Turkey - Vestel Venüs Sultanlar Ligi - 2018/2019

    Quote from Janko

    Because there are rumours Chinese want her back in China, and not to spend herself in long Turkish seasons, for Tokyo 2020. I heard they even tried to buy out her contract this off-season, but Vakif refused.

    None of rumors came from credible sources. some chinese media/people like to make up stories and spread over the web for whatever intent. any sensible person can see the issue with team china is not about Zhu, but the subpar performance of her teammates. Pulling Zhu back to China from the high level competition will be such a deplorable short-sighted action and never a real solution to the problem.

    Quote from losta

    why is everyone so confident that zhu is leaving after this season?

    It's said CVA (China Volleyball Association) wants Zhu to practise more in Chinese NT for WC 2019 and Tokyo 2020. If Zhu still plays in Turkish league, her schedule will be very tight in next two seasons. But it's not officially confirmed yet.

    Though the ultimate decision is up to Zhu, Lang Ping will have a great influenece on her choice.


    I know the season just started, but has Milena, Kelsey, or Lonneke has said anything about staying till next year (2019-2020)?

    As we all know ,zhu has the highest pay now. zhu still stay in vakif because vakif refuse CVA's request and raise zhu's salary.Zhu's agent wants a higher salary for her but vakif didnt accept it until zhu maybe will be a assistant coach in vakif .add a job ,so they can add money.anyway,this season zhu still improves her salary.we all know vakifbank has so many young players and they are not stable and dont show much talent now.so Zhu will help in this part.we all know now Chinese NT has many young players now.they have same problems.CVA wants zhu to come back to China to help improve young players.we know Zhu is a good attcker and blocker.these things are important for a good team.she has improve a lot in receive and deffence now. so much experience she can share to young players.after 2 years in vakifbank,zhu got all MVPs and victories in Clubs. this season we can see she is so relaxed even vakifbank in a danger situation.we can see something from vakif vs fener.and this atitude will help her a lot.we can enjoy more good matches this season.

    Quote from maeloveyang

    As we all know ,zhu has the highest pay now. zhu still stay in vakif because vakif refuse CVA's request and raise zhu's salary.Zhu's agent wants a higher salary for her but vakif didnt accept it until zhu maybe will be a assistant coach in vakif .add a job ,so they can add money.anyway,this season zhu still improves her salary.we all know vakifbank has so many young players and they are not stable and dont show much talent now.so Zhu will help in this part.we all know now Chinese NT has many young players now.they have same problems.CVA wants zhu to come back to China to help improve young players.we know Zhu is a good attcker and blocker.these things are important for a good team.she has improve a lot in receive and deffence now. so much experience she can share to young players.after 2 years in vakifbank,zhu got all MVPs and victories in Clubs. this season we can see she is so relaxed even vakifbank in a danger situation.we can see something from vakif vs fener.and this atitude will help her a lot.we can enjoy more good matches this season.

    This doesn't make any sense at all. Teaching how to attack or block is trainer's job not Zhu's. I can imagine federation wants Zhu's to join to NT trainings early since Chinese league doesn't last as long as Turkish one. All other reasons you guys claim are pointless.

    Quote from serdar

    This doesn't make any sense at all. Teaching how to attack or block is trainer's job not Zhu's. I can imagine federation wants Zhu's to join to NT trainings early since Chinese league doesn't last as long as Turkish one. All other reasons you guys claim are pointless.thats wrn

    i dont think so.good players like zhu have many good experiences and know how to solve problems when young players face issues. thats why many players want to play matches with good players.they can train,play together.

    Quote from kyle7in1

    2016-17, ECZ got world club league champion, Fener got Turkish league champion and Turkish Cup, Vakif got CL champion.

    2017-18, Vakif got all champions except world club league champion (which was postponed due to WCH 2018), but Gala can still challenge Vakif. And ECZ and Vakif had an intense series in Turkish final.

    2018-19, It seems either Gala or Fener have no chance to challenge ECZ or Vakif.

    Hoping that Fener will outdo everyone's expectations :whistle:

    But honestly tho, it is quite impossible for any team to challenge Eczaci or Vakif. Although I'm an avid fan, I still don't quite understand how the Turkish league remains to be the top notch in the world. There's mainly 2-3 teams that dominate all the games, which makes the results pretty easy to predict. I mean, aren't there more investment and popularity when there is more competition? I don't understand (but am hugely grateful) that the big clubs ECZ and Vakif are willing to invest so much in the teams.

    Guys its normal for big leagues to have a couple better teams on top. It doesnt mean the other teams are bad, they are only bad in comparison. Aydin also beat CL team Plovdiv 3-0 for example. Look at any big league in any sport, 90% of the leagues have the same thing where just a couple teams are on top. Btw I think FB was always going along with EczV and VB, I dont get why people act like its been only VB and EczV now suddenly for years... FB was right with them and anything can still happen this season. VB barely beat them

    Quote from beri

    Guys its normal for big leagues to have a couple better teams on top. It doesnt mean the other teams are bad, they are only bad in comparison. Aydin also beat CL team Plovdiv 3-0 for example. Look at any big league in any sport, 90% of the leagues have the same thing where just a couple teams are on top. Btw I think FB was always going along with EczV and VB, I dont get why people act like its been only VB and EczV now suddenly for years... FB was right with them and anything can still happen this season. VB barely beat them

    I also still see FB as one of favorite. They were just unlucky because they had to play with Vakif, Eczaci and Galatasaray at the begining of the season and they played with these teams back to back. I believe and hope they will be better later in the season if they can manage to be a better team and i crease their form.

    Quote from Canter

    btw today..Beşiktaş vs Aydın : 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-14) (postponed match from round 4 )

    i added the stats to the table in round 4

    Aydin...Don't know what they are doing.

    Now it's interesting to see which team will rank No. 4 at the end of this season. :win:

    Quote from kyle7in1

    Aydin...Don't know what they are doing.

    Now it's interesting to see which team will rank No. 4 at the end of this season. :win:

    Beşiktaş is in the race too.... : THY,Aydın,Beşiktaş and Beylikdüzü and even Karyolları will compete for fourth place..i hope Galatasaray too....i dont know what Nilüfer can do with its new transfer Bystenko instead of Collar..Halkbank and Çanakkale are going weak so far

    round 6 is starting tomorrow :

    i regrettably have to express that they have been keeping broadcasting " strong team-easy opponent" matches i.e. Vakıfbank- Nilüfer B

    they could have broadcast Karayolları - Beylikdüzü or Galatasaray - Aydın BB or THY - Fenerbahçe..even Beşiktaş - Halkbank match could offer more than Vakıf-Nilüfer


    some remarks on the matches :


    Galatasaray - Aydın BB : Aydın lost the last two matches just like Galatasasay did..it seems to be a tough match..Gala's job is no easy..lets see if they will win or not..if they lose it too then can start worrying


    Karayolları - Beylikdüzü : another nice match stands ahead of us . formula for Karayolları to win is obvious : when Tumas plays well they win. Beylikdüzü has a better lineup but seems eventually Karayolları will win


    i also wonder about THY - Fenerbahçe match..so far the best mid-level team is THY..they have a balanced lineup..if setter Özge improves then they can play much better..Fener is the fav..yet could be a nice match


    Beşiktaş - Halkbank : Beşiktaş is in a good shape being contrast to Halkbank. Lets see how Halkbank will react with the newly transferred Cuban player

    no need to talk about Vakıf and Eczacı's matches