Display MoreInteresting picture, when sorting the top scorers due points per set, which is more valuable because of the largely different set numbers the players played so far (from statistics of official A1 site):
1. Egonu 6.2
2. Rahimova 5.5
3. Haak 5.3
4. Lippmann 4.9
5. van Hecke 4.8
6. Ortolani 4.5
7. Grobelna 4.4
8. Nicoletti 4.1
9. Fabris 4.1
10.de la Caridad 4.1
All of those are opposites (we see, why they are usually called the main attackers ), some OHs are behind, but among top 20 and best and only middle among the top 20 is Adams with 3.2.
Acctually this is, although not surprising in theory, a great surprise in relation to how it looks in many other leagues. In Russia, for example, 6/10 players with the highest rank per set are wingers/OH´s and in the last season the best scorer was Parubets-Ilchenko who toppled Goncharova for that spot. In Brazil, many of the best producers in attack are OHs as well through the existence of Garay, Guimaeres, Kosheleva, Palacios and Lleyva. And it should have turned out differently in Serie A this season, but it has not due to different reasons; the injuries of Hodge-Easy, Buijs, Plak and Vasileva, all of whom should be there usually, as well as the poor shape/decline in level of Carcaces. We can easily conclude this season hasnt been one of the most fortunate ones for the OH´s in the leagues history. In addition to a collective missfortune among the recruited foreigners it furthermore reflects a decline of versatile, complete wingers on the domestic side able to cover the void that has emerged after them. During their heydays players like Costagrande, Piccinini, Lucia Bosetti and Del Core could easily have passed into this type of lists.