China NT 2023

    calm down everyone, DR and Korea are both very beatable...


    you know it is bad, when I am the voice of reason here...


    although yes secretly I do hope that this team continues to lose so Cai Bin can get fired. Wang Yunlu and Diao Linyu are not irreplaceable; they can and should be subbed.


    Although I have a feeling that Cai will carry his protege Diao all the way to Paris. Don't know what Wang Yunlu has on Cai Bin.

    Read WYL was receiving lots of hate comments / insults on her personal weibo account. Although she should not to be stoned by the public if she was truly selected to the NT without backers / connections. The blame should be directed to CB. He is not doing her any good instead harm her (insecurities are going to affect her life). She needs to have a heart of steel withstand these negatives. If I were WYL, I would withdraw from the roster after this tournament.

    I’m back！And shocked by how China is performing against Korea. They don’t deserve to get to the Top 8 with the way they’re playing. So messy - no strategy, no system, horrible setting…. More thoughts later but this is an embarrassment.

    The 1st U16 ACH in Hangzhou from July 1 to July 8

    Head Coach: Kuang Qi (therefore, the head coach of Team B is Zhao Yong instead of him)

    Assistant Coaches: Wang Dao-yu, Liu Xiao-tong

    Players:

    S - Zhang Zi-xuan (7), Ding Xin-yi (10), Wang Yi-bo (20)

    OP - Sun Hong-yan (1), Yang Shu-ming (16, C)

    OH - Chang Zi-xin (6), Han Wan-shuo (11), Huang Yue-xin (19)

    MB - Xu Jing-yu (2), Ren Wei-yu (9), Chen Xiao-hui (18)

    L - Li Ming-jing (13)


    Yang Shu-ming is the daughter of former OH of Shanghai VC, Shen Hong.

    Shen Hong's coach ... was Cai Bin from 1997 to 2001.

    Quote from benchwarmer

    WYL did well in today’s match against Korea and kinda redeemed herself. Guess against shorter players who have shorter reach to block her spikes, she does not have much problems. Still she cannot be selected to the NT main player.

    Well, we aren't facing Korea in any important match in the foreseeable future

    I think you guys are being too harsh against WYL, she plays okay and sometimes even better than okay. Obviously when Zhu comes back she will warm the bench but till then she is doing fine as a supporting player. Who is out there that can play better than her?

    Quote from serdar

    I think you guys are being too harsh against WYL, she plays okay and sometimes even better than okay. Obviously when Zhu comes back she will warm the bench but till then she is doing fine as a supporting player. Who is out there that can play better than her?

    I have nothing against WYL personally, but she should be replaced when she's not performing well, just like everyone else.


    And WYL is the last person that needs to play VNL, her skills are what they are, it's time to let the youngsters have a shot.

    Quote from serdar

    I think you guys are being too harsh against WYL, she plays okay and sometimes even better than okay. Obviously when Zhu comes back she will warm the bench but till then she is doing fine as a supporting player. Who is out there that can play better than her?

    I do agree that some Chinese fans go a bit over board criticizing her, but I think the main reason is because they got spoiled with China having such quality OHs with Zhu, LYY, Zhang, even Liu Yanhan and Liu Xiaotong so when Wang Yunlu started playing the drop in level was noticeable.


    Curious, what are your thoughts on Diao as setter? Lol.

    Quote from bumpsetspike

    Poor Gong, watching her play you can still see she's not 100% and with no reliable substitute she has to continue on. ;(

    I feel for Gong, but yeah, that is a microcosm of the Chinese team this VNL.


    I feel for most of the players, they do not seem like they really want to be there.


    yes, even Wang Yunlu

    Cai Bin should let the main players especially LLY and GXY rest tomorrow against the USA. Anyway, the chance of winning tomorrow seems nil and what is the point to exacerbate the injuries of the key players . Let the bench players play and assess their performance whether they should be retain or replace with young players. At the same time give GXY and LYY more rest.