gentle reminder that all Koreans learn English in schools but of course they aren't good at it and many still can't understand it
they have a translator too, was never a big issue with Lavarini
I strongly disagree starting with Lavarini. You can see the blatant misunderstanding from each side. Some of them aren't even listening anymore you cannot defend that. Even if one of them is proficient in English or fluent the rest probably aren't so there's still a wide gap there.
😂😂😂 yeah this is one of her worst yet, I'm not sure why either
She came in really clutch during Olympics esp against Turkey, and isn't this horrible even in v-league
Really lacks leadership skills is what I feel
She's not an awful leader but if your whole team is suffering from miscommunication with the coaches and you're paralyzed by confusion that's what'll happen to you. I don't blame her for performing this poorly, unfortunately their situation drags everyone.
What was her club prior to Imoco?
I can't imagine Mayu being ok with her participation so far. You can tell during their victory huddles that she's not happy being an extra or what Manabe refers to as invisible support or something like that. I wonder if she has a bigger role this week.
at least Tashiro get to play and always made it to the final lineup
I bet she will comeback for Paris
It has to be Momii
They should leave Miyashita behind this week imo. I don't really see Manabe utilizing her anyway since their defense is already good.
Miyashita and?
Who's this hammy?
Hamamatsu from Hisamitsu. She was spotted training with the team in Canada.
So Hammy did tag along. I wanna see her alongside Yamada.
She's got a lot of catching up to do
On another note, I want to see Nishikawa get called to the NT
Valdes first
Victoria Himeji
Victoria is that new V4 team that wears skorts and boinks balls
Talk about awkward. I'm surprised she agreed to do that.
Hassan Kadem you jinxed Miyashita when you posted that damn meme 
this is why we can't have nice things
skorost their real ace Ramu Tokashiki is Boskovic's height. She wasn't able to participate in the Olympics due to a torn ACL. Basically they do have more height advantage than female volleyball players. Their association's president who was a former volleyball player prioritized the scouting for taller young players while JVA under that incompetent former president never really cared.
He's disgustingly self-absorbed.
This "invisible power" which sounds like a pseudo-unity term for the lack of the team's friendship probably. And is Manabe burying his Rio team? The Rio team was not as clever but they weren't a bunch of weaklings either. Granted the middles were the worst and Miyashita fell too short of a genius that he so wanted her to be at that young age.
What makes this team any different?
I'm guessing because the stars of Rio post- the 2 Saoris are still active: Miyashita, Ishii, Nagaoka, Arisa Sato? he also had Yamagishi and Uchiseto as backup then too and now Airi is back
Tapia said she wants to play in Japan. I think Phoenix posted about something she said similar to Valdes about aiming for the NT.
Will they make her play opp?
There is an offer for Mateusz Mika from Turkey. I remember he was pretty good circa 2014 but haven’t been able to follow him lately. I am not sure if it is a good idea as he is injury prone.
His condition is questionable tbh
I've seen worse jersey designs than that. It's not fucking ugly by any means but it looks more like a casual outfit than for a professional athlete. KPop girls could make that a stage outfit. The numbers are hard to make out. I wonder how the shorts would look in action it looks a little loose.
At least no Metin lol
Don't mention him
I based it on the players Takeshita mentioned the most. I only excluded Shima because Hayashi seems more capable as a receiving OPP. Although Takeshita never mentioned Yamagishi but it's already a given since she's the most experienced libero.
