Posts by Mapuan

USA wins with the block of Harmatto.

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That's a dumb statement.

Hahaha. USA is actually making a lot of errors. Without those they can stretch further their lead even if the crowd is against them.

USA is having errors after errors.

logan tom is ripping the ball in the service line.

Jaqueline is not effective in the offense at all. I love how the 2 teams are blocking each other. This could be the preview of the OG finals.

I missed the first 2 sets. Is the game high-level?

I love Foluke's single block against Ortolani.

So far, the level of game is really low for both teams.

Tight first set from the US-ITA match. I though Italy will win it but US made crucial adjustments in the end. Tom's attacking is again mediocre but her serving is very solid. Ortalani is on and off. She needs consistency.

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In Foshan, China.

Match is paused for now.

That's Chinese quality for you

Quote from Anton1989

She´s a pretty tall (around 190cm) and powerfull build girl. She was playing together with Carli Lloyd for Cal in college. I think her biggest strength is her pretty heavy spikes. They are hard but maybe not so "standout", pretty similar to Klineman I would say. Her biggest weakness is her defense what I´ve seen, but some people rate her as a allround player though. I have not seen enough games of her to say about her future potential.

Tarah Murray was a scoring machine for California. You can check her matches especifically the 2011 NCAA championships with Carli Lloyd on Youtube. She has better passing than Hodge. She's still diamond in a rough, I hope that the coach of Giaveno can unleash her full potential.

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Sonja Newcombe, Turkish league top scorer last season (before she left) and 2011 France league top scorer has not signed yet. Will she return to Turkey? Rumors are she may go to Azer. Anyone have news?

I hope she goes to Italy or Asia perhaps. I don't understand why USA NT didn't give a second look at her. She's very stable receiver and can kill a bill better than some of the OH in the training pool

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From Zé Roberto declarations, the probable starting six of Brazil's NT will be:

S: Fabíola
OPP: Sheilla
OH: Garay and Jaqueline
MB: Adenízia and Thaísa
L: Fabi or Brait

In my opinion the OG roster will be:

S: Fabíola and Fernandinha
OPP: Sheilla and Tandara
OH: Fê Garay, Jaqueline, Paula, Sassá and Mári/Natália (I believe the 5th spot as OH will be disputed between Mári and Natália).
MB: Adenízia, Fabiana and Thaísa
L: Fabi and Camila Brait

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Get rid of 2 playes. Only 12 heads are allowed in OG.

Quote from Anton1989

I know many cubans starts early, some already in 15-16 yrs. age in NT like Leon and Carrillo, but I didnt wrote anything about manipulation, sometimes the birth dates are just wrong too, it happens quite often in Africa for ex, where they just give the child a birth date. I just think Santos already when she was like 23-24 had a look like 30, thats why im a bit suspicious.

She just looks old. Must be the sunshine in Cuba

Cubans really start young. The legendary Regla Torres started with the (senior) national team at the age of 13. There's no really need for Cuba to fake their players' ages since they don't really give a sh!t about the juniors event.

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It would be more odd if she could kill a ball I think

Yesterday against Germany she had 4 kills in 28 atts.

Her attacking game has really dipped in the past 2 years. If only Hodge can pass and play defense like her.

Davis is really the worst passing libero I know.

Hooker has improved her defense and she's doing lots of smart shots too.

out of topic: Is it true that Sokolova will not participate in the coming Olympics?

22-25 in the second set.

it's known now, once the reception of USA is down, any team can actually beat them. they have to learn how to kill the out of system balls.

surprisingly, all receptions of hodge have been perfect.

25-10 first set. the ball could hardly pass the US blockers. very solid blocking game indeed.

please hugh use your bench players. oddly, tom cannot kill a ball.

i hope hugh will use his other players. having A team playing against taiwan is overkill!

annoying officials. they have stalled the game for over 5 minutes.

Has the US-Chinese Taipei match started?