they are both excellent liberos too. However they belong to Eczacibasi as far as I know and probably they won't let them go.
    About opposites, if GsD spend less money on a low budget but good MB, then they will have enough money for a good OPP. For instance Hooker? She plays in a league that noone watches (and maybe not cares) and I'm sure she plays there because of money. So why not get such a strong opposite? For the OH, I would love to see Rabadzhieva coming back but this does not seem possible.

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    Gizem K could be also an option. If Barbolini stays he definitely wants her, as you can see in the national team that he chose Gizem instead of Gülden. But i think that she won't go to a team which is not playing CL.
    I could imagine that fb might make an offer to her.


    they have already a good one : Merve..but we know the big teams always have big desires, they want more and more...so FbG could take her if possible

  • Gizem K could be also an option. If Barbolini stays he definitely wants her, as you can see in the national team that he chose Gizem instead of Gülden. But i think that she won't go to a team which is not playing CL.
    I could imagine that fb might make an offer to her.

    It will be ridicoulus if FB makes an offer to her. I know Merve Dalbeler failed a lot this season but I don't think she would like to play as a back up behind Gizem K. Eczacibasi and Vakifbank has their liberos set anyway so the only options for Gizem K is GsD or abroad. Oh and maybe if Halkbank makes a huge investment?

  • I agree that they are both excellent liberos too. However they belong to Eczacibasi as far as I know and probably they won't let them go.
    About opposites, if GsD spend less money on a low budget but good MB, then they will have enough money for a good OPP. For instance Hooker? She plays in a league that noone watches (and maybe not cares) and I'm sure she plays there because of money. So why not get such a strong opposite? For the OH, I would love to see Rabadzhieva coming back but this does not seem possible.


    tha would be a good team indeed but this time GsD needs an experienced setter like Özge Çemberci..


    Özge Çemberci,Hooker
    Aslı Kalaç,İvana Miloş/Ruseva/Crimes
    Rabadzieva/Meijners,Melis Durul
    Ayça Naz/Aylin Saroğlu/Ceren Cihan

  • I agree mostly but I'm not a big fan of Özge still. I think FbG can benefit better from Özge than GsD. If you watched yesterday's GsD-FbG game, you can see that, when the reception is fairly good, Gamze works perfectly as a setter. But GsD failed big times in reception this year and its really demotivating for a setter. Besides these, I prefer players that grow up in GsD than purchasing them. So the 3 Turkish players for next season for me should be: Gamze, Asli Kalac and Ada German (young OH). Rest should be renewed.


    My best players of the final 4 are: Gözde Yilmaz (opp), Naz (setter), Eda (MB), Kubra or Rasic (MB), Lucia Bosetti (OH), KYK (OH) and Merve Dalbeler (L).

  • if the wing spikers are in tip top shape then you can use whoever libero and fener's spkers will just kill the ball after ball although you'll be predictable and much easier to defend but if your spikers are either injured (lucia) or having a bad year (montano) then a setter like lo bianco is a big help.


    the libero transfer for me should be strong reception line for fb then merve ok but if it would be shaky then transfer of gizem welcome.

  • if the wing spikers are in tip top shape then you can use whoever libero and fener's spkers will just kill the ball after ball although you'll be predictable and much easier to defend but if your spikers are either injured (lucia) or having a bad year (montano) then a setter like lo bianco is a big help.


    the libero transfer for me should be strong reception line for fb then merve ok but if it would be shaky then transfer of gizem welcome.

    Yeah but the problem is Gizem K is not well known with her reception skills. She is clearly better than Nihan but not much better than Merve. If FbG needs a receiving libero, then there are cheaper options like Aycanaz, Ceren Cihan etc.