Posts by Phil

    She is very creative.

    That's the main problem. She indeed is very creative and she will be great in the future, but she is a member of a team which tries to avoid relegation. They don't have the luxury of trying to play some combinations. And Baić is trying to be another Maja or something. Like really, she enters the court as double sub and... tries weird one-hand sets.

    The other thing is the fact that she didn't find the right connection with the players. Let's give her some time.

    If Chemik had better setter and another decent MB...

    but I like the fact that they fight for every ball. Also, they made so many serve errors in first set. Probably, they should work on that, because it will be really important agaist teams like Mogilno, Kalisz, Mielec

    And Bydgoszcz won it. I must say that I love the energy Marta Łyczakowska gives her team. Seems like after bad seasons in Tarnów and Radom she found a place where she can enjoy playing volleyball. Also, Pola Nowakowska was quite good today.

    On the other side, we had Chiappini... I don't understand why he used Scuka as backup opposite. IMHO he should let her play as OH (instead of Górecka who looked really tired/sick today).

    I didn’t know about Polish league thought, I’m excited if that’s the case for future.

    They were streaming the game Radomka - Developres for example.

    Sportklub started streaming it last season or even the year before. Blagojevic once said that her mother can watch some of her games in serbian television

    Volleyball World announced a multi-year partnership with Polish Tauron liga. Matches will be broadcasted on VBTV (same for men's liga)

    Finally, but it's interesting that VBTV became the exclusive broadcasted. As far as I know SportKlub was broadcasting the games as well in Serbia and Slovenia. Interesting if they will still do that.

    agree, but I wondering if she should move on OH position, because 184cm high its a little bit low for Opp, even if she is enough for TauronLiga. :win:

    Actually she was OH, not the greatest one because her reception was shaky :D She started playing as full-time opposite last year in 1.Liga, after Martyna Podlaska got injured

    I don't think they have money for that, their OH lineup screams low budget

    I also don't think they have money to sign better players. They are not sponsored by any huge company.

    In fact, they have few local sponsors and some money from the city. It's really hard to build a great team in a small town in the middle of nowhere like Mogilno.

    This game was horrible, probably the worst start for newly promoted team since ŁKS in 2016.

    If I remember correctly, ŁKS lost in debut game 0-3 against Toruń :what: After that game they made some changes in the roster and coaching staff. Hopefully, something good will happen in Sokół after this.

    I hope they will add stats section as well. So we would see the best players for blocks, attacks, aces etc. like Dataproject provides.

    I don't think they're going to add that. At least, they didn't do it for VNL and other leagues they cover like Austria, Poland.


    Regarding birthdays, they had it for every player in past years, but removed it few weeks ago.

    Here are my predictions:

    1. Developres - they have wide roster, good players on the bench. The only question mark for me is Chmielewska as backup setter.

    2. Budowlani - I am a fan of Sasa Planinsec, so I need to give them higher position for that :D Usually they have financial problems in the middle of the season, but with PGE as their main sponsor they should be fine. I heard that Enweonwu isn't in good shape yet, but that's something they will probably figure out during the season

    3. ŁKS - I don't buy Dani as their main opposite, for me she's like Ivna 2.0 Hryschuk made a good progress during the summer, but she's not experienced and I don't think she could carry the team in the most important games. If they will transfer better opposite during mid-season, they could win it all.

    4. Bielsko - They made few transfers, but I don't think they are big upgrade to the team. Drabek spent the last two seasons on a bench. Angelina isn't top OH, and in Italy she got injured/benched almost every season. Plus, Laak didn't have great summer with NT and needs some time to adjust to club volleyball.


    5. Radom - They will be a mess for sure. Seems like Yordanova might be their best transfer, but she can't pass the ball. Watching their friendly games, I was surprised how bad they are. Sometimes it looked that only Witkowska cares about this team. IMO If they want to make step forward in season 25-26, they need to find better coach, who will re-build this team.

    6. Opole - They kept most of their players and I don't think that Diouf will be as good as Ana Karina. For sure they can challenge Radomka and fight for 5th place, but I don't think they could be final 4 team.

    7. Wrocław - I can't believe I am saying this, but seems they have the best team since 2017. The only question mark for me is setter position.

    8. Bydgoszcz - I am not really sure. They don't have any player who could make the difference. Of course the setters duo (Łyczakowska-Kuryerova) is better than Bałdyga - Gorzkiewicz last season. They have Dorsman as additional middle and Sidor-Rajlić should be a little bit better opposite due than Sikorska, but that's all.


    9. Kalisz - They have few good players like Makarowska, Mazur, Faltinova, but their middles and opposites are average. I won't be surprised if their coach is fired before year-end.

    10. Chemik - I heard many people saying they will be relegated, but IMO they won't be. They just want to spent most of their budget to cover debts from last season. In case they will be in danger, they will sign new players in December. Also, I read somewhere that they are working on sponsorship deal with logistics company.

    11. Mielec - good coach, but less experienced players than last year. It all starts with reception-line and a lot of will depend on Mucha/Łyduch as Bagrowska/Adamczyk are not good receivers, but both of them are working to improve that skill.

    12. Mogilno - They have too many coaches/managers/staff members. Instead, they should've looked for better OHs. Their advantage might be the fact that most of the players from last season stayed with the team. Also, their really small arena might benefit this team

    Kowalewska is 32, Polish national team must look for younger players, give them chances.

    It's not that old for a setter. She's the same age as Hancock, 2 years younger than Roberta, Marte and Ding Xia, 3 years younger than Macris and Iwasaki, 4 years younger than Drca (Zivkovic).

    Setter is the most important position on the court, like the brain of the whole team and IMO it's just stupid to give somebody a chance only because that player is younger but way worse. It's WCH year and any result worse than quarterfinals would be a disappointment.

    I'm rewatching the game between ŁKS and Potsdam and I must say that Kowalewska fits really good this team. I love her sets to Obiała.

    Hopefully she will replace Wołosz in NT next year.