Posts by ThisIsVolleyball

The game was suspended in the latter second set. I think it will resume tomorrow

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As usual.. the match turned to a battle between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray hooligans so the referee suspended the match.

Whats with their fans?

What happenwd?

I guess Pomi is still in the cloud nine lol. They cant attack well in their match, kinda surprising that they were defeated by the 7th team, truly unpredictable.

Lucas is ammonster in the Italian League, he will really be a headache for the other teams I guess

Eczacibasi is really strong they have Boskovic, Larson, Darnel, Poljak, Furst, Oszoy and many more which are really the standouts in theor country, but what do you think seems to be the problem? They wasnt able to advance in the final 4 in CL. I still love the team hope they won the Turkish League

Katya was in the World Champ in 2014 but was not in shape, adding that Lyuba wasnt there also, the Russian team really sucks in their defence eventhough they have the strongest attacks. Look, they fail without a decent passer. Coach Marichev should have adrressed this already if they want to wind the gold. I still hope for them in the podium. Kosheleva and Goncha are great

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Lanza has been injured for two months more or less now.. He's slowly solving his knee problems, but I don't know if he's ready to play a full match yet.
Trento-Modena is a great semifinal, it is a pity one of thetwo teams will be out. I see Modena a little superior but Trento is always tough opponent, you can never underestimate them!

Yeah, I thought they will face each others once more in finals same as last year, but credits ahould be given to Lube also theyre playing well. Still hoping for Trento to advance.

I havent watched the entire season, I hope Trento be in the Finals, I just wonder why is Lanza benched, is he injuresd?

Disappointing for Skra, they won more matches but lose because of the point system. Doesn't make any sense, maybe the win-loss record should determine the ranking, or atleast have quarterfinals and semis in this league. But I know Asseco can give ZAKSA a god fight.

Hope that Impel will play with Chemik at the finals. I know Kasia and teammates can do it.

Is there a problem between Coach Manabe and Risa? She's actually playing great in VLeague even getting the Finals MVP plum, Japan really need to have a good passer in the qualifiers

Yes, Picci is back with Ortolani. Why is Tirozzi out? I see she's playing well with Pomi both in the Italian League and the Champions League. Costagrande isnt in the line up also.

Kasia, Kaczor, Werblinska, Bednarek, Skorupa, Impossible but probable, still hoping for them to play together as a team.

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20 players for the Olympics 2016.

S : Ekaterina Kosianenko, Evgeniya Startseva, Olga Efimova
OPP : Natalia Goncharova, Ekaterina Gamova, Natalia Malykh
OH : Tatiana Kosheleva, Alexandra Pasynkova, Yana Scherban, Victoria Chaplina, Kseniia Ilchenko, Anastasia Bavykina, Lyubov Sokolova
MB : Irina Fetisova, Irina Zaryazhko, Anastasia Samoylenko, Ekaterina Lyubshkina
L : Anna Malova, Elena Ezhova, Victoria Kuzyakina

Source : Russian women's volleyball facebook page.

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For me:
S: Startseva, Kosianenko (although I think shes underperforming)
OPP: Goncharova, Gamova
OH: Kosheleva, Sokolova, Scherban, Pasynkova (hard to choose, they need Lyuba for experience)
MB: Zaryazhko, Fetisova, Shlyakovaya
L: Malova, Ezshova

Where's Kryuchkova and Moroz?

Breaking: Gamova and Sokolova was among who was listed in choices for the WGP and Olympics, maybe a good news for Lyuba and Katya fans. Hope they'll make it into the olympics. Imagine Goncha, Kosheleva and Gamova at your wings and Lyuba at the middle since she is versatile, a threat for all the teams since Goncha and Koshelva are on their peak.

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Erdem apparently is a very lucky woman when it comes to individual awards. She was awarded in ECH last year, realistically her being given an award was not so much expected, simply because they had to give one at least to a Turk since they belonged to top 4. And yesterday too, for sure she played an excellent match against Kazan, yet I'd have given that award to De Kruijf who defended her team umtil the end of the final match.

By the way, I really wonder what Jole Stevanović has in her mind. I presume she will challenge herself signing a Turkish club I want her to stay in Pomí tho, but I'd be surprised if she really does that.

Well she got offer in Eczacibasi and I think she can give it a try, to know that her national teammate, Boskovic plays there.

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Will Kasia Skowronska stay in Impel for the next year?

Well Pomi did well against Vakifbank, Lonneke was defended well forcing her to commit errors. The Starting players of Pomi were able to penetrate Vakifs blocks. I was really amazed on how they defended the floor well especially to Robin's attack.