Hubert Wagner Memorial 2018

Sclater looked OK. Antiga had to give Vernon playing time.

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Sclater looked OK. Antiga had to give Vernon playing time.

Agreed. Sclater is okay but his reception skills can be of use as opposite or an OH for Antiga in some games.

Well-done Canada! Russia need to focus. I love to watch Vernon spike.

Hoag....

Vernon looks comfortable on court. I dont know if he's 100% back in shape yet. He seems to gain much weight as well.

Poor Canada! I hope TJ will be back soon. I can't stand this substitute setter. When it mattes, he chokes.

There's not too many back-up setters in the world that could be as good as the prime setter of a national team much less take a team as dominant as Russia to a tiebreak.

Those players are used to worst conditions than the all of the canadian players combined and you could see the difference in class especially on the final touch because the attackers are not used to the intimidating russian block.

This Poland match is looking eerily like a final test for Poletaev. Almost all of the balls are going to him. His face is almost on the edge of tearing up. He probably thinks he should be doing better than what he've shown.

Yes it is rare for Poletaev to be given a chance like that and he didn't seem to be taking advantage of the opportunity

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This Poland match is looking eerily like a final test for Poletaev. Almost all of the balls are going to him. His face is almost on the edge of tearing up. He probably thinks he should be doing better than what he've shown.

I was only able to watch 4th set onwards, but just checked the stats Poletaev had 50% efficiency (9/18) same as Mikhaylov (14/28) I think he is doing fine. He should be used to the pressure of scoring the most points even in his club. Also, is Klikua injured or the coach did not let him play any of these games on purpose?