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From Isabelle haak. She is saying the same as Maja. She says the biggest difference is the level is more the same in Italy while Turkey is dominated by the top teams. She also mentions the playstyle is a bit quicker with faster playstyle in Italy.
Oh no. How bad did it look? I switched over to Casal vs Vallefoglia
If she's out for longer than a couple of weeks, would Milano be allowed to sign a setter from one of the bottom 6 teams just for the playoffs? Like Gennari or Signorile maybe
It is hard to say. Could be a few weeks if unlucky.
Oh nooo.. Orro injured
Display MoreThe Stats
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Haak 37 points and 10 errors
Bosko 29 points and 16 errors
Plummers 16 points 5 errors
Hande 12 points 5 errors.
Santarelli has a lot of trust on Plummer. I am really wondering how they let her leave
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Wow, and some poeple said before that Haak played bad. What expectations do people have on her. 
Milanos centers did so good ! Amazing block and spiking.
Smarzek is looking better and better again I must say!
I think that Carlini is the better and the most safe option for the starter. Hancock is not so mentally stronge in order to be able to assume responsibility to be a starter. Also in my opinion if she had not the problem in setting the MB it would be the best in general because it is much better on the block and especially on defense than the other two.
But if Poulter is in a good shape she will be in the roster for sure. In her best shape was in my opinion maybe the best in the world in setting ( except Wolosz).
WHaat. Hancock always connects good with mb, sometimes even better than poulter. Her problem is consistent setting to her pins.
For me it's definitely Haak, Egonu, Boskovic in top three. Vargas is soon there but hasn't proved it yet, she is also more power but easier to "shut down" than those three from what I've seen so far. Call me out if Im wrong but isn't Vargas spike reach like 10 cm lower than the other three?
And I'd say Boskovic and Egonu are not as consistent as Haak but can get into a higher "god level" tier than Haak sometimes. 
But to count out Haak from those three is weird to me, considering all of her achievements as Steven brought up.
Okayama looks.. renewed ?
Display MoreSince I can't watch the High School matches I didn't make a HS Championship thread and probably won't comment much about it, but there were a couple whoppers already in the First Round:
Miku Akimoto and Coach LoveBunny are going home after one match
Kyoei Gakuen 0 : 2 Shin'ai Girls
Higashi Kyushu Ryukoku 0 : 2 Shujitsu
Both terribly unfortunate First Round matchups that would have been very sad whichever way they went. I'm happy for Shujitsu since they got robbed last year from even competing, but a bit surprised about Shin'ai Girls. They had a really good team last year but all their best players/starters graduated, so I don't know what they're doing this year, but Kyoei must not have much more than Miku
They dont stream it anywhere?
Lols... what did he do this time ?
I didn't have a chance to watch it live and just found out it was a 5 setter going to the Seagulls (20-18 in the fifth
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Weeird subs
I tried to watch Mayu but all I see is Lina Alsmeier. The 2 girls have no chemistry as teammates much to my chagrin. Mayu is not yet at a point where she's struggling because of the other side's middles. Hopefully she'll realize something a move or 2 to get past that. Nishida never figured it out while he was there
Here is current stats after 5 games played ita league. Ishikawa is doing very good.
Points
1. Akimova, 113 pts
2. Mingardi, 100 pts
3. Ishikawa, 87 pts
4. Antropova, 86 pts
5. Haak, 85 pts
6. Egonu, 84 pts
7. Lorrayna, 82 pts
8. Smarzek, 81 pts
9. Ungureanu, 78 pts
10. Plak, 77 pts
11. Alsmeier, 74 pts
12. Zhu Ting, 72 pts
13. Bici, 67 pts
14. Davyskiba, 67 pts
15. Maja Storck, 66 pts
Effectivity in attack (at least 45 attack pts)
1. Akimova, 56.2%
2. Egonu, 50.4%
3. Haak, 50.0%
4. Ishikawa, 46.8%
5. Stigrot, 44.6%
6. Zhu Ting, 43.9%
7. Smarzek, 42.6%
7. Anne Bujis, 42.6%
9. Ungureanu 42.0%
10. Storck, 41.4%
10. Caterina Bosetti, 41.4%
12. Antropova, 41.1%
I think this match is more entartaining than the Imoco Milano one. 
Also, why don't they use Herbotts pipe attack more!? I think she is more effective there than in pos 4 sometimes. At least in NT.
I'm watching too many matches at once and didn't have a good follow. I thought it was a replay loop or something
Is that for real?
Yeah they swapped to ugajin and she made one Also
Three doubles by Okayama after 19-19 from setters, ouch...
Watching the two Firenze games with Ishikawa I am sure this will be a great experience for her to further increase her value also in NT. She is taking a lot of responsibility in attack and struggles more with the receiving which is a bit surprising. She also go for back spike a lot. She doesn't look that short even if she plays with this tall team actually.
However she is still cursed with getting stuffed blocked on deciding points. Happened in the last five setter. 🥴
Mayu had 10 points in her Italian League debut. top scorer of her team.
She had problems with the receiving though, surprising.
Everyone is too shocked about CHN-NED that noone mentions that Thailand just swept Slovenia. 
Is Ana Cristina still injured? She is needed bad,
I absolutely looove Van Aalen. But sometimes she chokes hard. Also think Jasper fits great into the team, so athletic and with good defense.
