“I have so much love for @fbvoleybol and hope to see you soon” were her words so it confused me. Anyway, I really wish her the best and hope to see her in Europe if not Fener or another Turkish club.
I still think Eczacibasi will have another more balanced foreign OH for next season. Or maybe they just think Hande-Jordan-Fatma-Saliha will do.
i remember mihajlovic said the same thing and came back after years 
Kelsey thanked Fenerbahce and said hope to see you soon. I don’t know if it means anything. Fatma said “I am going to miss you “ and Kelsey replied “When you visit me in the States, I will have all the goodies waiting for you”
At first I thought she might stay but what she told Fatma is confusing as they both would have been in Istanbul, even though for different clubs, If Kelsey was staying.
to me it seems she wants to stay but idk if Fener has got the budget
in my opinion the best young setter in the turkish league that year was buket gulubay. it is very fast and blocks well. I really wanted to watch it on VNL.
sorry, but i can never trust cagla akin.
Welcome back on the forum, long time no see! I also think Buket is underrated btw and ofc Buse Ünal.
I think it's quite normal. She broke her medial collateral ligament during a KOVO Cup game and stayed out of court for 4 months.
not to mention she said she was bullied so it took time for a mental switch as well I guess.
I hope someone is smart enough to sign Sherridan Atkinson btw!
Great transfer from Aydin! They are making all the right calls so far.
She has been a dark horse for the past seasons in the league.
There's actually a Vakifbank II, right? But they went to AGY because they play in the big pants league whereas VB II is V2 or V3
if i'm correct they are at...3...
So they'd probably learn more by sitting at the bench at this stage of their carreers. Also usually its U18 there.
Edit: I just checked and they promoted to the 2nd division.
Bummer. Started before Covid. That means Derya is a free agent? Goggles? The sexy setters. That wonderful young Romanian whose name escapes me? Alexia?
idk what their budget is without AG, maybe they'll get a new sponsor but in these times I think that's not a likely case.
Buket and Derya are not free agents btw, they're VB property, it all depends on their management.
Vakifbank's assistant coach Dehri, who was Yesilyurt's coach last season is moving to Nilufer now.
Yesilyurt's main sponsor went to bankruptcy, I will be surprised if they can afford to make a fine team after all. It would be nice if TVF set a minimum budget limit to participate in VVSL this season, so we could get rid of Beylikduzu, Besiktas and some others.
bye bye AtlasGlobal I guess
I expected her to sign for a better team honestly. Maybe THY.
She is someone that wants to play full time. Next to Seyma Ercan, Kingdon and Santana it would have been tough for her I guess.
Let's see who Kuzeyboru SC will sign to their team. Ngl I'm also a bit surprised she chose them. KSC seems to not be scared to invest a little though so who knows. Dajana and/or Matea Ikic might want to look elsewhere again.
Humay Topaloglu? She's very good IMHO.
I agree, she lacks a bit of arm strength/muscle but her technique is good and she is quite an all-around OH, being a local is obviously a big advantage as well.
Is there any info about Koolhaas, will she stay in Yesilyurt?
Not any I know of at the current time sadly. Maybe someone else knows?
Their head coach changed clubs to Nilüfer also so now I'm a bit worried about their future. I heard that the players that didn't come back to VB might do another season of AGY but I'm not sure at all tbh at the current time.
I believe Mirkovic is a risky choice, even more so if the back up setter they signed is as bad as people said over here
I agree and she is very young so I don't want to be too critical but...she was... beyond horrible.
I can't even lie about that 
but WCCH 2018 and 2019 is when Ebrar did prove she's got it, she saved VB from Praia in an insane way iirc and was taking so much responsibility with Conegliano
iirc he benched her right after her great performance vs Praia...
Ebrar might be a character that's a handful to work with Idk about that but I agree that Gio is not been entirely fair with her for some reason.
Is Hatice a common name? In Brazil, when we have a common first name sometimes we prefer to be called by our second one.. It's nice to see similarities in other cultures
Yea it's very common, I think it's also a bit old-school or cliché as a name. Gizem might be even more common XD at least today, but it's more modern, more 'cool' if that makes sense.
I know that is common to use first names with Turkish players.. So why we call Hatice Gizem Orge, Gizem, and not Hatice?
She prefers her 2nd name Gizem and uses that one in her day to day life. Turkish volleyball players indeed usually put their first names instead of surnames but I don't think it matters when you have a 2nd name.
btw yes it might not be a fair battle but we will finally see the Bošković sisters, Tijana and Dajana play against each other 
Display MoreThanks. I'm not sure I get this part:
Do you mean he may be giving Ebrar a chance, by letting her go to THY, to see if she's really at the scoring level of the Big OPs, Bosko and so on? He just doesn't want to chance it with his team?
It's tough when your only real skill is scoring --which is an overrated skill if you ask me
I'm cool with the "I don't want to be an OH" thing. Solid reception may be beyond reach, and/or she just doesn't like hitting from the left side of the court. If she knows that about herself, that's a good thing. But she could improve in other areas, like controlling her swing or blocking. She's still young though.
btw the 'I don't wanna be an OH thing' is only a rumour and afaik a false one also, I have never seen any proof of it... I do remember her saying she wants to help the team in every way she can and wants to improve herself in every aspect of volleyball as much as she can.
Which would actually even be contradicting with the claims people make.
Even after the ref talked to them, Tainara does it back.
I'm already a fan. Love the moves from the Italians, are they trying to say like; throwing the trash out.
Tainara's comeback was cute too though.
gosh that was a handful ahaha, obviously I have a lot to edit here and I didn't add things like CEV spots because I'm not entirely sure how TVF will hand those although I'm thinking it will just be top 5+1 again CEV+Balkan Cup
