Posts by spmagnus

I don't know what this might sound like but i am not happy with the bronze, also rans yet again. But nothing will change, the merry go around will go around, like the groundhog day stuck in an eternal cycle of disappoinment, the fundamental faults not addressed.

No disrespect to Serbia or even the Dutch, or other teams here, but we simply revert back to the same old same old, it's a major sporting culture issue, same old mental mistakes never learning, i don't mean the players really , i mean the whole organisation and structure and just bad habits of the system. We are clearly doing something wrong, not just in volleyball but whole spectrum of sports, but i am going to meander, anyway huge disappoinment yet again.

Quote from beri

USTUNDAG STFU #out

Who is Ustundag?

I say that but i might be wrong they are getting contributions

Good news is everytime they go away from Boskovic almost nothing good comes of it,

If we give this set away easily it had make that epic 1st set far less of value

Tugba,pulled it together, really good as the set progressed, Zehra we need more, I wouldn't mind seeing yasemin, but it's a lottery making changes at this stage.

BUT so many mistakes by TR, 5 points ahead...we can't do this.

Yes, really important service run with Hande

very good time out by terzic, i can see Tugba getting subbed if she doesn't pull her self together

TR v Srb

https://www.canlitv.today/trt-1

https://www.canlitv.me/trt1

Or on the proviso you have a strong firewall, no joke

http://www.usagoals.video/c/vo…1/turkey-w-vs-serbia-w/1/

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Any link for Srb - Tur?

I'll drop a link or two.

After S Korea loss, i didn't follow the aftermath, any replays, reports interviews etc. I did what i usually do, after a painful loss, i just tried to forget about it asap and cut myself off of any media, went under my blanket like the coward i am

I stumbled across this just today, when i asked where the ever absent before determination, consistency came from in this particular championship, this comes closer to my answer i suspect....

i have rarely seen this devastation and sadness after a loss. Kudos to the team for recovering from it and getting positives out of it.

Some observations on Turkey; Where is this consistency coming from? i have never seen the team like this in years of tournaments. It's like something happened to them in the Olympics, a forging in fire like in a fantasy novel and something new is born.

By now we should have had a 3-2 or two, win or a loss vs a minnow, or a dramatic collapase from 2-0 up, mental drama and ups and downs but nope so far. Just domination in 7/7, there is a determination in this team, an intangible there and i like this new attitude.

Also, Tugba is a timely and a fortunate upgrade from Meliha, no question, she is better at everything by a margin AND can attack and contribute to scoring consistently, that position has been a big boost.

The team has actually slowly peaked as in all the pieces are coming together at the right time, for example as in Baladin playing better, and Cansu not bad by far, but her sets have become better, by the way her serving has been another nice surprise.

And Meryem Boz "Blue Thunder" (lol) is back!

in the semis we'll have a realistic shot if this team turns up, against still clear favourites though, hard task clearly. Doable but only if we carry this level of play and consistency

I like to apologise for the awkward posts the other day, i keep imploring my drunk self to please not to go on interwebz and post stuff, a**h*** doesn't listen. Drunk at 9:30 am? yea sounds terrible, but a sound excuse, long story not to bore you with, pls take with a pinch of salt don't judge me

I will go back delete but the cringe might be too strong to face, so no promises.

Awesome appraisal/info Realista thank you, i came back to post and ask polish commenters what the score was, since my view of the Polish team is from a distance and i am not the most knowledgable volleyball follower. Great stuff, but i'll say this even from the outside , the most important thing is there is clear progression i see in Polish team, there are young players there, i think they are going in the right direction, cheer up, i am mentioning Stysiak seprately, is a future super star

I think we'll overcome a next level POL team, they have stepped up a tier in the last year or so in my humble opinion, prior i always welcomed them as opponents, soft belly easy come easy go, i knew we had win. But not anymore, I still feel they are not at our level yet, at least for this match. They haven't been able to integrate Stysiak and Smarzek on at same time, but more worryingly their MBs and well rest of squad has improved overall, Wolocz is a big loss, anyway they ares still transitioning, TR is more complete so i think we can take this. will go all out and say 3-1 TR.

Anyway what was i saying? ...sigh there is not even a proper laugh emoji here...

I can't wait for the poland game sooo exciting , but why do i put myself through this torture everytime , I can't eat or sleep for a week after when we lose, see south Korea for ref.

I like sitenoise, we need less of the apologising for trying to be funny and just go for it. You know light hearted is good even in a tight ass forum like this it's good to occasionally let go and just joke, make a flippant comment. We need more fun here. *Braces self and bites on the strap*

I'll say this if Poland don't recover and take this match, will be a massive set back for them, unacceptable, If you can't get out of 16's with Stysiak and Smarzek there is something wrong there, i had look at the coach

They both got a piece of that ball to block and take the set. There have been so many competitive games and upsets in this 16's, but I don't think this will be another. Who knows though.

Very entertaining and competitive tournament so far best i can remember.

Anyone has any latest reliable info on Meryem Boz and this covid thing?