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Quote from sitenoise

She had one serve sub, that's it. She's going to be fine. She's the new Shinnabe , haven't you heard?

which set was that? i was looking forward to seeing her play but after watching mayu struggle to get the ball across i gave up on that thought

nagaoka needs to work on her serve what she did back there was awful. flopped the serve twice. other than that she should be good

will hayashi be ok i dont recall seeing her at all last night. she's in the last slide

Quote from Phoenix

Extremely biased article written by Shinnabe herself. From her monthly column

LOL I

Nagaoka and friends

I'm not against it but getting an inexperienced setter of all positions might prove to be their undoing especially one that's an Olympic hopeful. Ding Xia is gonna pull all sorts of crazy shit on them and all Japan has to offer is Tashiro being the most predictable out of the 3 veteran setters.

The ace situation is chaotic as well. Simplify and focus on Koga's strength.

They don't have to beat China because I mean... but also by now they should be aware of which areas are lacking and hopefully in the match they don't go limp from just Zhu Ting's raw power.

i feel a little sad for miyashita. she was one of my faves when the 2 saoris were still around. she's in good condition, it's not like she did terribly during vleague but not good enough to bump off tashiro

Quote from sitenoise

Put it this way: With that lineup and Momii instead of Seki I would feel it's possible they could beat other teams. With Seki it might happen, but I won't feel it until it does

seki is probably on there because of kurogo and mayu

this reminds me of that time yanagida's fan blurred ishikawa from the all star banner that was a fan contest by v league idk if they printed it in the magazine

Quote from haru_12

not them intentionally blurring Ishii's face

is that her in the middle? i was wondering who that is. really not the best angle

Quote from serdar

I disagree with your list. Rosamaria and Drews don't belong to that list of 'top Opposites'. Goncharova, Tandara, and Rahimova were great opps in the past but all have passed their primes, and right now their attacking ratios are not more than decent. Martinez was playing as OH in Turkey so I didn't consider her as an Opp. Right now Ebrar is way better than Boz, you should check the stats better because Ebrar has better ratios at not only attacking but also serving and blocking. Her attacking level is more comparable to Vargas and Rhykliuk (Ebrar's attacking ratio would have been better if she wouldn't have played as OH and receive in many matches)

Considering overall attack, serving and blocking performances of Opps, to me:

Tier-1 Opps: Egonu, Boskoviç, Haak

Tier-2 Opps: Lippmann, Ebrar, Vargas, Stysiak

Tier-3 Opps: Tandara, Goncharova, Ryhkliuk, Rahimova

Tier-4 Opps: Drews, Rosamaria, van Hecke

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What the fuck even. Goncharova that low? So Drews is Tier 4 just because she plays in Japan meanwhile lazy inconsistent Ebrar is in line with Vargas and Lippmann LMAO

If that's how it is compared to all 3 players in that tier Ebrar should be demoted to Tier 8 at the very least.

Quote from Phoenix

On April 9, JVA announced the 18 registered players of the Japanese women's national team for the "Volleyball Japan International Friendship Match - Tokyo Challenge 2021" to be held on May 1.

The number of registered players will be limited to 14 the day before the tournament, and 12 will participate in the match against China.

The 18 registered players are as follows:

1 Ai Kurogo OH 180cm

2 Sarina Koga OH 180cm

3 Haruyo Shimamura MB 182cm

4 Miyu Nagaoka OP 179cm

5 Erika Araki MB 186cm

7 Yuki Ishii OH 180cm

8 Mayu Ishikawa OH 173cm

9 Kanami Tashiro S 173cm

10 Aika Akutagawa MB 180cm

11 Yurie Nabeya OH 176cm

13 Mai Okumura MB 177cm

14 Mako Kobata L 164cm

15 Kotoe Inoue L 163cm

18 Reina Tokoku OH 177cm

19 Nichika Yamada MB 184cm

20 Nanami Seki S 170cm

21 Kotona Hayashi OH 173cm

24 Aki Momii S 176cm

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I don't understand why Nakada left out Sato AND Miyashita. They have the most experience and both are better than Tashiro. I'm going to reserve judgement on the younger setters as I have no idea who they are or what they're capable of. Didn't Sato plan on retiring but decided to postpone it for the sake of being able to play in the NT? but she doesn't even make this cut like what

only arguably the best, subjective and not a fact. haak is not number 1 yet, but definitely one of the most promising contenders.