Posts by skorost

Quote from serdar

Some players' focus isn't always 'volleyball first'. granMaja followed her ex basketball boyfriend to Greece league and went back to Serbian league when she was around strubbe's age. She was even considering to quit volleyball to become a housewife to his bf 🤦 and look where she is now, playing volleyball at highest level at the age of 41 😂 another example is brie king. She could have been a starter setter in most of top clubs in both Italy and turkey but she prefers to stay in Brazil due to personal reasons.

So I don't get this overreaction hype from fans. Strubbe isn't a done player at such a young age. Just remind yourself: Players aren't robots. They have non-volleyball lives too, with families to take care of or lovers etc. although you wouldn't have made the same decision if you were in their shoes, it doesn't mean their decision is wrong

It's Straube not Strubbe. Strubbe will still play in Italy so as to not confuse anyone.

The main difference is Maja is with a strong team like Serbia where she was able to achieve a lot with their national team, Straube on the other hand is with a challenger team like Germany. Will they ever be able to do what Serbia has done? Germany can't even produce a strong opp. So quoting Alsmeier she said being able to play in a good team in a top league is practically the highest form of achievement they can do because they might never be able to achieve that with their NT.

Nobody says that Straube should be caged in, she's free to make her own choices of course. Just like Kurtagic and Uzelac can choose to go back to Serbian league if they both wanted nobody will stop them from doing so.

Quote from VBdiamond

You are very confused. Consolini is the name of a club (Polisportiva Adolfo Consolini from San Giovanni in Marignano). The rest comes from some bad translation.

Their coach Massimo Bellano was the one who said Consolini belong under FIPAV. That's why their distribution system of their staff are directly from FIPAV's appointment of coaches.

Even their physiotherapist is from the B Team and U Squad

Quote from serdar

I don't think foreign libero would work for conegliano. They always benefited from having local MBs and libero. They can't use local setters (all sucks pretty much, Orro is okay but she wouldn't fit conegliano system at all). Either they take egonu/Antropova or they won't go for foreign libero. There's no Italian top OH or setter who could play in current conegliano and don't loose quality much. I think version/de Gennaro would be least downgrade for conegliano. I'm actually more curious about setter replacement than libero. No offense to MDG, she has been one of the most important elements of conegliano success, but there are simply more top liberos than top setters nowadays. And setter has more impact in the game compared to libero position

But the one I mentioned Fersino is local for the future in Conegliano. She is also Moki's pick. I put a foreign libero like Gelin / Kojima for Milano.

Quote from mintonette

I am excited to see who will be the successors of Moki and Wolosz in Imoco. I think the two of them are the anchors of Imoco's system.

maybe when Moki retires, Conegliano acquires Fersino and Milano goes with someone like Spirito or Gelin again or Kojima if not Gelin since the Top Volley has been gradually integrating Japanese players into the Italian system

Quote from Scott W

It's been escalating since yesterday and I can bet the comments on tiktok are even worse, downright sexist...

It might have something to do with the fact that she was rumored to Conegliano and a huge account like powervolleyball official posted about it.

Her fan account on instagram strau.be has 38K followers and according to Laerte Salvini he's one of the admins for VBW and LVF too

its so bad on tiktok. im glad most players dont have tiktoks

Quote from Phoenix

As expected people are not taking it well

i think some of those comments are going way overboard now. there's really no reason to pick apart her personal life.

Quote from StefanS

The German federation is always near bankruptcy and well looking outfits are their smallest concern.

saying that after they just secured new adidas jerseys for the nt lol

Quote from briebriebrie

That would be a lot of big moves. I didn't expect they change their setter.

I'm guessing Bartolucci will still be their main setter

that's honestly shocking. she's a promising setter who could do really well in italian system

Anna Gray

Quote from Pancake

Eurosport/Marco Arcari still lists Lavarini as departing

List was updated 3 hrs ago

If ever it pushes through, who would likely replace him?

it's honestly the most random team

Quote from Rosssoneri

"DOUBLES" as a team manager you fucking coglione learn how to read. I bet you don't even know anyone in the team.

And what key position do you have? stalking is not considered an "insider"

Was it not you that said no Turkish team would take Mayu when she had not only 1 offer but 3

That person doesn't understand English so it seems he took it literally. He's been misunderstanding every single post on this forum

Quote from Phoenix

https://www.eurosport.it/palla…i_sto23275297/story.shtml

Wait

I thought Italian Markova is upgrading to Scandicci? and how is he gonna add Yao Di when the source is from that kid on twitter that wrote about Seki and Malinov to Milano

This is such a pointless argument because we all know Egonu is stable this season.

So how anyone describes her performance as a "decline" is absurd

What's the reason for her decline is it because she's not 2.31 m like all the other unknown giants you're hyping

Quote from VBdiamond

Just try to moderate this mess, then you let me know if I take the role too seriously.

I receive like 5/10 PMs and reports on daily basis...

Out of 10 posts, 5 are stirring the pot or open provocations, 4 are answers to those and maybe the 1 left is about the game.

The discussion that happened in the transfer thread was very mild though. There were some sly digs but not as bad as that one user directly calling someone retarded in the couple thread the other day. I think you should reconsider where to draw the line. As the transfer thread is one of the most active threads in the forum.

Or better yet as a suggestion why not just delete comments that contain fighting intead of closing it temporarily? just a suggestion.

Orro's Best Six from her recent interview in Turkey

Vargas - Orro
Arina - Sylla
Fahr - Eda
Moki

The interviewer also asked her how she feels about being viewed as "Best Setter in the World"

are there people who actually think that?

Quote from rozanskrazy

Polish fans know way too much about delays in payments, we've been through it too many times

It can't be the same everywhere? in every league? For example if one does report it to FIVB how quickly will it be resolved? surely not in a matter of months. I remember Kulan said during her last year at Toray Arrows her payment was delayed, this was her retirement stage btw and the initial salary for her was her biggest since the club was dropping in the rankings and I think she was their only foreign player at that time. She said in her nishispo interview if she had known that was the case she wouldn't have renewed and gotten a different offer from within the league but she couldn't back out of her contract.

Quote from sean1

Tom Ackerley is disgustingly ugly there's no redeeming him in any way if that's your type please don't say another word about anyone else

lmaooo im crying

this is the most alive this thread has ever been

Quote from Pancake

Not you explaining this as if I'm retarded, I completely get what you and your friend were saying. You're just shallow af, completely superficial. That's your issues not mine lol.

If you want douchey looking gigachads but are 5'7 and are chubby as hell then that's your type don't force everyone to conform. No one is perfect after all.

I don't even know why this is an issue this is hilarious as hell

It could be worse he could be a 60 year old predator with the face of Hugh Hefner