Posts by lche059

both teams are so nervous wasting free balls left and right lol

usa defense is too good in the first set. serbia needs to receive better so their 2 hitters get better sets.

usa can't get their fast middle game going. serbia will win the shootout between wing spikers.

Lowe will play as Robinsons teammate in Beijing. Confirmed by her mom.

Quote from Sidney

Dear God, you guys are amazing already saying that Serbia is the olympic champion

you complained a lot about people here not giving your team enough credit.
well, let's just say majority are right most of time.

brazil's reduced to relying on sheila now. i like china's chances if it's down to sheilaj vs zhu.

Quote from Sidney

Dear God, you guys are amazing already saying that Serbia is the olympic champion

we say if serbia keeps playing like this
given that qualifier, i'd put my money where my mouth is too. it would be crazy to bet against them.

serbia really turned it up a notch today.
i mean when was the last time you see rasic block like that for serbia? but we all know that's what she's capable of every game.
that's what i don't like them about. they don't bring it when they think the match is "meaningless", only to find that
they couldn't turn it up a notch when they need to. tonight they really rose to the occasion though.

Quote from Matthias

There's a big gap between "beating a team" and "losing 9:25"...

i can't think of many points russian should've won.
what can you do about those 100km/h serves? or hitting over triple blocks of average height of 6'5?
with the exception of malesevic, serbia was just almost perfect.

i wouldn't say russia was playing badly in this set. give me a team that would've beat this serbia like that. even mihajlovic was hitting over triple blocks.

if boskovic keeps serving like this, they're the champions. no team in the world aint gonna beat them.

wow, srb rus is exciting, filled with power and strength and surprising low errors.

any word on balkestein's status today?

last time netherlands and korea met was at the qualifier, korea had 11 aces while netherlands had zero.
yet korea won only by a total of eight points. sloetjes actually spiked a lot better than kim. netherlands lost robin
to injury at the end of 2nd set, who's unstoppable until that point. they have come a long way since then. it would
take a massive choke job for them to lose this game. netherlands in 4 sets.

Did Britain have a team?
And which team would be worse than them?

Quote from ossubtus

well, I don't understand how ARG is ranked higher than PUR, which is clearly a much better team, having beaten POL several times in a row now, for example.

and what a coincidence , in last 2 olypmics, both times the two weakest teams together with the host team!

Quote from rbdfabio

Ololo I think u need a better example when Jordan used to play, yeah every time he stepped on the court it was OK to loose sometimes, in the NBA they play 84 regular season games, which is impossible to win all 84 and loosing a few games makes no difference especially at the end of regular season...olololo.

U guys got me wrong, I think what Terzic does is totally wrong.

you're confusing his approach to the game with result.

Quote from rbdfabio

Even if China wins 3-0 China will finish in 4th. They will have no motivation at all to win.

winners never lack motivation to win. when michael jordan steps on the court, do you think he thinks it's ok to lose this game or that game?
he doesn't even lose to the kids in his camp!
no wonder serbia is the biggest underachiever in volleyball. it starts at the top with the coach.
and i think china will give their 100% against usa. they need some confidence boost going into QF. a loss to usa will definitely not help their QF.

btw, serbia is already the most rested top team by a lot coming into the olympics. yet, they still need rest.

well, i hope mihajlovic is well rested because it cost them an olympics match.
and i hope they win their QF because this is what this supposed rest is gonna help deliver, right?

Quote from cpgator

SRB assumes USA will beat China, so there is no difference between 2nd and 3rd.

this is not only about pool positioning.
winning matters. this kind of casual attitude about winning really undermines a team's competitiveness.
losing to a team only gives them more confidence to beat you next time. netherlands' improvement over the year is clear proof of that.

busa is playing ahead of mihajlovic? is serbia trying to lose this game?

and serbia is the only team that has used multiple different starting lineups? is there any reason for this? i really don't understand serbia coach.

if i were brazil/russia, i would love to play china. i mean they lost to olympics debutante the Netherlands. they got beat by serbia worse than puerto rico or italy.
clearly their confidence is broken, their campaign is falling apart and their coach is in panic mode.
it's great time to pile it on.