Posts by ignorans

Odd list... There are several players I never heard of...

I guess some of them will be used in the Volleyball Nations League. Montreux is 3 weeks ahead of the WC, so they might not use B-Team this time.

I hope they will try some "new" setters (Ryseva, Novik and Anufrienko), but Vetrova and Startseva will probably get the spots. I really hope that Pankova will be left out (not even sure she was better than Ryseva this season at Zarechie...).

Opposite is obviously Goncharova. Do they even need a second one for the WC? In other competitions they probably should use Malykh, Petrova or Malygina.

MB: Koroleva and Fetisova should be in. In addition I like E. Efimova and Kotova.

Libero: Ulanova, Krychkova.

Opposite: Shcherban, Voronkova and Khodunova/Krotkova seem to be the best. Parubets was not that convincing this season but still a decent option. I like Kotikova but probably a bit too unexperience for this WC...

Yenisey won first game.

Safonova played pretty well considering that she played the whole season with Sakhalin. Uralochka's liberos again with reception problems...

Quote from StefanS

For next season there is a new superleague team: Lokomotiv Kaliningrad (the former Königsberg):

http://www.worldofvolley.com/N…eam-from-kaliningrad.html

The roster sounds interesting, this team should be capable of playing in the middle of the league with chances to qualify for European Cups.

Good news! Roster sounds good, but sad to see Voronkova leave Kazan...

Today the finals start. I think Kazan is a slight favorite even without Vasileva (assuming Kotikova can repeat the performance from the semis). Yenisey has the home advantage in the 3rd place playoffs (both teams won at home in regular season encounters), but they failed this season when it mattered (CL, Cup, Semis)...

Turkey is the reason why there is a challenge system in volleyball...

As expected the final is Kazan vs Moscow. Let's see wether Moscow can save a mediocre season...
Anno Kotikova is duing pretty well as a Vasileva replacement.

EPIC FAIL

Umpire not doing so well in Belgium...

With a little help from the umpire Yenisey would have won the second set and the match up could have been interesting...

Karpol and most of first team not in Kazan... Rest for Mammadova and Vasileva as a consequence... First time Malygina as a starter for Kazan?

Sokolova back from retirement...

Yes, very annoying and disrespectful to other teams...
Why is the quality of the laola-stream so low?

This weekend are the finals of the Russian Cup.

Tomorrow: 14.30 Uralochka-Yenisey, 17.00 Proton-Kazan (moscow time)

First HF should be close, but Yenisey seems to be stronger. Kazan favourite to win the cup.

Yenisey recovered from CL out with a win over Uralochka. New coach started with Rusakova as OH unlike his predecessor... Good move...

Koshkin took responsibility for Kransnoyarsk defeat and resigned (http://www.russiavolley.com/12…ch-of-enisey-krasnoyarsk/). Was a bit unlucky (they had 2 match points...) but made a lot of changes which lead the several situations where coordination and communication failed...

Italy - Netherlands 3:1
Serbia - Belarus 3:1
Azerbaijan - Germany 3:1
Russia - Turkey 3:1

I really don't get the format and the scheduling. Why is it that in the second time in a row the number 1 and 2 have to meet in the semis? Why does Russia have 3 days without a single match and then possibly 3 matches in a row? Why are the teams meeting in the semifinals not playing their quarterfinals on the same day?

Playoff Matches:

Belarus - Czech Republic 3:2
Netherlands - Croatia 3 : 0
Poland - Turkey 1 : 3
Germany - Bulgaria 2: 3

BUL-UKR: http://livetv.sx/dex/eventinfo/569266_bulgaria_ukraine/#webplayer_alieztv|54846|569266|775662|1430|5|de

German matches to be broadcasted on Sport1 or live stream on sport1.de

Ushakov is clearly better than Kuzyutkin. Pankov would have been even the better move but ok.
The idea of using Frolova was not that bad. She is the best receiving OH and the best choice if Russia only receives with 2 players. As long as Kosheleva plays OH and Shcherban not in top form, Frolova seems to be the best option...