She got exposed badly as a starter against Hyundai. They scored like 5-6 points (don't really remember exactly) targeting her very early in the first set. In particular, Rousseaux was feasting on her with the serve. So she got subbed out really quick.
I guess as a rookie it's possible that could "destroy" her confidence...I hope she recover fast...
Reading the stats, what happened to Lee Seon Woo? I thought being MVP of their last match made KGC put her on the court again, at least as a playing sub... Choi Eun Ji and Ji Min Kyeong perform badly ..Diouf worked alone, again... I guess KGC coach hasn't trust LSW yet...
No Lee twins and Lucia, too much burden for KYK... Kim Da Sol doesn't perform well, out of sync with KYK .. not much surprise with the result...
I hope the twins got better ....
A little late..I
Pink Spider v Kixx.. haven't watch thereplay, only read the match sats:
No Lucia had impact on Pink Spider attack... They can only share between KYK and LJY, according to the amount of swings they both had.. I think 67 is the most swings KYK had, usually around 40-50 per match. Same with LJY, even more 72 swings...
Meanwhile Kixx has 3 good attackers ... Lutz in her top form after got MVP for R2...
KGC v Altos, just based on stats:
Congrats to KGC coach for finding good rookie, Lee Seon Woo... She can share Diouf burden on attack... good prospect...
What happened with Lazareva? She seems declining each match... Not fit? Predictable to defend? not sync with setter?
And Kim Hee Jin? Placing her as MB seems make her performance worst.....Bad decision...
KGC seems won the match "easily"....
Display MoreI agree with what you said about both Hyundai and KGC and I also feel bad about Kim Dain and her position within the team now, but I think we can hardly blame her for lacking play time when she got almost no play time in her first 3 seasons.
Her first V-League Season 17/18:
3 games, 7 sets
18/19:
literally 0 games
19/20:
3 games, 5 sets
20/21:
so far - 9 games, 27 sets
She did play in the KOVO Cup every year but that only accounts for about 11 more games, soooo at the end of the day - where is her experience going to come from? Well from nowhere, since she has little playing experience - which totally isnt her fault since Hyundai Coach almost never subbed LDY out.
Maybe moving forward she will be able to become the main setter but being backup setter to LDY for 3 seasons meant pretty much 0 playing time for her.
like sitenoise mentioned: aside from the player "capacity", it is depended on the coach decision as well...
It seems Pink Spider coach made example of such decision.. Correct me if I'm wrong, in R1 v Hi-Pass, Pink Spider lost the first 2 sets.. Then in 3rd set LDY was subbed out to Kim Da Sol.. KDS isn't subbed again, and Pink Spider won the last 3 sets with her as setter.... She seems has strong mentality that can prevail under pressure, and has skill that can supply settings for LJY, KYK, and Lucia...
I'd say KDS has better prospect then KDI to become next gen setter for SK in general... Of course anything can happen in the future..:)
It's kind of messed up match.... like every one is on their bad day or something... heck, even LDY is not on form .. miss timing and miss-placing her sets more than all her matches before this one combined I think.... Luckily, Pink Spider has sniper servers... That last year rookie Park and Kim Mi Yeon bombarded Hillstate and made them scattered.....Lucia also got several aces....
Really, not an interesting match.....
No Lucia in the last match vs Hi Pass... Is something wrong with her?
kind of surprise Altos in 2nd place.... Lazareva really gives them a lot of firepower...
I like that audiences start filling the stadium, though subdued by the masks and seating arrangements... gave different atmosphere with audience...
Only 2 matches so far, but Pink Spider has the most "fearsome" attack forces... KYK, LJY, and Lucia have avg 20+ pts each.... left, right, and back attack covered by 3 of them nicely so far... if the MBs are also effective in attacking, I can't imagine....
Their defense is still shaky but not bad... using 2 liberos, and LJY has double duties as additional libero with the amounts of digs she had..... I hope they can keep improving...
Hillstate is also still good so far ... Helene is good.. Kim Da In plotted as the main setter, not many sets to Yang HJ...
Can't wait for the 2 teams to meet.....
i was wondering about Pink Spider libero.. I thought that will be their "weakness", after Kim HR retired.. I didn't know that they signed up Park Sang Mi.. She was good when played for Altos..
I think KYK will attract more "views" for the league from local as well as abroad...
it will be another winning season for the Pink Spider. does Korea has the same point system as Brazil?
I don't know about Brazil.. but for detail you can visit any "KOVO v-league" thread in this forum ...first few pages are about regulation and points etc in the following season...
Is KYK official in Pink Spiders? So she will be playing with the Lee sisters? Damn. That is already half of the Korea NT starting 6.
And isn't the libero Kim Hae Ran also play for Pink Spider?
Yes... She's officially signed to Pink Spider.
With the Lee twins... and Lucia Fresco (Argentina NT OPP)...
Kim Hee Ran was officially retired in the end 2019/2020 season..
That's really a HUGE Salary cut. That's like only 1/4 of her previous earning.
From the same article it's wrote that in Ecz she was paid 2 B won.. so it's even lower than 1/4, almost 1/6...
Display MoreThat can't be helped since the club already spent 1 billion out of total 2.3 billion won salary cap for the twins. It'd be harder for other Heungkuk players (more than 10) if KYK earn more. If the negotiation happened before FA transfer, it might be different story.
If I'm not mistaken, she had an offer from a Chinese club based in Beijing too. Not sure why she rejected it. Corona maybe.
Twins and KYK playing together a lot in NT so I think they pretty much already know each other's style.
The problem for Heungkuk imo is the center especially Lee Juah. From what I saw in Olympic qualifying match, she didn't match well with LDY. If they can fix that, it'd be good for both the club and NT.
Yes... Lee JA is a little problem... she has to work hard to sync with Lee DY fast toss...
Although she's a "senior", Kim Se Young is gonna play longer imo. She used to be with Lee DY in Hillstate, and had a good rapport in working together...
If the translation is right, she's gonna be paid 350 M won... that's almost half Lee JY salary.. I see that as sign that she really doesn't have other option, so she has to compromise with Pink Spider...
Pink Spider is gonna have good receiving if Lee JY n KYK both play well.. Added Lee DY, they are have to be good in blocking and overall defense...
Display MoreNo, from what I gathered KYK is forced to and Heungkuk is really her only option. Heungkuk classified her as arbitrary/voluntary withdrawal when she left so they pretty much still own her in Korea. KYK only play four seasons with Heungkuk before leaving so she still has two years left before she qualified for Free Agent status. One option mention for her is for Heungkuk to trade her to another team but this is unlikely. Overall, Heungkuk has the upper hand if Kim wants to play in Korea this upcoming season.
Heungkuk got the short end of the stick in the draw so in the end they when with the player they know. Hence you can see them re-signing her at the draft out of the three players who had their contract renewed.
With IBK picking Anna Lazareva, it looks like Kim Hee-Jin will be playing MB next season.
Hyundai will most likely use Helene Rousseaux as a non-receiving OH but with her in their team, this allows them more versatility. Like if her Hwang Min-Kyoung or Go Ye-Rim having a shocker, then Helene can take on the receiving duty. They also have the option to move Jeong Ji-Yun to the wing and bring on Lee Da-Heon as a middle blocker or playing Hwang Youn-Joo on right.
Kelsie Payne resembles Sherridan Atkinson when I saw her appear in the video call.
No room for Ajcharaporn. I wonder how Thai fan feels about this.
Ic... thanks for the info.... i hope it's going well for KYK.
So Hillstate add.another OH. Is that too many OH now there? Hwang YJ is the only OP.. I don't know if it's good for Hillstate. I guess they still depend very much on Yang HJ for scoring....
It's too bad if Kim HJ still have double duty as OP and MB . I was hoping she can fully play as OP only.
KYK need a club to maintain her availability for OG. I'm guessing she's gonna retire after OG. She picks Pink Spider I assume for sentimental reason, since it's her first pro club...
Salary is a big problem. I wonder if she doesn't care to be paid lower as long as she can play in that club for her last pro life...
Lucia back to Pink Spider...
3 other foreigners I don't recognize the names, but I hope they can perform very well.
wow... that's tight.. 1/9 th chance to be drafted...
I notice Maya is on the list.. I don't think she will be picked .. her performance was just average for foreigner and she's proned to injury..
I'd be surprise if Ajcharaporn is picked.. considering her height is the same as average local players .. though she's a very good spiker....
So Hillstate got a senior setter with NT experience as well... Good for them..
I think Goo YM gone home to consider her options ... be "eternal" pinch server / libero backup or retired...
Sim MO usually played as backup libero for Hillstate.. but Altos should train her again as MB to give more options in MB position, so Kim Hee Jin can concentrate to become better OP for NT sake....
My bad... sorry, my mistake.. thx for the info guys....🙏
