Posts by jelena

Quote from Bogdan

Hahahahahaahhaahahahahahhaha just amazing. fire Terzic, buy a setter, and few years of mental therapy for our young stars.

They might owe therapy to some of the fans as well tbh.

What an absolute disgrace this whole VNL is for the Federation as a whole. Hosting for the 2nd year in a row, and the coach refuses to dress Boskovic, keeps Ognjenovic on the roster while putting her in just so she can increase her total match numbers in NT while completely fucking up a whole generation of players by killing their confidence, making them lose in such embarrassing fashion in front of the home crowd, again. Maybe we don't have as strong fan culture in volleyball compared to basketball, but those fans up there watching have eyes and can see that he is doing absolutely nothing to actually help this team make a right turn; he's actually doing the opposite. I lost all belief that they can pull it out as our men's waterpolo team did. And to think they are gonna have to play a whole other tournament with actual pressure of results right after this is mind-boggling.

Quote from volleyball22

Aleksic is playing really good today

Well, she did have a lot of rest time this season tbh.

Bosko has shown the whole season she struggles when not set enough balls. Were some of those games/sets low attempts due to her bad early form due to injury/adaptation period? Sure. But it doesn't deny the fact that she struggled whole season with it. Going with a Markova ball strategy vs this kind of an opponent is just plain stupid.

Also, putting this much expectation on Dangubic is not advised. It's weird how little credit Cazaut has considering how early they extended her contract for next season.

I'd have to check the stats, but if I remember correctly, Stysiak also had a good sequence in the 2nd part of the last game, which started with the changing of the setter to Dilay, like in this set. It seems to me like she's taking more risks compared to Elif. It would have been boring to watch a repeat of set 1 anyway, it's a game now.

Also, Bosko is back in form finally...

Honestly, the match is very entertaining so far, with great defense on both sides. It's a shame Gala missed out on this coaching in the first half of the season...

Uzelac shiting the bed right now. Also, the fact that they haven't been able to close the line for Ilkin the whole match is embarrassing tbh.

Gala with the fight they had the previous season, seems like a Bigarelli signature. I hope they invest in him for the future.

While I agree on Uzi having to work on her mental side, especially in ending of sets, I see improvement in this compared to the previous season. They wouldn't have had those match balls in the 4th if not for her to begin with. Also, it's a lot to ask even of Fedorotseva to carry a match vs such an opponent all on her own. Lazareva wasn't at her best today, while Uzi had a lot more usage with reception, defense, and more balls in attack. You could see her get worn down in the 5th set. It's definitely a thing to work on, but today she handled it well imo.

And I was hoping Ebrar was gonna go through this match without acting crazy, but I guess it's too much to ask of her...

What a choke by Zeren. Block was ready for Uzi every time, not enough support from the rest unfortunately.

I hope Terzic is watching this game, because NT is largely underusing Uzi's pipe which is such a huge part of her attacking power. I hope she plays next season, it would be a shame to sit on a bench after this kind of season.

Watching Cansu set balls to anyone except Boskovic is so funny after watching Ecz the last decade

I just don't understand why Gio didn't sub Ayca out before the 2nd set anyway, what a waste.

Uzelac with no composure she had in the last match. A lot of mess in reception on Zeren side, but I feel like Malinov handled it much better last time. She completely lost the plot in the middle of the set, forcing Lazareva while Uzi was so hot. Huge psychological blow for Zeren after such a good start, let's see if they can recover.

Quote from Tyler

Simge should be the target

You're right, she's been a ghost so I totally forgot about her.

Vakif needs to make Yaprak the reception target and tip more balls to force those tall players play some floor defense. Bosko and Markova are sending bombs, yet they still get dug too often, so I'd try changing it up and tipping more.

Ecz looks organised and focused, tipping well and taking the line whenever it's open. They've been impressive so far.

Quote from jader

Zehra is so late in blocking ALL THE TIME..

I swear she's imagining Wolosh instead of Dilay, I just can't prove it...

I didn't wanna post this during the game since this forum is the biggest jinx in the world, but personally, this is one of my fave games of Uzelac. She played so mature, never got too much in her head and I felt like whenever they really needed the point, she delivered. Maybe I'm just delusional since I really want her to grow, but I see a difference in maturity and stability in her game compared to last season.

Also, Saliha has been really impressive this year as well. Maybe my expectations have been too low to begin with but she's been a net positive player overall.

Uzi with an amazing defensive effort these last few points

Uzelac, as always, extra motivated vs Vakif. The sketchy side of Zeren aside, they definitely bring a bit more edge in these matchups vs top teams in the league compared to others.

Gio finally changed Cazaute, now change Zehra too and they might have a chance in the next set.