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Quote from brahmin

please, Saori Kimura at 18 was no where near the 24 Saori Kimura. Koga was great in 2015 and then collapsed in 2016.

Yes you want kids to learn earlier, but some people don’t develop as a player as fast as we would like. Plus some parents want their kids to go to college as Japan is really quirky (in general) about going to college later versus with your age…

The ideal situation for a players is to get in with veterans, so that they are a piece but maybe not the important one. PFU with their roster moves is basically perfect for Valdes. She is scoring but has good veterans around her to learn from.

I wouldn't say there's a fixed age per se no matter the country or culture. When you have it --- you have it and there always be coaches who will make sure to see it through even if they go through those bad days.

Valdes is doing well because of the team dynamics since majority of PFU other than Nabeya and Nanami Wasai (who has always been terrible btw) are mostly rookies. But I wonder if she'd be just as effective of an attacker if she played in Toyota with KRob to learn from?

Quote from Hassan Kadem

SWP-san talking about how NEC lost to JT is me doing the bare minimum on a class presentation

But she's so pretty so who cares

"I would prefer to be on the same side of the net as her (Drews)" she didn't have to do NEC dirty like that

Quote from MTS

Annie Drews and Jim carrey, especially when smiling

I hate that I actually see it. I think Drews is pretty but I would have never thought about her looking like Jim Carrey lmaoo

I honestly wouldn't worry about Saga they'll eventually figure things out. They just have to get rid of their current coach and his outdated playbook once all their veterans retire by next year

Toyota went from Araki's wealthy mediocre team to that team with an American Olympian. Let's see who gets wrecked first in the battle of the bottom teams. Toyota can't afford to lose that match but I'm prepared to be disappointed

Toyota can't end the year without winning a single game

Quote from sean1

Maybe she really did retire JVA doesn't usually post for retired players anymore. The disrespect omg not even a goodbye ceremony? even V2 players get those and she's an NT member who stood with the team during the Olympics

Mai Okumura

Achievements: bystander

Quote from Blue Moon

This conversation with Inoue took a wild turn lol

What about Airi Miyabe? is she not someone who Manabe should consider looking at? Does she not want to play in Japan anymore?

How much has Miyabe improved?

Hassan Kadem OT but

Quote from Metro Volleyball

Oh good there's a new thread.

I think the setter candidates this time which is the most important will continue with Momii and Tashiro then Matsui. Tominaga isn't playing. Her ig is private but she had a story where she said she's grateful and contented teaching kids in camps so I don't see her wanting to compete for a spot in the NT.

Manabe said they will start by spring right? but isn't that a bit late already?

You forgot Seki

How come there's only 1 game this weekend? Denso vs Ageo. The rest continues next week

There was that WTA staff who was harassed by a certain group so I feel they're already trying to silence everyone else

Cycle back to poor condition or poor attitude?

I wonder if Tsukuba or whichever top uni as a whole would be better than Toyota and Kurobe combined. Will they meet during Empress Cup?

What the hell lmaooo

Quote from sitenoise

She was a champion and did very well for her team, but it's unlikely a HS MB at 177cm is going to be a big deal her first year in the Big Pants

I thought gkv might have been suggesting #1 Hinata Shigihara, who was the HS big hope last year, or #16 Aimi Okawa this year. Okawa hasn't played yet this year, probably some injury. She played over the summer though. I'm not impressed but she seems to come with rep

Did Toyota do okay during the Summer league? or was it just as bad

Quote from sitenoise

Natsuki Suda

Was she good?

Quote from gkv

toyota's #5 i don't know her name

What... is it the Soda girl? I don't think she was a highschool bigshot

Quote from Blue Moon

tbh im a little surprised they paired sakae with shirasawa. her toss is on the low side. they should pair her up with mandai since nagaoka only trusts setter inoue.

imamura and arisa inoue have improved their reception. i feel like those 2 try to outpower each other in a good way, hirayama and hamamatsu also have the same vibe, both capable of strong hits.

kurobe is not communicating with each other at all. you don't really see any of them connecting on the court. for a sec i thought kanasugi transferred to kurobe but i remembered she's in victorina.

Sakae might be Hisamitsu's worst veteran setter lol. The other girl who retired with Zayasu and Iwasaka used to be better than Sakae but still inferior to Chizuru Kotoh. I know her and Miyu are bffs since they went to HS together but it's funny how Miyu doesn't like to be paired with her and links up with Inoue instead. People weren't happy with that choice last season. Inoue got a lot of flack

Quote from sitenoise

Toyota's Yukiho Hara got carried off last season and hasn't dressed since

What was/is her injury?

Quote from Let's go orange

The draw of lots for the group stage of the World Championship 2022 will take place on November 26.

Where can we stream it?

Are there more injured players than usual this season?

Aratani, Yoshino, Shimamura, Mabashi, another Kurobe girl who tore her acl... is there anyone else I skipped?