Germany - VBL 1. Bundesliga 2025/26

  • A paywalled article from Stuttgart says Kenzie Foley will play in Dresden next season (alongside Sarah Straube, it's bound to happen by now). Stuttgart's new players will be Luisa van Clewe from Schwerin, Alexandra Hadrych and Karolina Fricova coming from French league, plus an American OPP whose name isn't known yet.

    any update regarding straube’s reasons for choosing to return?

  • A paywalled article from Stuttgart says Kenzie Foley will play in Dresden next season (alongside Sarah Straube, it's bound to happen by now). Stuttgart's new players will be Luisa van Clewe from Schwerin, Alexandra Hadrych and Karolina Fricova coming from French league, plus an American OPP whose name isn't known yet.

    I think like the budget shrunk from the previous to the now finishing season, another shorting of it was suffered and prevented a better roster for Stuttgart. This seems to me the only logical explanation. Because there is no transparency about team budgets, I can only guess, but for me it is rather obvious.

  • What's wrong with all the Straube "fans"? They're flooding every post that has anything to do with Dresden. Under the recent posts about the defeat against Suhl, they're ranting against Dresden, insulting Sarah, and asking how she could possibly return to such a loser club. Seriously, that's incredibly intrusive and insulting! Aside from the fact that I don't understand this criticism of Dresden at all, it must be incredibly stressful for Sarah. Nobody knows the reason for her decision. Maybe we can just accept it and leave her in peace.

  • What's wrong with all the Straube "fans"? They're flooding every post that has anything to do with Dresden. Under the recent posts about the defeat against Suhl, they're ranting against Dresden, insulting Sarah, and asking how she could possibly return to such a loser club. Seriously, that's incredibly intrusive and insulting! Aside from the fact that I don't understand this criticism of Dresden at all, it must be incredibly stressful for Sarah. Nobody knows the reason for her decision. Maybe we can just accept it and leave her in peace.

    It's been escalating since yesterday and I can bet the comments on tiktok are even worse, downright sexist...


    It might have something to do with the fact that she was rumored to Conegliano and a huge account like powervolleyball official posted about it.


    Her fan account on instagram strau.be has 38K followers and according to Laerte Salvini he's one of the admins for VBW and LVF too

  • What's wrong with all the Straube "fans"? They're flooding every post that has anything to do with Dresden. Under the recent posts about the defeat against Suhl, they're ranting against Dresden, insulting Sarah, and asking how she could possibly return to such a loser club. Seriously, that's incredibly intrusive and insulting! Aside from the fact that I don't understand this criticism of Dresden at all, it must be incredibly stressful for Sarah. Nobody knows the reason for her decision. Maybe we can just accept it and leave her in peace.

    I'm not trying to justify the hate she's getting but I don't think you're aware of how immensely popular Straube is in Italy but I don't know what you're talking about and I can't check if those comments were made by Italians. But the logic of this outrage is that to most fans who follow Italian league, Straube going back to your league is the equivalent of Arina Fedorovtseva going from Turkey to Indonesian league

  • It's been escalating since yesterday and I can bet the comments on tiktok are even worse, downright sexist...


    It might have something to do with the fact that she was rumored to Conegliano and a huge account like powervolleyball official posted about it.


    Her fan account on instagram strau.be has 38K followers and according to Laerte Salvini he's one of the admins for VBW and LVF too

    its so bad on tiktok. im glad most players dont have tiktoks:aww:

  • I'm not trying to justify the hate she's getting but I don't think you're aware of how immensely popular Straube is in Italy but I don't know what you're talking about and I can't check if those comments were made by Italians. But the logic of this outrage is that to most fans who follow Italian league, Straube going back to your league is the equivalent of Arina Fedorovtseva going from Turkey to Indonesian league

    Delete post before someone see it 😂

  • From what I've seen ppl are under the impression that Straube prefers it there and not because she has any particular personal problems. Her IG Story that she posted yesterday indicates she doesn't give a fuck though so no one knows if she's even seeing those comments...


    I mean we might see some kind of message on her story if she was really bothered by it

  • What's wrong with all the Straube "fans"? They're flooding every post that has anything to do with Dresden. Under the recent posts about the defeat against Suhl, they're ranting against Dresden, insulting Sarah, and asking how she could possibly return to such a loser club. Seriously, that's incredibly intrusive and insulting! Aside from the fact that I don't understand this criticism of Dresden at all, it must be incredibly stressful for Sarah. Nobody knows the reason for her decision. Maybe we can just accept it and leave her in peace.

    You don't get how it would be a massive downgrade to go from Italian league back to German league? or did I misunderstand you?


    In the first place these so-called "fans" wouldn't know a single German club they're just after Straube

  • Why do you guys think Mayu Ishikawa wouldn't go back to Japan after Italy and her new challenge will be in another top league like Turkey. Obviously Both Mayu and Seki have outgrown a "small league" and they're continuing on to challenge themselves on a level that should make them better players. If Seki went from Italy to Korea you just know she won't make the NT squad anymore... So now you get the outrage

  • It's just not a transfer move that a girl her age who is seen as a promising talent, should be making. Someone past their prime like Stigrot, Scholzel and even Orthmann can go back not someone who just became the main setter and will likely be the main setter until the Olympics.


    Also keep in mind Germany is under Bregoli not some random starterpack coach.

  • It’s just pure arrogance that some so-called fans of the Italian league/clubs think that all the best players should play there. Yes, it’s the strongest league and it may be the best career choice for most of the players to play there and improve their game. But there are some reasons too, to play in the German league, not only personal ones. In the end it’s a decision only the individual player can make, and the fans may be entitled to have an opinion about it, but that’s all…

    Social media in general is a cesspool of people who have a lot of opinion paired with little knowledge - mixed with a handful of frustrated people who lost money on tipico or whatever bookmaker they were stuffing the pockets with their money

  • It’s just pure arrogance that some so-called fans of the Italian league/clubs think that all the best players should play there. Yes, it’s the strongest league and it may be the best career choice for most of the players to play there and improve their game. But there are some reasons too, to play in the German league, not only personal ones. In the end it’s a decision only the individual player can make, and the fans may be entitled to have an opinion about it, but that’s all…

    Social media in general is a cesspool of people who have a lot of opinion paired with little knowledge - mixed with a handful of frustrated people who lost money on tipico or whatever bookmaker they were stuffing the pockets with their money

    Who said Straube is the best? she's not and nobody thinks she's the best lmao. She hasn't even shown what she's capable of because DSC decided to yank her. She has potential though and that's what she went to Italy for, to up her level like Van Aalen.


    If you want the best then why don't you get Wolosz? Why don't your league get Vargas?


    And on that topic why don't you get Ceku? Why not Lina? she's the face of female German volleyball after alll along with Weitzel. They're still at the top of their game. What's stopping you from getting these top players? Why hold back someone who is just starting to make her way?


    Pure arrogance is coming from your own ego and your gambling cuz nobody does that with players yikes

  • hate comments aside, this isn't about ego. fans are getting mad because they clearly want a new female setter to match moni nikolov's level and both wolosz and maja are getting old. the next generation needs to be discovered sooner or later. to hold back that kind of talent so you can show them off in your own league only for those talents not to win anything is EGO.


    Italy currently has the crowned setters like Giannelli and Orro. Yall are bugging

  • I don’t know why you’re so butt hurt, because I was referring to the guys bullying on social media but maybe I unintentionally hit a nerve.
    And I never said that she is the best in particular, just making a point on the general idea that the players belong to the fans and their teams and should stay there because the „fans“ know what’s the best for them.


    PS: I don’t gamble at all but I know that a lot of frustrated comments on social media are coming from guys who lost bets on (volleyball) games.

  • I don’t know why you’re so butt hurt, because I was referring to the guys bullying on social media but maybe I unintentionally hit a nerve.
    And I never said that she is the best in particular, just making a point on the general idea that the players belong to the fans and their teams and should stay there because the „fans“ know what’s the best for them.


    PS: I don’t gamble at all but I know that a lot of frustrated comments on social media are coming from guys who lost bets on (volleyball) games.

    And Straube going back to German league is supposedly good for her? what will she achieve there that she can boast in an international scale? :/