I didn't see much of 1st set, but for the remainder of the match her connection at least with Veljkovic was pretty good.
I'm kind of surprised that they build a rather good connection within such a short time. Last year Carlini's setting to MB was not good at all.
Lube's passing was horrible. Balaso sometimes needs to be covered by OHs. That's a disaster. The two benched OHs are just too weak. I think they need to sign Kovar back.
Bruno is flopping with a rather fast speed. The ball he set has no speed, no quality. Sometimes it's just kind of torturing the spiker 
btw.. i didnt like Novara's setter duo..
It is said that the club wanted to keep Skorupa at first, so they sent Cambi on loan to Bergamo. After the League final, things changed and they didn't want to renew with her anymore. It was too late to get Cambi back. Later they signed Carlini. To be honest, Carlini's performance in Scandicci was not good.
I was dreaming they could sign Lloyd, but it didn't come true.
I noticed that you have a legend for loaned player. According to "Volleyball.it", Randazzo is still on loan from Civitanova.
Guys, are you watching from volleyballworld.tv? Is the streaming stable? Mine has been crappy in the past few days, including today. I can't go on for two minutes without any interruption.
The streaming has never been stable. I have had problems since I subscribed it. It happens quite often that the streaming is interrupted and shows the scene of beginning of the live “This event has not started”. It’s really frustrating.
Meanwhile Aachen complete their roster with USA MB Madison Farrell.
So once again Aachen only has an 11-player roster. Is that allowed?
Bohme is playing as Opp in Germany. I never saw him playing as Opp.
Giani is using VNL to try everthing.
I think he is not satisfied with OPP position. But Fromm and Bohme are not good choices, I would say. The young Weber could be a suitable candidate.
Since GER is not participating WCH, why is he still trying everything? I think their main goal is to enter the F6. If they could have won the past two matches, there is still a chance for them. Now it's highly impossible.
Congrats to the Netherlands!
Germany should have given more time to Orthmann to play on court, like what Italy did for Pietrini. Geerties' attacking has improved. However, she still looks a bit too thin. Stigrot did a good job on OPP position.
On the Netherland side, I would say Lohuis is much better than Koolhaas. Her blocking was solid, and she did a good job on defense. Daalderop's performance was impressing.
The German NT must have the tallest libero in the world. Zenger 190cm, and Bogachev 203cm.
The main problem is that DVV can't afford a full-time NT coach. Koslowski has a regular contract for the whole year as coach of Schwerin and only a fee contract (Google translator tells me that this is the term
) with DVV, that means he only gets paid for the actual work he does from May till October there. In other words that means that Schwerin still pays him also from May till October even though he doesn't really "work" for them in that period, so they also have a disadvantage by him being NT coach.
And taking the thought further, assistant coaches of NT then also shouldn't be allowed as coaches in VBL. Saskia van Hintum managed to get Denise Imoudu and Lisa Gründing to Aachen now that she's NT assistant, why do Stuttgart and Dresden not complain about that as well?
But DVV can afford Giani's contract. I don't think that contract is cheap.
Display Moreon first Day of the week 5 :
Brazil - Belgium : Brazil is the fav.
Turkey - Netherlands : Dutch team is the fav. on paper but could be a nice match
Russia - Dominican R : i expect Russia to win
Italy - Thailand : Italy is supposed to win.they have to win
Germany - China : i dont know how China will play..could be a tough match
Poland - Japan : i think Japan is the slightly fav. Poland should be stable enough to win.
Serbia - Usa : Usa is the clear fav. against this Serbian team without its best players
Match of the week: Turkey - Netherland
Not only is it a crucial match to get a spot in final 6 for both teams, but also because of the drama 
Right, but they have a lot of potential. Pity theya are not going to the WCH.
True! They have young potentials in almost all positions, like Krick, Zenger, and Reichert, but not in OPP. Hope they will bring some young OPPs in the last two weeks.
What has happened to Germany today? They defeated POL, USA and CAN, and lost to AUS?
They lost their rhythm from set 4, and made too many mistakes. Besides, the AUS's performance became much better in the last two sets.
Sossenheimer's performance was not good today. I don't know why he was kept on the court. Zimmermann's setting became really conservative in the last two sets and the connection with the attacker started to lose. Two attacking mistakes made by Fromm in tiebreak kind of killed the last chance for GER.
Anyway, the young German team still got a long way to go. It's a lesson for them.
Oh and please pardon my geography... Germany's not a part of Mediterannean games,right?
I just checked, and Germany is not part of it. So I guess there is no more competition for them other than VNL.
I don't want to say this but we should also give credit to the VNL format and the fact this is also Germany's main tournament if we are excluding the mediterranean games.
I also partly agree with you. This is the most important tournament for them, so they have to make use of the chance.
Reichert is very important for the German team. I'm also impressed by how they have improved in the last few weeks. I would say the credit goes to coach Giani.
I don't know. Last week there was only a short mention that there are injury problems at MB position.
I see. Thanks!
Display MoreGER team for 5th week:
S: Hanke, Gryka
OPP: Lippmann, Drewniok
OH: Geerties, Fromm, Poll, Stigrot, Orthmann
MB: Schölzel, Schwertmann, Vanjak
L: Dürr, Pogany
Magdalena Gryka was supposed to play already last week but she had a minor injury, so she'll make her debut in GER NT this week.
No info about the health of the MBs that are out of the team, but in the phases where Vanjak was on court as MB it looked like it could be a good solution in the long run. She surely needs much more time to adapt to the position, but she has more power in attack and also a higher reach in block than all our regular MBs. It reminds me a bit of the situation of Nadja Schaus some years ago, when Fürst was injured it showed that no other MB could replace her, and Schaus was not strong enough on her normal position as OH/OPP to have a chance in NT, so back then Guidetti switched her to MB and it worked very well.
I would like to ask why Lisa Gründing is out?
Display MoreLube Civitanova wants Robertlandy Simon out of Brazil at all cost.
Stankovic to Modena.
It's a crazy move for Lube. I can't imagine Lube without Stankovic.
Stankovic is currently on the roster for next season, and it's almost finished. They need one more setter and one more OH. However, the anti-doping case against Kovar is an uncertainty.
Display MoreSomeone posted on the 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League thread that Zhu Ting, Ding Xia, Lin Li, Yan Ni, and Yang Fangxu will not go to Germany, including Lang Ping. Don't know if it's true or not, but if it is, that means the roster will look like this.
OH: Liu Xiaotong, Li Yingying, Duan Fang, Liu Yanhan(replace Zhu Ting)
OP: Zeng Chunlei(replace Yangxu), Gong Xiangyu
MB: Yuan Xinyue, Hu Mingyuan, Wang Yuanyuan, Gao Yi(replace Yan Ni)
S: Yao Di, Diao Linyu(replace Ding Xia)
L: Wang Mengjie, Meng Zixuan(replace Lin Li)
China will probably win 1(Germany) and lose 2 (Netherlands/Turkey)
Liu Xiaotong is not going to Germany, and Zhang Yichan is in the Roster. The captain will be Yuan.
