Spain vs France in 2 days! Is Spain going to continue their roll, or is France going to say something different? Will we go to the penalties once again?
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Does anyone have a updated list on which players are going overseas for club volleyball next season?
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guys im just relieved cai didn't cut zhu or lyy from the team
I think there will be a literal riot if this ever happens, everyone will basically view the team as crippled if he dared to cut them
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Any predictions for today's game?
Surprisingly France had a lacklustre match, 1-0 against Belgium.
Portugal going for penalties against Slovenia was even more surprising.
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Display MoreThe roster of VNL 2024 Finals:
S - Xu Xiao-ting, Ding Xia
OP - Zheng Yi-xin
MB - Gao Yi, Yang Han-yu, Wang Wen-han
OH - Zhang Chang-ning (C), Wang Yun-lu, Zhong Hui, Wang Yi-zhu, Zhuang Yu-shan
L - Ni Fei-fan
Wow, interesting... Quite a different roster! I guess they're resting the "main players" for the big event next month... No DLY, YXY, WYY, ZT, LYY, Wu Meng Jie, Wang Meng Jie.
This might be enough to win Japan, but I'm not sure about Brazil in the Semi-Finals...
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Can anyone who has watched the match against Poland tell us how it went? Did China win because they were strong or because Poland was weaker than expected?
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Did anyone else noticed Gong was crying at one stage during tonight’s match? Was she upset because of something said to her? I am telling you, if Cai Bin is the one, I’m gonna to fly to China and smack him across the face.
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Sorry, I’ll give him 2 Smacks.... another one for letting WYL play instead of players like Wu Mengjie, for the past two years.
What?????! I'll join you on that flight to China
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So, Cai Bin, criticised for his incompetence has dropped Wang Yunlu in week 3. But I doubt if we’ve heard the last of her. Cai Bin is under pressure...so he’s added some new players, who hopefully can help the team qualify for Paris 24. I have a sneaking suspicion that once we qualify, WYL will make her way back to the team. This is why I hope the whole team...every player, puts in a good performance in week 3, so Cai has no excuse to bring back WYL.
If he doesn't change tactically, then dropping one player will not mean much. After all, volleyball is still a team sport
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Yan Ni might be the assistant coach of Chinese NT now!
She arrived in Hong Kong and joined the training camp.
Bring back the old iron ladies... I wonder if it's still possible for her to help salvage the current situation
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Q:
I want to use J SPORTS On Demand overseas
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This service can only be used in Japan and cannot be used overseas.This always makes me laugh, how Japan's content can be so locked geographically, yet they can undergo "rebranding" as a league to become more profitable and whatnot
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Cai's mission in life is to get Wang Yunlu a free ride to Paris24, and hopefully win a medal. The others like Diao, Nee, he just likes them. If the team fails, then he'll just blame Lyy , Wu or Zhu for not performing...
What is this man's obsession with WYL and Diao and all that? IS HE LIKE THEIR SECRET ADOPTIVE FATHER OR SOMETHING? WHAT IS HIS PROBLEM? Actually, first of all, WHAT EVEN IS THIS MAN'S CREDENTIALS THAT HE LANDED THIS ILLUSTRIOUS JOB AFTER LANG PING?
I promise you if he starts blaming any of the other players for not performing, he can expect people to light his ass on fire.
I can't stand this man no more. VNL should introduce a new award: Most Useless Coach Ever, so that Cai Bin can finally WIN something.
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he wants to prove that he can do well without Lang Ping's proteges.
His pants is catching on fire and he's going to fall on his ass, exposed.
If the CVA doesn't get rid of him next year, I think it's safe to say everyone is going to give up on the NT, irrespective of whether we have Zhu Ting and all the star players or not.
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The players seriously need to learn from the Japanese on how to transition from defense (digging the ball) to offense (preparing to get set and swing): their grave weakness is the player who manages to dig a ball has to "sacrifice" herself as a "potential attacking option", thus making it easier for the opponent team to anticipate who gets set, since the number of attacking options has reduced from the perfect 4 (OH, OP, MB, OH in Zone 6) to most of the times, 2 (OH and OP), and even just ONE (OH or OP). The players need to learn how to stay on their feet or get up on their feet QUICKLY, and get into position for the next play.
I know they're way taller than the Japanese and with height comes cumbersome movements, but honestly, all things can be trained.
Tonight, against Italy, there weren't many rallies, and most of the time, the ball ends after Italy executes 1-3 plays, which shows poor defense and passing. If they can improve on this, then they'll have a better chance of getting into system, especially since we all know Diao as a setter is not good at all in OOS plays.
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There was no fighting chance AT ALL, it's like they were getting massacred out there. 2nd set was their chance to fight back but they squandered whatever chance they had, and AS USUAL, Cai Bin only subbed in players in the 3RD SET WHEN THEY WERE DOWN 6-8 POINTS. He tried to sub in Ding Xia and Zheng Yi Xin to save the situation, but a RIDICULOUS CALL OF "CARRY" WAS CALLED ON ZHENG RIGHT AFTER SHE STEPPED ON COURT AND EXECUTED A SLIDE. Then he subbed in Zhang Chang Ning, but at the point, it was as good as over. There was no fight-back or grit or any damn standard in the 3rd set, and Cai Bin did NOTHING - he waited until his pants caught on fire before attempting to put out the flames.
It was absolutely frustrating and embarrassing, to say the least. I don't know what are they trying to do or NOT trying to do, but they better get their stuff together otherwise they can look forward to losing horribly in the Olympics. God I was seething with ANGER throughout the 2nd and 3rd sets that I tuned in to. Tonight, Italy was good, but not UNBEATABLE kind of good, so you can just imagine how much the standard for the Chinese NT has dropped since its glory days and even Tokyo Olympics days.
The team's defensive cohesion was POOR, their OOS plays were DISASTROUS 4/5 of the times (no thanks to Diao who sucks in OOS situations), the pins weren't performing enough, the middles were lacking in blocks, the anticipation on who's going to get set on the Italian team was HORRIBLE.
Three words: CAI BIN OUT!!!!!!!
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I don't know whether yall have watched the match just now against Italy, but three words:
CAI BIN OUT!!!!!!!!
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I don’t about how others are feeling, but everyday I’m wondering why other teams have coaches and we end up having a freaking 🤡
Mood. Other teams chop the head if they underperform or don't show promise, and yet that's not happening
Do yall think Zhu can magically save éveryone's ass with her return? I don't mean it with any disrespect to her nor the others. I'm just wondering to what extent can she influence the NT's dynamic and play
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How has everyone been doing? I hope everyone has been well.
We're going to go into the Week 2 of the VNL, and Zhu Ting is confirmed back on court! How are we feeling about this?
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Tian Zongqi, a former commentator with CCTV5 for women's volleyball, has died in Thailand at 42.
He was close with the older players.
RIP... Too young, too soon.
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Somebody please give us the breakdown of what happened during the match against USA... I'm looking at the highlights now and the middles got so many blocks against the Americans, even from the start of the set! The amount of middle attacks happening is also amazing (compared to last year's)
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Display MoreOHs Yuri Yoshino and Yoshino Nishikawa, MB Kotomi Osaki, and Setter Kurumi Manabe are leaving Toray Arrows
They are also not renewing with Thai Wimonrat Thanapan.
Earlier, they announced Nanami Seki leaving and Inoue retiring.
That puts Toray to just 8 Japanese players in the roster, with 2 just joined mid season
OH: Fukazawa, Yajima
OPP: Furukawa
MB: Tobe, Kashimura
S: Kawazoe
L: Nakashima, Matsuoka
Wonder where Nishikawa will be going, as well as Osaki... Has Seki gotten a club yet?