Posts by akitoakie

sloth wrote:

Osasco tried to make fun of Minas because they didnt win the WCCH, look who's laughing now

what happened? I know Minas won silver

Minas was playing super fast. I like Macris' sets to the outside. Natalia + Gabi duo is still as lethal as ever. I will always love Rexona/SESC because of the Mari+Sheilla connection, but Minas is definitely my fav to win this time.

OMG what an embarassing first set by Osasco. SESC seemed to recover well after 2 straight defeats.

The 3rd set was more embarassing tbh.

Osasco did bad, but sESC didn't do that great imo. Can't believe Bernadinho think that Pena-Monique-Gabiru-Kosheleva is a good receiving line-up.

is it possible that the attackers of Rio cannot kill the ball because of Roberta sets? how do you guys think Roberta performs so far?

I kinda miss seeing Sheilla Castro on court. Watching her play is pure enjoyment. Her tips are legendary.

I thought these teams already played against each other recently? Is this a replay?

I fell in love with Bruna back when she played for Rexona. I always liked her. And she was nice to Mari Steinbrecher when they were playing on the same team.

Sidney wrote:

She's not injuried but sill recovering. I think she is doing a nice job really, but last night Sesi's blockers managed to find her many times

yeap. seems like she has trouble to go through Diouf/Fabiola. but she still has that height jump. Pena on the other hand is making impressed so many times. she is much better than last season imo. Kasiely is a good back row player. Seems like SESC-RJ has better team this year than last year.

And Fluminese beat Osasco 3 - 0

SESC-RJ beat SESI 3-2. SESC played almost a perfect game on the 4th set. Monique's defense was amazing to watch. Kosheleva seemed to be a little bit "quite" so far. Is she still injured? Can't wait to see Drussyla returns.

It is good to see SESI is no longer a punching bag this season like they were last season

StefanS wrote:

During 2013 I used to call VakifBank the indomitables. It was the strongest winning streak of any volleyball club ever, the level of play unbelievable, of course they won every competition than they participated in (in Turkey championship, cup and supercup, internationally both CL and Club World Championship).

Wow this is crazy. Who were their line up back then? This must be one hell of a dream team.

JoanaBG wrote:

LOL at Fenerbahce's stats today. Everyone has great numbers and then you see Bricio Still, seemingly enough for a comfortable victory. Mrs Guidetti is quietly having a very good season so far.

Do you have the stats?

saishuu wrote:

Yep, she's injured. Not sure what exactly though.

is it the same injury that she suffered in World Champion? if i am not mistaken she suffered some injury towards the end of the competition.

anyone knows why Drussyla is not playing yet? is it because of injury?

just realized now Monique is playing as a receiving Opp. maybe to cover Koshe from receiving.

Sidney wrote:

Yes, Mayhara was there. She was a beast at both slide attack and blocking. And then she decided to bench in Rexona...

USAvolleyfan wrote:

I remember praising her then. I couldn't get over her decision to go and sit on the bench in Rio

Mayhara was always good. I think the decision coming to Rexona is because training under Coach Bernadinho is one of the most precious things one could get, maybe. And maybe Rio offers better money. Or simply because she wants to stay around that area? I don't know. But I think she should start this year. Bia has not been convincing for the past 5 months or so.

saishuu wrote:

This was such, such a good match. I absolutely adore Kosheleva. She seems like an incredible person. I'm really rooting for her this year.

Superliga might actually be a really good competition this year. I'm stoked.

I always love Koshe. She is not that typical smug faced Russian. She is always warm and welcoming and her attitude on court is always a pleasure to watch. I am very looking forward on how she will perform under Coach Bernadinho. Anyone knows how many players from Russia has played in Superliga?

Sidney wrote:

She was a starter during a few years in Praia, and then she benched for Claudinha. I like her. She used to have great connections with her MBs and OPP but her sets to zone 4 are simply awful. This was a huge problem in 2013/2014 when Praia had this amazing line up with Herrera, Kim Glass, Mari Steinbrecher and failed to reach semifinals once again. Ju Carrijo was mostly blamed for that because she performed very poorly in the quarterfinals.

I remember this one. I was hoping that Mari could do well but it didn't turn out that way.

Is it just me or Claudinha sets have been extremely inconsistent and at times awful?

i dont understand why they insist with Lorenne and only use Hooker as a serving sub? She might have helped turning things around a bit.

Watching 2 of Brazil's legendary MB going head to head with each other was a thrill.

Minas has collared jersey at one point

So far only SESI has impressed me with their jersey, and that's because I love the combination of Black and Red.

Just watched SESC-RJ vs Flamengo and realized that Bia is playing for SESC this season which means one of my favorite - Juciely or Mayhara will get benched.