Posts by efetugberk

    GsD reception is too bad as usual . Nihan made 2-3 reception mistakes and Meijners too . Gamze doesn't use her middles and Bosetti . So , it is difficult for GsD to take 2 sets at least .

    There is no such playoffs this season as far as I know. All top teams play against each other once again.

    You are right . After quarter final , winner teams will face as a small league . As i have just checked it , these matches will be in 2 different cities . However , these 4 teams will probably be from Istanbul . In my opinion , all these matches should be in Istanbul .

    Fener's success will depend on their serve performance . They were amazing at the first set especially Elif and Bosetti , sometimes Kim but after their serve performances stopped , Fener also stopped .

    I'm a fan of Meijners but her bad performances in Turkey was sort of expected even before the season. It's not the 1st time seeing players like her, being such strong killers in Italy and then moving to Turkey with some good money and losing motivations and getting used to the distinctive atmosphere, new volleyball, worse setters etc etc. I don't want to blame anybody, but she's not strong enough yet to play in Turkey. I don't know what's up with Centoni, she's supposed to play better. Galatasaray is painful to watch, their local players are awful... why not even trying to get Uslupehilvan or Ismalioglu? They're probably too good to be bench players...same for Onal.


    Apparently Robin de Kruijf gave an interview with Son set, does anybody know when the video will be uploaded online?


    Here the link of the interview

    I'm a fan of Meijners but her bad performances in Turkey was sort of expected even before the season. It's not the 1st time seeing players like her, being such strong killers in Italy and then moving to Turkey with some good money and losing motivations and getting used to the distinctive atmosphere, new volleyball, worse setters etc etc. I don't want to blame anybody, but she's not strong enough yet to play in Turkey. I don't know what's up with Centoni, she's supposed to play better. Galatasaray is painful to watch, their local players are awful... why not even trying to get Uslupehilvan or Ismalioglu? They're probably too good to be bench players...same for Onal.


    Apparently Robin de Kruijf gave an interview with Son set, does anybody know when the video will be uploaded online?

    The interview has just been published on Tv . I guess one or two days later , you can find the video on this account who maked this interview .
    https://twitter.com/Boovolley

    Smart decision by her.. Turkey is not a good choice for first year abroad for such a young player as her.. she once said she would like to play in Italy, so that would be a better option.. But I don't think staying another 4 years in Serbia is also smart.. She showed she is a great young talent so has outgrown the league already... But maybe she wants to finish university first, who knows..

    You are right . A few years more in Partizan may be better because if she come to Tukey , she will have a big role and big responsibilities . But her potential is very high for staying in Partizan for 4 years .

    Fener's squad is really good but a lot of foreign players couldn't play in Turkish League . Vakıf uses its foreign players in the league more balanced . And if we look at team-play , Fener's chance depends on personal plays . Also , Fener's block and defense must more affective if they want to beat Vakıf .

    Most of us also comparing only the squads here, but this is very obvious that each Vakif - Fener matches are like the games everyone know the match score,Vakif wins.. They are also mentaly and physiologically better than us. They play against us like they already found the bug of the each game, sooner or later they win. Players on the paper can be great but other factors are important too. I hope Kazan beats Vakif then it can be easier for us to reach to F4

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    Unfortunately , no . Schedule is too busy for it .


    • I would not assume GsD will place 4th. They have difficult matches ahead. They play at Nilufer and at Idman Ocagi. GsD will not take points from any of the top 3 and lost in first half to Nilufer. Idman Ocagi has very strong foreign players and play well at home. Today they were within 1 point of going to 5 with Fenerbahce. GsD could be in danger of finishing as low as 6th

    Nilüfer has problems without Gizem and just Herrera can't lead team for 4th place . İdmanocağı was really good in the first part of league but they can't win big matches . I think Galatasaray will take 4th place easily but if Galatasaray can't consentrate on less important matches like first part , they may be on 5th place but it isn't important either 4th or 5th place .

    If we consider last seasons , Galatasaray's roster isn't enough for top of the league this year . Centoni injured when she led the team and after she back , she has't been powerful as it was expected . Meijners and Bosetti can't play well every game . Turkish players are already inadequate . We can't use middleblockers in offense and we are really bad at receiving . Also , team's age average is 22 and we got Barbolini :sos:

    In case you forgot this one


    What happened to Galatasaray this season? They are not playing well according to the results.

    What happened to Galatasaray this season? They are not playing well according to the results.

    In case you forgot this one


    What happened to Galatasaray this season? They are not playing well according to the results.

    In case you forgot this one


    What happened to Galatasaray this season? They are not playing well according to the results.

    Eczacıbasi was my favourite for champions league with its deep roster but after i saw Caprara , I don't think they can win the cup . He doesn't anything in bad times .On bench , they have Gozde and Esra and also Nilay who is one of the best setters in Turkey but Caprara doesn't use them . I know he is one of the most succesful coaches but he just do maximum 1 change at final points . He can make double changes but he doesn't . He is really passive as i see .