Posts by Padar

Joana got it right, OG have been trying to cut the overall number of athletes for years. And volleyball is a team sport, one more team means 12 more athletes plus coach staff, so allowing more teams in is simply out of the question. The reason they bring surfing, skateboard, etc to the OG is that they want to attract more young people, they want to profit. So if you want your NTs to play at the OG, they either step up or join in other federations, if that's even possible

Americans always pull stunts like this, disgusting

Congrats Diesse14 and thank WZP for organizing the game!

I'm like yesterday's Brazil, from 2-0 to 2-3

yudeko wrote:

I have been reading in youtube that the only reason USA won was because of Natalia's injury. Well Bartsch had to be taken out of the game as well considering she is the american attacking OH. She needed to be replaced. Its not USA's fault they have a deeper bench than Brazil. Tainara and Amanda just werent enough to replace Natalia.

And I am afraid, just like Nagaoka of Japan, Natalia would always be plagued with injuries. Theres only so much our bodies can do. I hope she recovers before Tokyo 2020 though.

Are you kidding me? Bartsch got taken out because she was horrible, not because she was injured, these are two completely different cases.

scarpetta wrote:

If you're reading Turkish forums, it was

https://evoleybol.com/2017/08/…liyor-hasan-ugur-epirden/ There was much discussion about her in volleyball sites ,forums

For me Vakifbank and federations Haak and Melissa Vargas choices are very important for her career.

Bringing Haak and Vargas means I don't trust you. There is no other explanation.

That's because she wasn't good enough, simple as that, if she were really good, she would've taken Lonneke's spot long time ago. Also nobody's forcing her to play OH, geez, that's called experimenting. She's played as OH during club season.

scarpetta wrote:

I want to write about Ebrar Karakurt.

This young lady never considered as the future of Turkish volleyball by majority of fans/ Turkish volleyball officials until today.

I'm dead, you're exaggerating too much, this is not a Cinderella situation, you talk like the odds are all against her

I feel so bad for Brazil, they could almost taste the money, then it slipped away

Poor Natalia and Carol

Drews is really a revelation in the VNL, she was so so during club season, and now she's making a name for herself

cmon Brazil! You can do this!

I can't wait for the IOQT to begin, it's going to be super intense, every team will try their hardest. And then the European qualifications, it'll be a bloodbath for sure

kittosuni wrote:

Gong is an A team since she is their main opp player. Also Diao sealed her position as back-up setter. I have to agree with you that although Liu YH did amazing here, she doesnt fill the problem of the A team unlike Liu XT. Ni feifan also did great but she is too similar to Wei Meijing who is better. But since Lang Ping really invest with the young ones, I think she’ll get the nod over Lin Li. The two starting MB did OK but I think the two younger ones who were sitting in the bench will still get the 3rd and 4th position just basing on how they performed duting the group stage. Back-up opposite still remain as the biggest problem for China so I assume Zhang Changning will once again doing double duty as OH/opp.

You meant Yao Di?

Ksenia wrote:

I feel like Poland could do better job than Turkey and China B team. They even could play 5 sets against USA if there was no referee mistake in that game.

Oh, please, Poland even lost to China C team in Montreux.

China and Turkey will face again less than a month, they've played each other 4 times already within a year.

Turkey in the hole again

For the first time, Turkey have found their way out

Imagine if Brazil and Argentina both qualify, then we'll have probably Venezuela in the Olympics

Also, I don't want USA and Canada to both qualify, but that's highly likely to happen

China -Turkey 2-3

Brazil - USA 3-2

sitenoise wrote:

Doesn't look like this match is going to be worth the sleep deprivation I committed to

2020 is in 6 months, don't waste your time

I think Guidetti is partially responsible for this. He doesn't know how to handle this kind of situation.

Every time when they play bad, he first starts to scream at them and behaves like a madman, then he becomes super quiet, says nothing no more.

Typical Turkey, when they're in a hole, they can never find a way out

Egonu fought her heart out, and still doesn't get respect from her teammates is beyond...