its time for timmerman supremacy anyways 😌
Netherlands NT 2022
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its time for timmerman supremacy anyways 😌
Also Baijens
(no disrespect to Belien or Robin obviously)
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I just read the news and I'm devastated
I want to thank them for all they've given to the Dutch volleyball community! They were a big reason that Dutch NT finally was present again at the Olympic Games after 20 years of absence. Also the good results at ECH '15, ECH '17 and WCH '18 will always be in my memories
Especially de Kruijf showed in the last few years she belongs to the best middle blockers of her generation! Beliën had great potential, but never really lived up to it if I'm honest. Despite that, she had a great NT career and will have great club seasons the upcoming years
In all fairness, I'm shocked and a bit disappointed by Beliën her decision
I respect it, but she could easily have only played WCH this summer. WCH is the toughest and biggest stage you can compete as volleyball player and it will be in your home country! Not many athletes will have this oppertunity in their career... De Kruijf her decision isn't a surprise to me, because her priorities aren't with volleyball. I know the schedule is crazy and killing, but not many players from other countries make the same decision. We already had Pietersen and Sloëtjes who retired at relatively young age and also Knip and Plak already had a sabbatical. It makes me think there maybe is something wrong inside Dutch volleyball federation?
Or it's just a Dutch character trait that we are good at standing up for ourselves?
With the departure of Beliën and de Kruijf from Dutch NT, I have very low expectations for a good result during WCH this year
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The Dutch team is lucky that MB is the only position where they have some solid young replacements.
If Guidetti, Lavarini, Santarelli were the national coach they would have returned for the WCH in own country.
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The Dutch team is lucky that MB is the only position where they have some solid young replacements.
If Guidetti, Lavarini, Santarelli were the national coach they would have returned for the WCH in own country.
I don’t think they would have retired from NT, had they a decent or top level coach.
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Maybe they thought they don't have a realistic chance to reach a medal,. that's why didn't want to bother? It is always an upset to see players retire from NT at early age (I share your pain. To me, Naz is also too young for retiring from NT 😞)
This makes me wonder if Dijkema will retire too. She is the only one left from that generation
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Maybe they thought they don't have a realistic chance to reach a medal,. that's why didn't want to bother? It is always an upset to see players retire from NT at early age (I share your pain. To me, Naz is also too young for retiring from NT 😞)
This makes me wonder if Dijkema will retire too. She is the only one left from that generation
I don't think Dijkema will retire before WCh, they would have announced it all together I guess. Same goes for Grothues, Buijs, Schoot who are part of that gen as well
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Looks like the re-opened competition for MB spots in Dutch NT gave Tessa Polder's performance a major boost
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Looks like the re-opened competition for MB spots in Dutch NT gave Tessa Polder's performance a major boost
and again
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good luck
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It looks like the jersey were washed with wrong temperature, multiple times 🤣
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It seems very alike from the jersey they wore from 2009 till 2012.
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It seems very alike from the jersey they wore from 2009 till 2012.
that's still a better orange.
maybe it's the lighting... but it's very yellow-orange-y to me.
