Once again Inoue failed to follow through as an attacker. They lack a scoring machine. They have to find another key attacker other than Hayashi. Inoue can be someone else's backup not core material.
Japan needs to develop another terminating OH. Inoue is the only Japanese who plays as terminating OH in V.League after Sakoda and Ebata retired. Hawi and Nagaoka are the remaining terminating wingers but they play OPP. The problem is that V.League gets imports to fill that position.
what's wrong with
Plummerthe next Zhu Ting?
Plummer reminds me of Wang Yi Mei
seems there was no service pressure from Japan. Erdem and Gunes with 16 pts each and 64% and 62% attack efficiency, respectively. Even in V.League, the Japanese can’t stop lethal middles and wingers with high spike reach.
Is there a site where i can watch replays?
All the replays are here in this telegram group: https://t.me/jogosvoley
So, technically they are not labeled as professional volleyball players except for the imports and the girls in Himeji. I think Himeji's status is probably the reason why that university student can play in Himeji, just as how Yuki Ishikawa and Ran Takashi were able to play in Italy while in university?? I feel kinda sad for the corporate athletes tho coz they are treated as servants. I guess their morning work also made them vulnerable to COVID-19 during the past 2 seasons, resulting in the postponement of some matches and the cancellation of JT vs Hisamitsu FInals. On the flip side, local players from the rest of the world are treated like celebrities.
That's nice. For Sarina Koga, is her "affiliation" with that group Volunteer work? Unpaid 'training/internship'? Extra pay beyond playing volleyball? Required by NEC as part of being paid to play volleyball? Or something else?
sitenoise it seems this "affiliation" thing in V.League is required (except for Himeji because it is considered as a club/professional team, not a corporate team).
"The players who belong to the club team are practically professional players because they have individual contracts with the team, but the players of the corporate team are mainly employee players who play while working at the company of the team to which they belong. " - Source
Arrangement for everybody else except Himeji players:
"Employee athletes are employees of the parent companies of teams such as JT, Toray, and Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical, just like general office workers and office ladies. I am obliged to comply with work rules, and I am assigned to the same departments of the company as general employees, such as the sales department and general affairs department. As a general rule, I come to work every morning at the time decided by the company, but many of the parent companies of the teams belonging to the V League are large companies, and it is understood that volleyball is prioritized even in the workplace. For this reason, work is often as simple as making copies and organizing materials. As an employee, of course, the salary is paid by the company." - Source
Arrangement for Himeji players:
"Players belonging to club teams, which have been increasing in recent years, often have professional contracts. Professional contract players have contracts with teams on an annual salary system, similar to professional baseball and J.League. Professional contract players can concentrate on volleyball, but there is no guarantee after retirement, and even if they play an active role as players for a long time, there is no pension system like professional baseball players." - Source
Which is better?:
"For those who want to play volleyball while working in a stable manner, it is recommended to aim to be an employee player of the corporate team. If you want to play favorably as a professional player, you should try an overseas league like Saori Kimura." - Source
This corporate team thing is unique to Japan huh? You can check their daily schedule here and see how their situation works. Now I know why Airi Miyabe is going to play in Japan despite saying she didn't want to play in Japan as per her Minnesota interview because she's in Himeji anyway 
Off-season arrangement:
"When the season is off, professional players and contract players will renew their contracts for the next season and sign new contracts.
On the other hand, in the case of employee athletes, the contract is not renewed, and many athletes work for the company as employees during the off-season." - Source
I wanna see Nanami Asano 
Is Manabe married?
Nakada seems single.
Yes, Manabe is married to girl named Mayumi. no information about her age and career. they have one child. gender and name not revealed. Source:https://asuneta-com.translate.…&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
Nakada married baseball player Takao Hayashi at 29. They divorced after 3 years. They have no child. Source:https://usaponn-com.translate.…&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
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In case anyone asks for the source that's Phoenix 's job
Oh yeah I could still remember that
Link or Source?
Manabe has not talked about setters though? since his focus has been Koga and Airi
I already forgot the source. The article came out just before VNL started. I read it on Twitter I think it's from JVA
Not closely following Japan NT but any ideas why Momii is not playing this VNL? Is she injured or Manabe prefers a different setter?
I read somewhere Manabe said he wanted to use the AVC 2019 setters (Seki & Matsui) for this VNL coz he thinks it'd be a positive sign for Japan women's if he starts off their campaign with gold medalist setters.
Momii seems to have lost weight. Thinner arms and well-toned legs
Display MoreFor those wondering why Korea is included in the VNLs, this is their domestic popularity at the airport despite returning from losing every single match.
Consider the commercial reach and amount paid for broadcasting rights alone lol
(I know W volleyball is popular there but this shocked me considering the results - and VNLs are usually overlooked... women volleyball players are more like idols than athletes in Korea now)
Who is she? looks like KYK but she can’t be
Oh yeah, this office/clerical work is true! One time I stumbled upon a clip where Ebata was doing office work for Hitachi. It's this one. Check @4:49. Btw, how do you embed a youtube video here?
She cut her own salary because there's a salary cap. Lee Soyoung earns about as much as Zhu and Egnou did in Italy. Who would ever want to leave, and now I can understand it when the players go to the national team just "to not get injured"
wtf? That's whole lotta money. I even thought Japan pays more because they have stellar imports compared to SoKor.
Korean league pay their athletes so much that they don't have the motivation to move abroad.
Tbh, I couldn't think of anyone who can play abroad except KYK. Plus I don't believe that the Korean League pay their athletes well coz when KYK went back there, she had to cut her salary so that her team still has enough money to pay her teammates.
While Europe is the most developed Volleyball Continent, and carries to VNL 5 Core Teams, Asia is the financially richest one. And Money must be protected in order for that System to work at best.
I think he misused "Asia is the financially richest one." It must be there are more people to squeeze money from in Asia than in Europe. I mean 2/3 of the world population is in Asia.
Who are the core teams of the VNL, actually?
Nichika Yamada is kinda disappointing too. She used to be a fine MB2 in 2019 as seen on this video. Her A quicks were as deadly as Jaja Santiago's. I thought she's the lethal MB2 that Japan has been looking for, but her approach kinda changed when she became a part of Nakada's NT. Her approach kinda resembled that of Nana Iwasaka since then.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBQ1Tls7h0g
Not impressed with Hammy so far. She was really lost during the match against Netherlands. A lot of hesitation on her part. She really needs someone to egg her on and in Saga that was usually Toe.
what a big discovery indeed! what will we do without you?!
I thought you already know about this telegram group where you can watch all the replays: https://t.me/jogosvoley 
