Men's World Championship 2018

  • Kovar was already out anyway for his own choice.


    [Anyway, it's not clear how this doping thing will go, but it was cannabis, so he did something illegal, but probably not with the intention of alterate his sport results]

  • Vettori. Seriously? :what:

    I like Parodi more than Vettori but I guess both would have been just a tad bit better than Nelli. I also questioned the absence of Antonov and was told he was not chosen based on some technical issues! I think Blengini is quite predictable and made the team look predictable too. I would have thought Gianni or Bernardi would be better choices even beating Brazil in the gold medal match in Rio. I just don't have a good feeling about the match with Poland!

  • First match is going down the wire. The last rally is insane. RUS badly needs this one. Hope this remains as good if not better than their last match.

  • Renan has been suspended for the match of tomorrow against USA. I dont know if you remember that during a point in the tie-break a ball rolled into the court. I thought it was a mistake by a ballkid. However, Renan was the one who, on purpose, threw the ball in in order to stop the rally...

  • Haven't seen Maxim tip a lot, he seems unsure of himself at times

  • So Sokolov is an OH now :what:

  • No way to turn Berezkho into a libero now that Kliuka is down! Bad timing for RUS.

  • USA is looking really good. Russia can't defend those bics in particular and USA takes the 1st set!

  • No way to turn Berezkho into a libero now that Kliuka is down! Bad timing for RUS.

    Kliuka seems okay now. Worse case I think Mikhaylov can play as non-receiving OH


    UPDATE: Actually it was Volkov that Mikhaylov replaced

  • McDonnell is slowly becoming a dependable MB. Or OH for that matter lol. No seriously his agility has improved and could compare head-to-head with Smith.

  • OMG Leonardo, that's orrible!


    Anyway, until 20 USA-Rus was a wonderful set. I really enjoyed it. After the 20 Russia lost it a bit, but mostly because of USA merits.


    Kiluka seems to be all right, I wonder if Berezkho has phisical problems or if the actually wanted Sokolov as subs for the second line.

  • Mikhaylov passing as OH and Poletaev in as OP.

  • inc0gnito finally your dream is coming true. :lol:

    Favorite players: M: Maxim Mikhaylov, Murilo, Serginho, Aaron Russell, Otavio, Simone Giannelli, Ivan Zaytsev, Tsvetan Sokolov, Michał Kubiak, Mariusz Wlazly, Pawel Zagummy W: Sheilla, Zhu Ting, Natalia, Fe Garay, Fofao, Gabi, Thaisa, Foluke Akinradewo, Wei Qiuyue, Ding Xia, Carli Lloyd, Fabi, Natalia Goncharova, Yuko Sano, Saoris Kimura and Sakoda


    #FreeBritney

  • Poletaev looks like a child next to Muserskiy :lol:

  • I thought switching libero to regular shirt and vice versa is not permitted in World Championship?

    Favorite players: M: Maxim Mikhaylov, Murilo, Serginho, Aaron Russell, Otavio, Simone Giannelli, Ivan Zaytsev, Tsvetan Sokolov, Michał Kubiak, Mariusz Wlazly, Pawel Zagummy W: Sheilla, Zhu Ting, Natalia, Fe Garay, Fofao, Gabi, Thaisa, Foluke Akinradewo, Wei Qiuyue, Ding Xia, Carli Lloyd, Fabi, Natalia Goncharova, Yuko Sano, Saoris Kimura and Sakoda


    #FreeBritney