We always had a competitive juniors side but Post pandemic, there is such an intense growth in our local VB and these players are the result of it. Like even college teams (at least four in counting) in our country has started really investing with foreign trainers (mostly ITA ones) and getting a pool of top local players even at Junior Level. In addition, I expect them to really push even harder for WCH2029 Preparations too. There are still a wealth of 6'++ still needing their international debut too.
PS: Rewatched the game, and the distribution here is what I had expected in their preliminary games. The OPP and MBs had wealth of sets this match.
Posts by litolapid
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Experience is experience, especially since it will give them a leg up. I do wish our organization can create a team out of the lot of great youth development teams from MNL and Visayas Area.
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ASIAN Youth Games. They just finished. I have no idea if this KOR U18 team is like legit though, for our team the OHs are legit future stars of the NT. The MBs and OPPs probably would not translate to the seniors team. The team is practically the development youth team where Solomon (Osaka Thunders player, PHI OPP) came from and represented PHI in some competitions. -
Hey, what's up with that - PHI won over KOR U18 team. That's a first in a while.
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Watched the finals live.
The ticketing for this was such a mess. I lined with a Polish fan who was so angry about the sudden price drop LOL. I was shocked they were able to get up to 15k when they closed the finals and online ticketing to get more Bronze Medal audiences earlier that morning. Also, there was so much Polish fans in the arena lol. Like, they are actually like a huge group.
Then I saw Mireya, she kinda look smaller in real life. She was seated close to who I believe is Cecilia Tait in hindsight. Also, an usher told me she apparently hated taking photos which did not defuse nerdier vb fans lol.
CZH was throwing so much error against POL who had Leon taking over when things gets a tad bit rough. Both teams felt uninspired though. The ITA vs BUL game was surprisingly one-sided until Bottolo got targeted in Set 3. But other than that, ITA was in cruise control with their serves destroying any chance of a huge run for BUL. Bottolo and Romano especially did quite a number. The fans where mostly into the Nikolov Brothers but is still very supportive of ITA. -
TBH, I really thought it would be IRA that will break the EURO domination against CZH given their building up to that moment (even though they are so messy) but CZH never let them back. USA has overperformed given the new (or rarely used veterans) faces they have on court but BUL is equally young tbh AND they just seems to be pushing somewhere more.
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Now the MWCH is practically just All European teams lol. USA kinda flatlined when the Older Nikolov really got out of his early set rut and BUL serve started scoring. Best Quarters games tbh.
Kinda shocked how Filipinos are rooting for BUL out of nowhere lol. USA (and JPN) tends to be more popular. On a random note, a storm will literally drive over the area on FRI so how about that.
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I feel like BUL is taking this.
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IRA rallied themselves to an another win. COngrats to them but this was such a fun messy game.
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TBH, I'm fine with it - if people want consistency, you'll get the Women's WCH and people are also not happy with that.
It just so happened that this is by far the most unpredictable championship in a while with 4 out of the Top 10 teams making it (POL, USA, SLO, ARG) with some of the tightest and loosest pools (Pool A with two below 20 teams, and a lot of Pot 2 (TUN, TUR, BUL, POR) and even a Pot 3 Quarterfinalist (TUN) teams rising to the occasion). It is fun in its own special way lol.
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I wonder if the weather is like unnerving players? It's been raining on and off this past few days or just the lower rank teams having a more forgiving NT Schedule.
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Naur at FRA losing.
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I think we'll get Gold now for the SEA Games with this performance
Only if Bagunas and Espejo is healthy. Espejo especially has been quite prone to injuries in the past few tournament they had joined. Ordiales(OPP) has always had seesaw performances before this tournament - so that could also be a factor.
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I cannot at this team is doing this well. I mean they trained a bunch of foreign born Filipinos who did not get their papers done on time, with an original bid for the Women's WCH. With our main pins just off injuries lol. 2-1 against a team they haven't won against like in ever.
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What's up with our team randomly winning a game?
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I just included her because she has NT Team History even though it was ultimately thwarted by the AVC (LOL) BUT there seems to be no movement for her "naturalization" or her inclusion to the NT. She was almost part of that 2019 team AND would have defeated VIE that time had it been.
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Crisis AVERTED. THA SAVED from relegation. KOR kinda was long time running needed this removal in the VNL. They were awful for the longest time until the last few years.
Also - my god, THA should really get a foreign coach for their team. Aod is good but I think his time had passed. They need to really Japan/China it up. Foreign Influence + their own style to be more competitive.
Also, I do not know if this was already told - but our Fil-Foreigner players are currently just waiting their final approval papers for Change Federation (ie Phillips, Andaya, and van Sickle - all played in the recent VTC Cup to Fourth Place) a few weeks back. There are already rumors that they might be playing in the SEA V-League later this year.
Alohi Robins-Hardy who terrorized VIE in 2019 SEA V-League has also returned to play in the Philippines for the remainder of her career. She is still considered as a Fil-Foreigner. -
My god, I can't believe THA is on the brink of relegation AND practically is in a do or die set currently against CAN. Whatever happened to Chatchu-on too.
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Really liked the the PVL Management added an overreaching challenge. I do not know if that is already rolled out in other leagues but its nice to see.