Posts by sitenoise

OHs should fake back attack from the left the way OPs do from the right. It's gotta be a higher percentage shot

Looks to me like Yoshitake is making the most progress of their pins (swinging-wise, still a defensive liability). Fukazawa still gotta crawl out of her injury hole; Nakajima is fine but probably at her ceiling; Nakagawa too old to develop; "More than Miyu" can't even get playing time

The SAGA 2024 Final between Saga and Okayama is on in a couple hours, streamed here

I enjoy this guy/girl commentary team a lot. They usually don't say anything during the actual play except for oohs and ahhs and grunts for a good dig or something, and then they celebrate the end of every play with enthusiasm and then talk about it a little until the next serve comes

Yamanashi Chuo Bank Sporting Bears are battling Forest Leaves for Bronze right now. Chie Tsuji coaches the Sporting Bears and she must know something. These are nobody girls who work at a bank. But they play with great technique, digging, passing, etc., and they swing hard with confidence not abandon. Really fun team. V.League teams usually poach their best players but they just keep chugging along ever since Tsuji took the helm in 2019

Best part of watching SAGA is hoping to get a glimpse of Miina Inoue in the time out huddles. Fun comes so naturally to her. Araki struggles at it

I hope it turns out Miina can actually play well  

Okayama reverse sweep on Breath Hamamatsu who look pretty good. They have three good pins, and a couple serviceable MBs (scoring, not blocking). It's too bad for Hamamaatsu their setter loaned herself to Himeji. Saiki didn't play for Okayama, but it doesn't bode well for them re: SVL. Except for Saiki it was Team A (maybe fudging with the setterbecause that's how they roll)

Yamanashi Chuo Bank Sporting Bears beat Kurobe 3–0 because Yamanashi Chuo Bank Sporting Bears kick ass

Switched to a couple girl mumblers for commentary which brought the fun factor way down

SFs tonight:

SAGA v Forest Leaves

Okayama v Yamanashi Chuo Bank Sporting Bears

Streaming here

Saga, in their cool SAGA uniforms, is playing against Hyogo:

Sakae
Yositake
Araki & Shion
Nakajima & Nakagawa (Fukazawa)

Nishimura

Like it's serious. I guess it is. Home turf and all that. Would be devastating to get knocked out in the QFs by a farm club missing their setter which caused them to drop out of the Empress Cup

National Sports Festival 2024 Quarterfinals — 2024.10.07 9:30am Start

Livestreaming

Quote from Phoenix

She just needs to figure out whether she's leaning more towards being an offensive player or an allrounder. I think initially she wanted to be the allrounder type, I still think that would be best for her but with Nagaoka's retirement looming they probably need someone to catch up to that position by this season.

I sort of lost track of her after high school and a couple U-Squads. She and Yuzuki Baba kind of blur together in my mind. Middle Blocker who plays receiving line and back attacks. Basically my dream player, but I don't think she can do that with Saga

Quote from Phoenix

Saga 2024 so I don't know which teams are playing

Hokusho University

Yamanashi Chuo Bank

Kurobe

Breath Hamamatsu

Viale Hyogo

Seagulls

Forest Leaves

SAGA

Tohoku Fukushi U (eliminated)

Kagawa (Selection) (eliminated)

Streaming here

A couple funny commentators doing Thai Style commentating with moans and groans and oohs and Ahs and laughing. Made it fun

Not a fun watch any more

Shit like that, tho. Hitting a free pass out of bounds

Jeong JY has taken full ownership of Mega

I want Red Sparks to bounce back so we get a full setter. I think it would be a barn burner

I don't know either of these teams from a can of beans. Red Sparks seemed like the more "experienced" team. Doesn't look like that any more. At all. They're just crumbling

Quote from Julian Chow

Red Sparks looking tired now

yes. Like their guts fell out too

I know what it is with this Hillstate setter. She looks like she's riding a horse

Hillstate taking control now. I'm always disappointed when their setter doesn't jump set, though

Quote from Julian Chow

Players from SEAsia, Wipawee and Mega are making an impact in this final

Wipawee's been more consistent and punchy. Mega makes some silly errors from time to time. Gets blocked more than she should

Hillstate payback 25–15. I'm crushing on their setter. She's fascinating to watch off the ball. So bouncy. But I think I'm rooting for Red Sparks because their uniforms are cooler

Red Sparks seems like a Korean JT Marvelous to me, in the sense that they aren't bothered being down 6 points, or whatever. In fact if your lead is too big it can work against you because it makes them a little mad

Set 2 starting out the same way , Hillstate 10–4. See if they can hold on to this one

Even though Hillstate got out front by 4 or 5 points early, this whole set has felt like they would crack at any moment and Red Sparks would surge. It's happening