Krista DeGeest had a small incident in training but she is fine. Ivona trains once in a week with them to keep fit.
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Display MoreStuttgart - Vilsbiburg 3:0 (25:19 25:15 25:14)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2017-18/Women/2500.pdf
MVP: Michaela Mlejnkova (6 aces) / Jennifer PettkeDresden - Potsdam 2:3 (25:16 18:25 22:25 25:23 10:15)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2017-18/Women/2503.pdf
MVP: Ivana Mrdak / Marta Drpa (31 pts)Schwerin - Münster 3:0 (25:22 25:14 25:20)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2017-18/Women/2506.pdf
MVP: Louisa Lippmann (61% att) / Luisa Keller (16 years)Wiesbaden - Aachen 0:3 (22:25 27:29 17:25)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2017-18/Women/2509.pdf
MVP: Tanja Sredic / Jelena Sunjic (weird choice, should have been Tessa Polder for me)So some surprises in the first round of QF. Aachen winning over Wiesbaden isn't necessarily a surprise but doing so 3:0 and in a very convining manner is. Potsdam beating Dresden definitely is a surprise though. After being simply terrible for large parts of the season, Potsdam won 5 of their last 6 regular season matches plus now also the first QF, mainly thanks to Marta Drpa finally playing up to her standards. For Dresden Korhonen wasn't so good today and with their terrible OHs they can't win without a dominant OPP. However I'm pretty sure they'll win the next two matches and reach semifinals, I just can't see Potsdam beating Dresden twice in a short time.
Next matches on Wednesday.
You are already wrong with your next matches on wednesday@Mathias. LOL
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Good players can play mediocre and this does not make them mediocre. This was quite clear in Matthias's message
Mediocre is a strongly derogatory word and as a volleyball fan who have played the game before, it should not be used to decribe any player.
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Double-checking all posts, I don't see anyone calling a player mediocre overall. Flyingdutchman and me were explicitly refering to the players' performances against Aachen.
Maybe your understanding of english language is different from mine. For me "But, except Drpa, they played only mediocre" means except Drpa all other players are mediocre.
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I have watched all Potsdam games so far. I don`t think they are a bad team or they are playing that bad, they just have not been playing great. Cikiriz must improve her reception, and Dreblow must improve even more. And Imoudu has not been great either, some of her sets are really low and close to the net, sometimes Drpa can`t even take a full jump swing.
I have watched all Potsdam games so far. I don`t think they are a bad team or they are playing that bad, they just have not been playing great. Cikiriz must improve her reception, and Dreblow must improve even more. And Imoudu has not been great either, some of her sets are really low and close to the net, sometimes Drpa can`t even take a full jump swing.
This is the kind of criticism and anylysis I expect from a volleyball fan who is versed in the game.
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Well, if you think they played better than mediocre then I disagree. I think Potsdam played rather bad for most of the match against Aachen except for Drpa.
Well, if you think they played better than mediocre then I disagree. I think Potsdam played rather bad for most of the match against Aachen except for Drpa.
How does playing bad in a match makes a player completely mediocre?
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Display MoreBefore the start of the game, I expected Potsdam to win, because they have better players.
But, except Drpa, they played only mediocre.
For Aachen indeed the subs made the difference. Both Polder and Neuhaus were not bad, but Susic and Kalinovskaya made the diference eventually.
Aachen has the potential to be a threat to the topteams, but their problem is the lack of a good substitute OH. Oude Luttikhuis was terrible today, but she still played almost the whole match.
Bongaerts and Susic are clearly a good transfer. It's a pity they couldnt transfer a good substitute for Daalderop.
I think Aachen has a quite low budget, related to the most other teams, but this season I think they will become the surprise-team in the league!
Before the start of the game, I expected Potsdam to win, because they have better players.
But, except Drpa, they played only mediocre.
I doubt if you know the meaning of the word mediocre.
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And they have also found their 2nd setter: Katja Kylmäaho from Finland.
I don't know how accurate this is, but the homepage of SC Potsdam lists Drpa, Kecman and Acosta in the team roster which seems to be for next season: http://www.sc-potsdam.de/volle…a/team/team-1-bundesliga/
Drpa and Kecman are sure for the new season. Acosta leaving.
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Ivona Svobodnikova extends her contract in Potsdam.
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Dresden - Wiesbaden 3:0 (25:17 25:20 25:22)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2016-17/Women/&2082.pdf
MVP: Katharina Schwabe / Tanja Großer
Dresden played a solid match in all elements, and Wiesbaden IMO was really bad. Last week I was disappointed with Denise Imoudu, today I have to say the same for Irina Kemmsies. She had zero connection with the middles today which usually is one of Wiesbaden's strengths. But nobody of the team played well today...and their coach says they improved a lot compared to the last two matchesIrina was not as bad as Matthias saw her. Both Eszter Nagy und Simona Kóšová went into the match unfit. That there was no connection with the setter was not much Irina's fault.
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I was quite disappointed by Denise Imoudu's performance. She had big problems with precision, I didn't like her choices many times and she looked very nervous and frustrated with herself all the time. With regard to NT, Irina Kemmsies has been much more convincing for me this season...
Acosta was very good in the first two sets, later Imoudu completely forgot her. Luckily she discovered Drpa right in time to win the match. Vilsbiburg got some help from the referees in 3rd set but overall deserved the point they won after two very bad sets in the beginning.To say Denise was very nervous and frustrated with herself ALL THE TIME when they played a perfect two first sets where Vilsbiburg never really happened and her passes were near perfect is far from the reality on the court yesterday. Vilsbiburg did not only got some help from the referees in the third set but he literally gave them the set with his not less than 4 bad calls in favour of Vilsbiburg or else Potsdam would have won in 3 straight set. That the whole team were outraged after those bad calls from the referees in the third set is understandable but a more experience team would have managed the situation better as Potsdam did. Good that your opinion about who has been more convincing between Denise and Irina is just your opinion and it count for nothing in selection for the NT.
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Regarding Potsdam: the question is, if the mixture of players is right - having so many German players in the roster threatens this mixture potentially, good to observe last season.
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Regarding Potsdam: the question is, if the mixture of players is right - having so many German players in the roster threatens this mixture potentially, good to observe last season.
Why should nationality have to do something with it? It always depends on the individual character of the players and staff how the team works as a group...
You are right, therefore I need to explain more carefully: the German clubs are in the uncomfortable situation, that only a rather limited number of German players fitting into a good team are available. If a club concentrates now to engage many German professionals, they have not many options to construct a strong and fitting roster. This is mainly due to the low number of good German professionals... therefore an education and conditions issue, not one of nationality directly.
Regarding Potsdam: the question is, if the mixture of players is right - having so many German players in the roster threatens this mixture potentially, good to observe last season.
Not necessarily: if the players are carefully selected, it can work out of course. And this was better solved in Schwerin than in Potsdam last season, we have indeed to wait, how the chemistry between players is the season coming.
What a weird line of thought. Are you trying to say Stuttgart with almost all foreign players will definitely click as a team and play a good season? Maybe you should tell us more about what happened in Potsdam last season for us to be able to understand your line of thought. -
On VBL site, some teams already have some players listed in the roster. Potsdam's roster includes Ann-Marie Knauf (ex-Köpenick) and Ivona Svobodnikova (ex-Aachen), but not Regina Burchardt...
SC Potsdam part ways with Regina Mapeli Burchardt.
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I was wondering who the hell "Michael Hartmann" is
It's Manuel Hartmann....and it means Aachen is left without coach.
I was wondering who the hell "Michael Hartmann" is
It's Manuel Hartmann....and it means Aachen is left without coach.
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Schwerin sign MB Lauren Barfield and Michael Hartmann as ass. coach
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Bad news from Thüringen: the city Suhl decided not to support the club financially (120.000€). Without that money, Thüringen can't play 1st league. It's not official yet, but very likely that they withdraw now.
The Volleystars did get the licence to play in the first league but VfB 91 Suhl who apparently also applied to play in the first league got the licence.
https://www.facebook.com/VolleyStarsThueringen -
SC Potsdam signs Roslandy Acosta.
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First look at this year's team.
Only 17 players on the photo, from the invited players Denise Imoudu, Berit Kauffeldt, Hanna Orthmann and Anne Hölzig are missing. No idea if they join later or what other reasons there could be...
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Laura Dijkema move from Dresden to Igor Gorgonzola Volley Novara in Italy.
http://www.freiepresse.de/SPOR…talien-artikel9496012.php
