Posts by Meatballs

    Even Neslihan is better as OH so I think that Neriman will be on the bench :D

    Unfortunately Neriman will play in Eczacibasi in starting 6. Larson-Neriman, Kreklow-Neslihan, Maja-Busra is their potential line up with Asuman-Boskovic double substitution when needed. Most likely Damla Cakiroglu will replace Neriman in the league or Neslihan will receive in certain rotations as OPP.


    I heard Neslihan's injury is over and she is hitting like a boss again in trainings. :heart:

    Wow! Congrats Serbia! I knew this would happen already yesterday. But I'm still feeling ashamed of my team's game.
    There is clearly a quality gap between Russia, Serbia and Turkey. In fact, Turkey could not lead the game in any of the sets in the last 2 games. This quality gap is not because of players, who can say Gözde is a worse player than Malasevic or Neriman much worse than Mihajlovic? The gap is because of bad coaching, Ferhat Akbas.


    Naz had 2 bad games in a row, actually she did not do anything special during this entire tournament. Ferhat is somehow scared of subbing her or he hates Nilay. Nilay surprised me positively! Merve Dalbeler should play volleyball as a hobby but not as a profession. What kind of libero becomes a target for serves and receives bad in all of them?


    Eventually, I do not think anyone from the Turkish team deserves to be in the dream team. I don't blame any of the players, they came this far with their own.
    Ferhat is clearly the one to blame, he has small dreams, takes few risks and behaving like an amateur. He should have started his career in a mediocre team in the Turkish league like Sariyer or Idmanocagi. Now he simply risks his entire career starting from the top and falling badly. :down:

    Wow! I was not expecting that from Russia! Really well done! I'm also very interested in watching Slöetjes and Buijs against triple Russian blocks :lol:


    Ognjenovic was surprisingly bad today. She has been really brave and good so far but this match, she did not add anything extra to her game.


    Tomorrow's bronze medal game should be streamed with a +18 warning. Serbia will simply r.pe Turkey unfortunately :gone:

    Kosiaenenko is doing nothing but setting to Kosheleva :aww:

    What' wrong with that? She set most balls to Koshaleva and Russia won 2 sets. Volleyball is simple, you set the ball to the players you think can kill the ball. Besides, Serbia could not stop Koshaleva yet, so this strategy works fine.


    Coming back to your comment tomorrow, I guess you are watching all these triple blocks and the quality of block/defense and attacks. The problem is, Dijkema has to play with great varieties tomorrow, if Slöetjes does not find a way to get over triple blocks. Today she used Buijs/Slöetjes against Turkey mainly, but tomorrow she will need more than that. And I think Russia and Serbia deserve to be number 1 and 2.

    I dont agree on some of your points. It is impossible for Netherlands to win a final, for example against Serbia with this game. Our MBs, especially Kubra is so bad but Serbia has smart MBs with better height. Besides they receive better and attack with many options thanks to Ognjenovic. They also serve much better than Turkey. Netherlands and Dijkema should better use middles more often in attacking otherwise Slöetjes and Buijs won't have a perfect day tomorrow.


    I think someone mentioned once here that, "a setter is the reflection of the coach on court". I agree that. Naz has been bad recently, but she reflects what Ferhat is demanding and it is simply boring. Dijkema played in Halkbank 2 seasons ago, a team that fall to 2nd division after the season she played. She is not a world class setter, but by only applying what Guidetti says, she is already a decent setter. Simple as it is.

    gozde is just an amazing player... even if she makes mistakes, she's the heart of this team. she doesn't care if there's a big block in front of her, she'll swing for the fences (baseball analogy) and take her chances... and she's a smart hitter too.


    i don't know that people hate NED. i don't. i just don't know them well enough, and i like TUR.


    who's ozge that everyone wants now? is she gozde's twin?????

    Yes! Özge Cemberci. I don't like her either. I prefer that we take someone young like Italy did with Malinov. But please no Cagla! The thing is, Nilay could play earlier today because Naz was clearly bad. I think Ferhat is influenced and see some players not changeable.

    The rumor says it so that Ferhat Akbas was playing candy crush in his tablet during the game :lol:
    I think he is the source of most problems. Naz is setting bad but hey, what happens what Ognjenovic sets bad? What does Terzic do? Ferhat is so passive against such bad performances and has to be more active, at least that is what we hoped after Barbolini.

    Sloetjes 24 pts with 55% in attack, Buijs with 16 pts, 46% in attack, 50% perfect receptions and 3 aces. And people say they're not good enough for Vakifbank :aww:


    Neriman with a very weak game, and I think Hande should be starter OPP for Turkey ASAP, she is much more talented than Polen and very soon will also be much better.

    About Slöetjes I agree, but Buijs won't be this effective when she is served properly. Slöetjes is exactly what Vakifbank needed last season.


    Hande, I agree. I also think Naz and Neriman should be given some time off. Gözde Yilmaz does well as OH and I'm sure she will be better playing regularly in Italy. We have to produce a good setter ASAP!

    Our TV speaker said that coach of Turkey beat Turkey :lol: :lol:


    That girls should be a starter. I repeat nothing special for Ned. It was Sloetjes and good defense with bad performance of Neriman and Naz and bad choice of coach.


    Can't wait for this matche Srb-Rus...this is real final!

    I agree them so badly! Actually Turkey's coach is still an assistant coach, mentally :lol:
    I don't know how he planned to stop Netherlands best two attackers, Slöetjes and Buijs for this game because I did not see a plan!

    I really hope we won't see Ferhat very long.


    Turkish girls played very good, having only an "ASSISTANT COACH" in the side. 3rd set showed that some subs could change this game if made earlier but he still decided to take double substitution back in the end of the set. Seriously? Can you be worse than that FERHAT? I hope he won't find any job in the volleyball teams ever again.


    Big congrats to Dutch girls! What I have to admit is, they did not do anything special and I did not watch high quality volleyball. Noone else than Slöetjes killed the ball when needed. Stam is amazing in defense. Buijs was good in this game but against a good team with a better coach, I'm sure they will just serve on Buijs, avoid her from attacking and block Slöetjes over and over. Dijkema should start using her middles more often because Slöetjes alone can't play this efficient against Russia or Serbia.


    coming back to Turkish side, I feel bad for Eczacibasi because I really disliked having Neriman in GsD for years. She never learnt how to receive ball properly and is not agile enough to hit bad sets. Slöetjes will probably be the star in turkish league next season :super:

    How is Ferhat expecting Turkey to win a set without making a single change? Is he waiting for a miracle touch from somewhere else???


    Btw, Slöetjes is the only player worth watching among both teams, making the difference. I add Stam in defense too.


    Both teams are though not in the quality of Russia or Serbia. It's sad that they will play semis against each other :(