Posts by Tleon

You have to feel sorry for LYY.

Being such an outstanding player, she can carry the team and is always being overused by useless and heartless NT and club coaches to the point of constant exhaustion and forever carrying niggling injuries.
Look what happened to her when Tianjin played Shanghai in the last group match when the result is of absolute non consequences !

I wish she would take her time to recover and become fully fit and recover her fabulous abilities and ply her profession with a top overseas club that appreciates her skills and protect her from further injuries.

Quote from Julian Chow

Shanghai 3:2 Tianjin

Tianjin’s key attackers Chen Boya and Wang Yizhu have shown again and again they are unable to handle the pressure, especially when the scores are close at the end of each set. Their hitting percentage drops, they lose confidence and prefer to tip the ball over...for the opponent to counterattack. The same with receiving and passing... which often drops a few levels. Li Yingying is different, she’s not only a terrific spiker, she can handle great pressure as well. This is why she’s able to carry the team on so many occasions. Without her, it gonna be difficult for Tianjin to defend their title.

TJ’s libero as the best setter is a joke. A real hometown decision!!!

The biggest difference between the teams are in the service receptions and defence. Conne picks everything that TJ can throw at them up and win in the counter attacks whilst Tj are the opposite!

Quote from Julian Chow

LYY, Yaodi and the middles did it for Tianjin. Wang Yizhu helped, Chen Boya improved a little.

The libero...

Overall, need to improve on reception and passing

I think Wang Yizhu nearly lost the game for TJ. The team gets stuck in the rotation when she gets to No. 4 and allow the opposition team to claw back points!! She’s also weak in the back court, in service reception and defence.

Chen Boya needs to play with a bit more confidence.

And yes, Tianjin’s liberos have never been any good.

Yaodi, makes the poor service receptions seemed reasonable due to her very proficient setting and set distributions! Despite her age, shed still the best setter in the CVL at the moment. She should be still in the national team if not for some clown coach!
LYY is world class and would love to see her playing in the Italian or Turkish leagues.
Fetisova had a fantastic game today.
Great to see them in the finals!

Kiraly got his starting roster wrong. If USA started with Skinner and Plummer, China may not have won this match.
China still has the same weaknesses in service reception and defence.
ZT, much much better alternative to WYL.
Best of luck to the Chinese team and

hopefully, with better cohesion, they will continue to win. 🙏

Cai is an absolute idiot!!

Playing such a weak team, he didn’t use any substitutes and used the same six players throughout!!
How are the younger players going to get any match experience under this dumb coach?
Also Diao is a real weak link due to her poor setting from off position digs, she’s also very poor in defence! I cannot remember her picking up many drop shot or spikes from the opposition!!

Cai Bin is an imbecile !!😡

I think Yao Di is more deserving of the setter spot ahead of Diao and definitely Ding Xia!
She’s been the setter to Lyy, Yuan, WYY and ZT at the victorious Tianjin team and she’s not even in the NT squad !!
Why?

Quote from serdar

simge is doing simge things🙄

Huge difference in the quality of the liberos!
Meng is so poor with her service reception!!
TJ’s overall poor service receptions is costing them the match,

Quote from Julian Chow

Having a re-look at a round 7 match between 2 unbeaten teams in Pool B, Jiangsu and Shanghai Here

It was expected to be a close match between 2 strong teams but it turned out to be a rout for the Jiangsu team when Shanghai put up a stellar performance, they went all out attack... the stats are telling, 5 Shanghai players scored double-digit points in the 3:0 win

Bricio: 15 pts 12kills in 23 attempts (52%), Gao Yi: 11 pts 10/17 (59%), Wang Yindi: 15 pts 14/25 (56%), Xue Yizhe: 11 pts (62%) and Zhong Hui: 15 points 14/29 (48%).

Shanghai outplayed Jiangsu due to their setter’s Xu’s, brilliant setting which made Shanghai’s attacks so varied and effective!!

She outplayed Diao by miles!! 👍

More importantly, change the coach!!

Cai Bin is an absolute embarrassment! How can the Chinese team who’s been playing well enough to lead by 21-14 lose the third set?
Absolutely unnecessary substitutions at the wrong time destroying the rhythm and confidence of the team!

We have been screaming for Wyl to be substituted but WHY substitute her when she’s going to serve??? She has one of the most effective service in the team!!
Why make that double substitution when they’re leading 24-22???

They should never have lost that third set!!
All his poor coaching is exposed in front of a full panel of current chinese coaches from all over China!!!!
He should just resign now and save further embarrassment!!

Quote from Julian Chow

One of the special guests at the Award ceremony is Mireya Luis Hernández, perhaps the greatest volleyball player of all time. Mireya helped Cuba win Olympic gold at three consecutive Olympics.

More on Mireya Luis

What’s really significant here is that Luis is only 1.75m. She is perhaps the greatest female volleyball player of all time!

Everything else being equal, height is obviously a big advantage in volleyball! However, height is not the be all and end all, there’s also agility, skills, ball sense and more importantly attitude and heart, that makes a great volleyball player.

Give me Zhuang YS any day of the week over the likes of Wyl!!
Cai Bin, please take note! Zhuang didn’t get awarded the World U 21 Championships MVP by chance and it’s her skill and excellence that was recognised!
She demands and deserves a place in the China’s first team!!

Congratulations to the Chinese team. Great team effort, all with grit and determination!!
Zhuang for MVP!!

Congratulations to the Chinese U21 team for making the finals. They’re certainly not the tallest team in the tournament but they played with grit and determination!
The fiery captain Zhuang is a stand out (and standing only a bit over 1.8m)! Tang Xin were amongst the best players in this semi.
A big thumbs up to the coaching panel who made numerous substitutions according to the players form and confidence during the games. The substitutes all played their part during the game.
The fifth set was a master stroke with TX replacing WYD at opposite, Zheng back as MB with her effective serves and Xie as OH.
The libero deserves a special mention. She’s been very good and the constant factor through all the games.
Hope Cai Bin could learn a bit about having capable substitutes in the first team that you can trust to do a job and not having subs like DQQ and the 18 year old in the main team!!!

Since this is the Asian volleyball forum, here’s A bit about Australian volleyball.

Volleyball was not very popular when I first arrived in Australia in the 70’s. Players and teams then mostly comes from European ethnicities that has family background in playing volleyball!

In my time there were ethnic based teams like Vostok from Russia, the Greeks ‘Olympic’, Lebanese Cedars, etc.

My University NSW team was most cosmopolitan!! 2 Czechs, one Ukrainian, one Estonian, one Brazilian and one Malaysian!! 😆. The style of play was mainly European based, high sets to the side positions 4 and 2. My UNSW was the first team to employ the short balls through the middle and dummy combinations to break up the big blockers.

Volleyball is wholly an amateur sport to this very day and the better more athletic Aussies sportspersons are obviously not attracted to this sport.

However, Volleyball’s popularity in Australia has experienced a positive surge, captivating both sports enthusiasts and casual participants.

Australian national teams have achieved remarkable success in international competitions, solidifying the sport’s reputation and inspiring aspiring players. The triumphs of teams such as the Australian Volleyball Team (The Volleyroos) and the Australian Beach Volleyball Team have elevated the profile of volleyball in the country, attracting a growing fan base and further fuelling interest.

The Australian men’s team is currently ranked No. 37 in the world.

One major difference for this match against the USA was Gao Yi. She made a number of good kill blocks as well disrupting blocks that allowed the play to recycle!
Although not as strong in attacks, she’s a better blocker than WYY and definitely Yang HY

It’s really embarrassing that China with all their talents, keep playing a player like WYL!

Her spiking techniques are fundamentally flawed!!! In no. 4 she’s totally ineffective particularly against big blocking teams like Poland, etc.

All the opposition teams are targeting her with their serves, and with her poor reception, the attacking options become limited!

All of us China volleyball fans can see that she’s not up to international standards except for the Chinese coach!!!
There might just be some truth in J Chow’s conspiracy theory!!! 😩

Quote from Julian Chow

My suggestion for the next round...

Get Wu Meng Jie (OH), Zhuang Yushan (OH/OP) and Zhou Yetong (OP)

to replace...

WYL, Du QQ and Yang HY (MB).

Our two main MBs are doing ok and there is Gao Yi as backup, why not let another OH/OP take her slot?

Unfortunately, there’s not a chance in the world that Cai will replace WYL!