Happy for Morrison getting his groove back. I don’t really blame him for the Dutch lackluster performance during his time as that group of girls were near their retirement.
Posts by Mapuan
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Oregon didn’t make it. 😔
My bet for freshman of the year is Davis of BYU or Clemente of Oregon. -
Im looking forward to the development of Oregon’s opposite. She’s like baby Egonu. She has the most ceiling amongst NCAA opposites I think.
Adriano of Nebraska is giving Sheilla Castro vibe. -
"criminal record" for petty theft. yea okay mapuan.
meanwhile ngapeth is a literal sexual assaulter.
She has other offenses on her record. Obviously, a troubled girl. She seems to pull herself together though so it is a good start.
Ngapeth should be in jail but then again money works wonders. -
I agree about Murray. She is a good all around OH. I bet Karch would have loved her.
she has a criminal record though.
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Makes sense. Women’s volleyball is the fastest growing sport in Southeast Asia. I just hope that thailand will co-host the event.
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Obviously, Italy was the favorite to win and rightfully so. They were so fluid with their game. I wonder if Sani considered playing for USA instead of Italy? I think he has more chance of getting to the core team compared to Italy. He’s younger brother played for the junior team of USA.
Bulgaria is a scary team. They are so young collectively and they will get their prime in LA 2028.Moni is money. He was literally unknown outside the NCAA just few months ago and now he’s one of the top setters in the world. He will only get better (or he’ll move to opposite position).
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Mujanovic is receiving 90 percent of the USA serves. He is getting flustered. His offense though is fabulous.
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Just because it has always been the norm, it should be done same way in the future too🤦 there is no justification to favor a team so ridiculously. This most of the times give them a free tickets to top 16 which is unfair. Luckily Philippines couldn't even manage that 😂
Let's get one thing straight: the Philippines had no earthly business winning a set from anyone in their pool. This is a team that can't even snag a medal against their own neighbors in Southeast Asia, so they were basically a free pass for Iran and Egypt. And yet, here we are. Maybe all that "extra adrenaline" from the crowd worked its magic, but things happened that absolutely shouldn't have. The rest of the pools are pretty balanced, you know, for those teams that actually belong there— exceptions are Pool E and maybe Pool H.
Honestly, Finland beating France? Serbia somehow toppling Brazil? And don't even get me started on Portugal upsetting Cuba. There are always upsets, but this isn't an upset, it's a full-on collapse of expectations, and frankly, it's embarrassing.
And then there's Turkiye, a team that has made a name for itself as a consistent bottom-dweller in the VNL. But what do you know? Here they are, somehow clawing their way into the round of 16. The audacity.
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Giving the top seed to the host country has always been the norm. If it effed up the results for the top teams, that's their problem. Those top teams were expected to push through the next round. They were still grouped with relatively weaker teams after all.
Fearless forecast - it will be either USA and Poland winning. The path has been cleared for them.
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This could've been the biggest upset in the tournament, but Iran pushed through. This is what experience can bring in clutch moments.
I hope Philippines will bring this near win experience to their future matches. Who knows they can be top 5 in Asia.
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JT said she'll be back with the NT next summer.
Unless she can bring her level back to 2021 form, she is not needed. There are several up and coming college players like Martin and Spears.
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I heard that the price of tickets is twice the price of tickets in Thailand for the women's event. Now that Japan is out, I wonder how they would fill the venues.
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This is definitely a combination of fatigue for Japan and other teams figuring them out.
Now they are eliminated, I believe that the fans will now pivot to the Bulgarian team. Moni and Alex are getting super popular.
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Italy is so dominant.
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Finally, countries from SEA are closing the gap from the Thais.
I'll give Indonesia a pass as they don't have their best players currently.
I wonder how Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam will stack against Korea in next year's AVC?
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Karakurt has some resemblance to Drew Barrymore.
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Egonu out, Sylla reception error, Degradi blocked, 100 other errors and Italy won 3:0…
This team is unbelievable. They have some level of quality that doesn’t allow them to loose. Congrats.
they don’t get rattled during chaotic plays.
I knew they would beat USA even if the latter is leading. USA’s level is not high enough.
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The middles of USA are not contributing at all. Change is needed. Egonu isn’t even hitting bombs.
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Franklin is too error prone for this match.