Posts by Batabid

    Might be a good idea for Kadochkina to switch to Opposite. She did great playing in that position in Novara. As OH, she probably might be behind Markova annd Fedorovtseva. Although if Akimova fully recovers, it's going to be threeway battle too for the starting Opp position with Lazareva and Kadochkina. It's just mind-blowing how there are too many good players at the moment that are all deserving of the starting 6 but for me, Markova is currently better than Arina in almost all aspects of the game except serve. Though I wouldn't be surprised to see the coach pull off a Terzic and have Markova and Arina start together. It's going to be a disaster in reception most likely but would still be interesting to see.

    I'm surprised with the inclusion of Biryukova. Last time I saw her, she was mediocre. Liking most of the picks although I would've thought it would be more of young players born in 2000+. Would like to see Kobzar there instead of Filishtinskaya. I wonder if Kadochkina-Tolok would be opp full time from now on? Excited to see this team in action!

    For a movement that's supposed to be making America "great again," it's actually doing the opposite. SMH.

    Also, we are free to believe on anything but if that belief tramples on other people's rights, that's where we draw the line.

    Vakif next season looks good but still in Turskish League I would give the edge to Fener due to locals limits. With only 3 foreigners on court Vakif needs to play with Cansu/Zehra/Ayca + Derya or another local middle (sorry I’m not familiar with them) while Fener has Vargas/Gizem/Eda/Asli + Hande.

    This is where Meliha could have made a difference. There are no more good local MBs to sign and they could only play with a foreign MB in CL.

    Well done, Vakif! Normally, I'd root for Fener but Vakif really deserved it today. Great defense from this team and Zehra deciding to finally show up helped a lot for this victory. Fener's golden trio of attackers would just have to try again next year for the CL title.

    Russia missed a good opportunity to be led by a great coach like Terzic. IMO, he's probably the only foreign coach that could properly train this team.

    I was going to ask about Suvorova :lol:

    Russia is stacked in almost all positions. :white:I remember that there was a "Gamova school of volleyball" established a few years ago. Wonder if these talented generation of players were raised there? Can't wait to see Russia back in tournaments. It's been so long.

    The problem in the Italian League is mainly Imoco. When a single team dominates the league to this extent, it takes all fun out of the league. For the good of Italian volleyball, Imoco should be weakened.


    Doesn't Imoco get bored? They've been winning the league with the same names with same systems for 9 years


    It's not Conegliano's problem they're winning and they should definitely not lower their game standard just because the other teams can't beat them. For the good of Italian volleyball, the other teams should step up and do better. Do the other teams don't get bored of getting crushed by Conegliano?