Hoping for Jaja Santiago (Philippines) to play in Europe, most specially in Italy or Turkey, the girl is on fire in JVL and helping the team winning bronze for the 1st time. Battling the worlds best the likes of Annie Drews, Sinead Jack, Akinradewo, Fabiana and MIJAILOVIC who blocked by Santiago 5 times I think for her to not making a handshakes when the game is over.
Talk about gratuitously inserting an unrelated point...smooth.
Apparently Flamengo and Sesc-Rio are merging indeed. Rumors that the technical staff of Flamengo was already fired - as an exigence of Sesc of keeping their own professionals - and maybe a few players from the youth categories or two from the adult team may complete the roster for next season.
Talk about gratuitously inserting an unrelated point...smooth.
i have always find Jojo as nothing special. 😂
Now Indy Baijens is rumored to play for Chemik Police. I don't know really know how I would feel about this transfer
Sure Chemik Police is a great club, but I think she will not have a lot of time on court. Next to that she is a better attacker in front of the setter than the slide and Chemik Police already has Kakolewska for that position.
It's a shame some Dutch prospects are making not the right transfers
Now Indy Baijens is rumored to play for Chemik Police. I don't know really know how I would feel about this transfer
It's a shame some Dutch prospects are making not the right transfers
Whaat? I'm surprised. I thought they parted ways with Trushkina because they wanted to hire foreign OH in her spot.
IMO they need foreign OH more than Baijens. I really like Indy but Natalia Mędrzyk just went surgery and I don't think Grajber is enough for CL.
I hope they will play as Rio de Janeiro Vôlei Clube. Those volleyball sections from football teams tend to disappear after few years. Botafogo, Corinthians, Fluminense, Flamengo, Palmeiras and so on show up, stay few years, then retire their pro teams and go on with the youth ones. 10/15 years later they show up again.
Hoping for Jaja Santiago (Philippines) to play in Europe, most specially in Italy or Turkey,
Philippines fans are proud people, but that's a bit of stretch don't you think? Lol...
The girl(Jaja is 6'4-6'5) and playing in the JVL with majority players under 6 feet. It's only natural she gets some blocking here and there...even against some of those foreign mentioned players.
And she is slow, not the best attacker, blocker or consistent enough either....however, I do see she has made improvements, but not ready for anything outside of Asian leagues.
Honestly speaking,, Thatdao (THA) who has international experiences and plays at higher level both at club and NT has more chances of playing in Europe .....and we know that's not even likely or gonna happen 
Any news on Nootsara? Is she staying in Thailand?
And did Ajcharaporn finally coming to Bergamo? 😂
Ajcharaporn has submitted her try out application for the KOVO league(Korean). So no Italy anytime soon. Lol
But haven't heard anything about Tomkom. Now that she is free from NT duties, would be nice to see her going abroad again.
I doubt a korean club would sign a short thai player. They usually go for 2 m tall players.
Display MorePhilippines fans are proud people, but that's a bit of stretch do you think? Lol...
The girl(Jaja is 6'4-6'5) and playing in the JVL with majority players under 6 feet. It's only natural she gets some blocking here and there...even against some of those foreign mentioned players.
And she is slow, not the best attacker, blocker or consistent enough either....however, I do see she has made improvements, but not ready for anything outside of Asian leagues.
Honestly speaking,, Thatdao (THA) who has international experiences and plays at higher level both at club and NT has more chances of playing in Europe .....and we know that's not even likely or gonna happen
Agreed. Saw her pefromance on SEA Games before and was disappointed.
which club in Italy & Turkey or Brazil needs setter? Pls bring Tomkom.
i'm a filipino too ..im am not pulling down my fellow countrymen but geez if you want jaja to play in europe take her to karpol, like what he did on jack sinead.
..or another what if moment , if jaja just took the opportunity with UCLA before
I doubt a korean club would sign a short thai player. They usually go for 2 m tall players.
In some of the article I saw, it says she mentioned about trying to prove she is competitive enough and wish to play along side lee jae young. But yeah KOVO sure does like those giant slow players. Lol
And yeah her chances are slim, but not impossible. KOVO has hired the Senegalese player, Fatou Duick(180) before.
Talk about gratuitously inserting an unrelated point...smooth.
Akinradewo did not play this season due to her pregnancy. She was replaced by fabiana. And mihajlovic play for fenerbache. I saw her highlights. Yeah, she blocked fabiana (because the set to fabi was very low) and annie drews but that doesnt make her an internstional sensation. She is still slow. An improved club season in a japanese league for me doesnt count much since players are usually 1.75 to 1.81 cm.
My point is: don't over generalize much worse sensationalize. But i hope she improves further more. Her supposed entry to UCLA wont remains to be seen.
Fabiana underperformed all the way, I woulden't tell because the set was very low: she's is very low nowdays.
How is her [Jaja's] stats playing there?
Jaja's attack stats were quite good, blocking not so much, and she did exactly what you want to see: she got better the more it counted. 47% Regular Round; 50% Final 8; 56% in the Bronze match ... 3rd, 1st, 1st.
She had (has, I hope) good setters to work with in Japan, as compared to SEA Games. I wouldn't say she's ready for Turkey or Italian league but she proved useful to Saitama. I see her as the Poster Girl for that vision of ASEAN players with some potential to improve their game by playing in a league with better coaches, better discipline, and, for the most part, better team mates. She also got lucky to land on a team thin on MBs, unlike Kaewkalaya Kamulthala on JT--who played well but couldn't conquer.
I hope Viet player Trần Thị Thanh Thúy (aka 4T) can be next year's poster girl.
It would be great if Ajcharaporn played in KOVO. She's not as tall as players who are taller than her ... until you factor in the jump. She's certainly as powerful as many of them, and a lot quicker. But ... Korea doesn't seem very smart in hiring foreigners, not to mention the curse of so many of them getting injured.
Fabiana underperformed all the way, I woulden't tell because the set was very low: she's is very low nowdays.
Yes I knew all along that she wasn't that beast of a player that she once was, and already had noticed how slow she had become, but I let my passion blind me so I was really excited to see her in Japan... I was thinking "oh god, they will love her, she will be that gigantic and unbreakable wall, it will be amazing!"... it wasn't that way, not at all 
To be honest,I dont know if there are good clubs want Zhang Changning ,Li Yingying,Liu Xiaotong , Gong xiangyu.they are good OHs ,too.
Fabiana said she's not sure if she'll play for any club next season or in the NT. She said she is really disappointed that the OGs were postponed and that she's "leaving everything to fate".
She also said she has offers from Brazilian and foreign clubs, but she asked for more time to decide.
Source: https://globoesporte.globo.com…sentadoria-do-volei.ghtml
Yes
For those who didn't actually SEE Fabiana play, and try to build a narrative from stats, she wasn't that bad. I can't speak to how she compared to her old days, but she performed pretty typically of big foreigners. None of them get the timing of attack right (foreign middle blocker dork timing syndrome) except Foluke because she has the hang time of a helicopter. Much of that is on the setter, though. Fabiana could score at will when the setter would use her. It just didn't happen much. I don't think it ever happened in transition.
As for blocking, there's a reason many of the best foreign blockers stats-wise in Japan are OPs (Drews, Neriman, even Jana and Keti). They are tall and most are stationary blocks. The MBs who have to run around and try to block don't fare as well. Hannah Tapp, the exception.
