Posts by Kadir

My choice for MVP would be Plummer actually. She was a beast in the most important part of the match

Quote from Matthias

So it's the same story as always, other teams can temporarily come close to Conegliano but no one ever takes away the title from them

Did you mean no 'Italian' team can take away the title from them It wasnt 'always the same story' against the Turkish teams though

Quote from Cofi

I’ve been defending Orro but she is absolutely killing Milano today, she didn’t set 5 good balls all game

Wolosz isnt good as well. Some of her sets to Plummer and Haak are awful. How many times both of them had to tip just because of bad setting?

Not a very popular opinion here but I feel like Cansu-Haak connection was slightly better.

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It did actually. What about North Syria, also caused people to be displaced from their homes and settled with different pro Erdogan religious groups. Afrin used to be 95% Kurdish and it is below 30% now with ex ISIS members making a large portion of the new city thanks to Erdogan, many women were butchered in this process. Also we supported Nagorno-Karabakh war, that displaced people as well. Whether we think they are justified or not (for me I have a strict anti-war stance tbh) Ataturk's peace at home, peace in the world quote/rule for the Turkish state and insisting against any form of war outside Turkish borders has indeed been broken by Erdogan. I find Putin and Erdogan to be very similar and both tyrants. Today we still suffer from this decision geopolitically and even within, hopefully we do the right decision the next election before it really is too late.

It seems you definetely misundurstand our biggest leader Atatürk's ''peace at home, peace in the world'' mission. You seem to forget he was a great 'soldier' as well. If you think what Turkey is doing in Syria is an invading, you should double check your sources of politics. This way of seeing what is happening in Syria looked so 'European' to me.

Elif has played simple today and Eczacibasi got the result. The serving pressure was the main difference compared to other matches as well. Hope to see a great battle in the next match.

Eda, such an amazing player and Drca such a smart and experienced setter. Eda was on fire and Drca knew that, she set every possible ball to her, because why she wouldnt

On the other hand Elif was trying experimantal things at 20 18 when Boskovic was waiting in pos 2. I want to see Jack attacking from pipe next match

Sometimes you should play the easy one. Elif, girl, just set to Boskovic when you have a chance at 20 18, and not only once but you had 2 chance, but you choose Gray from pipe and then Voronkova. Now Fener leads 23 20

Drča is the MVP for me Her settings to pos 2 and 4 are so perfect, they are just what Feners trio need.

I think this Serbians of Bosnia(who lives there for decades and even though their motherland is Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Serbia thing is too political. Those Serbian ethnicity in Bosnia and probably Serbia dont see them as part of Bosnia and Herzogovina and it is too normal for both of them to represent Serbia. We know the political issues in Bosnia, Serbs and Bosnians cant get along well and Serbians(Republica Srpska) want to be part of Serbia or independent. So, it is very normal for both Mihajlovics and Boskovics families and Serbian users here that these players choose to represent Serbia but not their motherland and this is not naturalization, it is the way should be anyway.

However, Vargas getting Turkish citizenship isnt as you want to see. Buying her for NT was the way Tercic and Serbia tried to do but failed She got an offer from TVF and she choose to represent a country which she sees her future in there.

Carutasu isnt bought as well. She came to Turkey at very young age and has been playing in Turkey more than she played in Romania. And as far as I know her family lives in Turkey as well and her brother is a basketball player in one of U teams in Anadolu Efes. She speaks Turkish fluently, sees her future in Turkey and her family supports in this. So it is very normal I think. I dont see any difference between Antropova and Carutasus cases. It is a bit funny that one is very accepted in here but the other one is seen like a deal involed money. (And we have Aguero and Costagrande cases in exact the same NT)

Anyway, even though I have written down something about this, I hope this topic comes to an end. I say it as a volleyball lover, who started to follow volleyball after I was very impressed by watching Agüero in Italian NT for the first time (ECH 07). I have really enjoyed watching Agüero in Italy and I am very happy about Vargas that she can make her olympic dream come true.

Quote from Madden54

defending this ayca performance? Now I know you’re just trolling and can’t take you seriously lol

He will always defend every Turkish player regardless their performance. He is too biased with Turkish players but he keeps saying the same to Serbian users all the time.

Ayca is an awful libero for this level. She has never been even decent receiver and never will be. She is a hopeless case. She is in the NT just because she plays for Vakıfbank. It is so funny that a libero in this level cant pass one perfect ball. Her best is to pass somewhere around 3m line

Now I can watch the other semifinal while drinking my beer in a more relaxed mood

Congratulations girls, we are proud of you

Now that Egone is in, she will score 30 points and will kick our ass

I have been here in this forum for more than 10 years and I try to follow it every day even though I write something very little, but I dont remember something like a topic lasts for pages over and over again.

All I read in everywhere:

-Vargas is Cuban, she is bought by Turkish federation

-Busa and Hande comperasition

-What an awful person Ebrar is

-Turkish league is that ,Italian league is this

-Turkish users crying like we arent liked here

COME ON GUYS, PLEASE JUST STOP

I just want to read something about volleyball. PLEASE, end these discussions and enjoy volleyball.

Ebrar must be warned definetely, either by Santerelli or Eda as a team captain. This attitude is really disgusting

And one more not a very popular opinion; Cansu is definetely a worls class setter for me Her improvement over the years is amazing and she is just 25, can be considered a young age for a setter.

Not a popular opinion here but Saliha is doing an OK job considering it is her first big international tournamet. We dont have a superstar spiker like Egonu, Boskovic or Zhu to compensate lack of offense from our second OH. Meliha is doing a great job at backrow but she is like a ghost in front of the net and that forces Cansu to avoid setting to zone 4 which makes the game more predictable. Saliha is a great improvement over Meliha in terms of attacking and she should be used more, actually both of our OHs.

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Congrats Egonu, 36 points in 4 sets! I wonder who is the closest scorer to her

Italy's serve pressure was far too advanced for Chinese receivers today.

On the other side, I am sorry to see China like that. Good work by middles and Gong, rest should seriously question what they did wrong today during their flight to home

Egonu will score +40 against Turkey if we manage to pass Thailand

Chinese setter was a disaster. I am surprised she wasnt subbed even once

Anadolu Efes Back to back Euroleague champions

I think Final 4 formula for both Cev Cup and Champions league was more intertaining and exciting. I want the old system back