Posts by Madden54

  • Turkey - Vodafone Sultanlar Ligi 2024-2025

    I have to say I LOVE this gala roster. They don’t have any like tier 1 in their position players but they have SUCH a nice balanced and very very nice starting 7.


    Lazovic/Ilkin is such a fun outside duo. They are both excellent in the back court and can both very much contribute offensively especially because the team is so balanced neither of them have to carry too heavy of a work load offensively so they free each other up. Very very nice stability here that a lot of teams don’t have. Even if neither of these 2 are in “best OHs in the world” talks.


    MB Timmerman is a great middle offensively and defensively very solid pick up of another not quite best in the world tier but very good. Yasemine is one of the best local middles. Very nice signing for a local.


    S Bongaerts looks great running the offense. She thrives with this good passing and fast offense and all 3 pins like to go fast so she’s just running it beautifully.


    Opp Alexia is an amazing asset for this team specifically as a local and because of Timmerman and the outsides she doesn’t have to be a 30 point per game opposite which she isn’t capable of being consistently but she’s a very nice piece to have on a team that can pass well and has help and this team fits that perfectly.


    All in all just a very very expertly crafted roster in my opinion. Like I said nobody on this team that you see their name and immediately think “goat” but the program did such a good job getting quality local pieces and grabbing some very solid foreign players that compliment each other well.


    I’ll be curious to see how they compete with the top tier !

  • Italy - Serie A1 2024/25

    Quote from Steven12453

    I have seen Fenoglio a lot of times because he was in Greece. In his second season changed but mostly in his first his coaching during the matches were AWFUL. He had unjustified obsession with some players , he was not at all encouraging and sometimes sweared in Italian when he was on the bench. Also mostly in his first season it seemed like he didn't even have a clue about what time out is...

    how did he get the job

  • Italy - Serie A1 2024/25

    Quote from MTS

    I think Tunc is talking about only the italian league and italian teams but Eczacıbaşı is not an elite level at any element to challenge with İmoco. That's the main problem.


    There are better teams than Eczacıbaşı; Fenerbahçe and Milano are good enough to take 1-2 cups from İmoco.

    I don’t think Milano is better than Ecza. FB might be though. I also thought he meant that they would go entire season like in everything with no losses. I could see them going undefeated in Italian league. Milano is their only threat there unless scandicci gets it together. I like novara but don’t know if they have enough for imoco

  • Italy - Serie A1 2024/25

    Quote from tunc

    I dont expect any loose for Imoco this season. Even it will be more boring than last 3-4 years.

    I wonder if the Americans can help Boskovic enough. The size alone should be helpful Ecza has the quality depth they didn’t have before now. I think if anyone is gonna beat them it’s them. The Americans/Gray and Boskovic is a very potent combination and finally between Jack, Rettke, Plummer, Gray, Hande, and Stevanovic I think surely at LEAST one of Them if not more can help Boskovic in a big match. Imoco is definitely favorite but I’m hoping that with this size upgrade and legitimate depth that Ecza could do something because they played imoco closer than I expected last year without these strong additions

  • Italy - Serie A1 2024/25

    Quote from Andreavillar

    Agree.

    - We all knew Scandicci was going to be in trouble after seeing the OH signings for this season. To me it makes more sense to play Gennari and Brenda cuz at this point I'm not sure how much Maja can contribute. That would also allow Carol and Baijens to be both starters, although I wanna see Graziani having more playing time.

    - Actually, I like Novara with this current formation. Took is a great spiker but moving her to position 4, I don't know how the team can perform given that her passing is abysmal. Also we don't know how Akimova will perform after her injury.

    - This season, I see Milano as the favorite. If Sylla maintains her good form, and they solve their setting issues with both setters and Orro (which she can as she's shown before), then they can steal some cups from Conegliano this season. Courmayeur was more of friendly and Milano's serve was incredibly bad. I get that they had Gabi and Moki in front but you can't let a team leave the court with almost 70%+ in reception.

    the problem is Gennari is so bad. They would be fine if they had a better local setter and saved maja for CL or something but Gennari is so terrible

  • Italy - Serie A1 2024/25

    Quote from crovolley

    Imoco is looking great, they won second set even without Haak. Gabi is playing superb, Wolosz is using MB as much as possible and when She is going for Lanier or Gabi Milano can’t close the gab in block because they don’t know who Wolosz is going to set.


    I really love already block-defence and it is early stage of preparation. They are gone be deadly.

    no they are going to be bad because they signed Gabi

  • Italy - Serie A1 2024/25

    Quote from VBdiamond

    Go read every single post of mine about Lukasik. Only good words for her. And IMHO with Zhu's current level, she's Plummer's replacement. Gabi is there to fill Robinson's shoes.


    I don't like Zhu and Gabi for Imoco. That's it.

    literally insane 😭 gabi improves and starts on any team in the world…. If Ecza had her this year they would win every cup with ease. I’d kill for her