Posts by Steven12453

Quote from occansey

I don’t think Hande or any other OH will be a deciding factor in a potential Turkey vs Italy match in ECH. None of Hande, İlkin, Sylla or Nervini are game changers imo. The only game changer OH among these 2 teams is Ebrar and she’ll most likely miss the Euros.

We know that Vargas and one of Egonu/Antropova will deliver. So imo, it will come down to MBs. We know Fahr & Danesi duo is strong. Last year in WCH, Turkey couldn’t use Jack but she will be available this time. And I’m sure Eda will come prepared. If Zehra performs well, Turkey could have the edge this time.

Sylla was the undeniable MVP of the last WCH and clearly the best player of Italy both on semifinal and in final. She also delivered and helped a lot Egonu, when they won the ECH back in 2021. I know that she is unstable and that she was never that good in her clubs, but she managed to be critical for the NT a lot of times.

Lol, I have nothing against her and I can say that she seem a likeble person to me , but it is insane to say that Hande has proved herself. She is 28 years old and she plays in the highest level for like 7-8 years. I can't remember a player who's more consistent in failing in important matches, semi-finals, finals, play offs etc. She is literally the only one that plays in the highest level for so many years and still hasn't been adapted despiting having high level volleyball skills ( and she is also very complete as an OH, which is rare). Even in the ECH 2023 she was terrible and by far the worst player on court both in semi and in the final.

Quote from Delulu is the Solulu

Politics and sports should be apart.

IMPOSSIBLE

Are these two the best setters in Russia? Seriously? What's wrong with the setters in women's volleyball these days? These girls are insanely bad.

Quote from Sentenza_69

Gianlorenzo "Chicco" Blengini should be the next coach of Milano, replacing Lavarini, who is now widely tipped as the next Fenerbahçe coach... Honestly, I don't know what to say: either it's a great move or a load of bullshit... Personally, I'm leaning towards the latter...

Personally I think it's a really good idea. Lavarini wasn't this man anyway, so hiring the coach who's team made the biggest surprise in the previous WCH make a lot of sense. Would you like Ferhat more ? Berdardi and Abbodanza would be good options , but it seems that Milano wants to bring something more fresh in to the team.

Quote from Joyajoelle

ah bummer, i really liked him last year

Me too and he was a completely deifferent attacker compare to Lube with Gianelli as setter, but it's a difficult case for him. He has to compete with the two experienced MB's that won thing with the main team and the best two MB's in the club season one of which (Mati) seems to be a huge project for the Italian volleyball.

Quote from Diesse14

What's happening with Gargiulo?

He played the First weekend of VNL and then left the team for personal reasons...

Does anybody know what's going on?

I thought that De Giorgi didn't invite him for the finals and probably he will not call him for the ECH either. Mati, Sanguinetti, Russo and Galassi are definetely ahead for different reasons.

Quote from Sentenza_69

Realistically...

Some might say he's a good coach, and there's still room for discussion, but those are just opinions...

But to say he's one of the top three coaches in the world, I think, is not only a strong statement, but it's unsustainable...

After all, we're talking about a coach who only coached the women's team for three years, with next to no results, and who was fired by his own players...

I'll throw my hands up about Bernardi as a player, but Bernardi as a coach is, to say the least, a huge question mark...

You have definetely some good points, but I have a positive opinion about him. All the players that he coached played their best under his coaching and Italy played their best NT season when he was assistant. After he left the team changed a lot and became messier. Sure, his desicion to change Bosio with Cambi and his use Herbots as starter were really bad, but still you can see clearly that Cambi for example was far better in Novara than now in Italy... This VNL she was like an under 18 player. Generally we all know that all the top level coaches are in men's volleyball and women take the leftovers... In my opinion Novara was even better that I expected this season. In any case, we can not desagree in one thing... Either you like him or not, he is 1000 times better than Ferhat.

Quote from Sentenza_69

Are you nuts?

"Bernardi is hands down one of the three best coaches in the world"!!!

Why not? Just don't tell me that you expected anything better with the team that Novara had the previous season...

Quote from bobaas

It is said that Lavarini in Fenerbahce is a done deal. And Ferhat will replace him in Milano XD

WTF . How they can do this, while Berdardi is still free???? Seeing this moves does not make me wonder hpow this not clever people didn't win anything important all those years. Akbas is like the worst choice ever.

Quote from Cofi

literally their first season when Arina and Ana were still teens (technically 2nd) with Terzic.

Aside from beating Imoco in qf of CL, they won 2 trophies that season, they won same with Lavarini and Fregnolio.

Funnily enough they won the least with Abbondanza (only supercup) so Idk what you’re talking about lmao.

I don't talk about when they won the most cups, but when they played better as team...

McHenry's attack is a cheat code!!!

Nooooo Anderson

WTF is Cristenson doing?

And the undefeated Japan lost two times in the row in the final matches. If Slovenia had a better setter and a little bit more experience they could make great things. Today, I think that was a good start for such a young team.

Quote from occansey

There’s not much option left for them right now. Lavarini isn’t tremendous but surely better than Abbondanza. I actually wanna see Ferhat at Fener and watch the chaos unfold.

Since this team was built, can anyone tell me a season that they played better than they did the previous one with Abbodanza??? Arina played the best season of her life, Hande also played the best season of her life ( until her injury) and Orro the same ( and also the first good season that she has probably in her whole life and certainly, since she started play for Vero volley). They won the double with Lavarini, but as a team they were far worst and the same goes with Terzic. Apparently from everyone here it wasn't Abbodanza, just the team played at their peak by themselves.

To be honest, I never thought that Japan will win gold. I've always knew that they will meldown when it matters most. Congrats to USA. The biggest flaw of this team is the second OH. I don't get why Defalco is on the bench ( ok I get that he is not good in semis and final games, but he could be more useful than Champlin), or even Robinson. Also, the previous coach of USA has a huge responsibility for not invite Hanes in to the team. For years, Team USA was deprived of the contribution of a player who could have made a huge difference and led the team to much better results ( plus the fact that he forced Anderson to play as OPP). The Anderson–Aaron–Hanes trio is going to be great.

For tommorows game I expect something good from Slovenia. Nik was really stressed today and the setter killed Mozic with his low sets. I believe that tommorow will react!!!

Fener (and GS) is the friend that Milano didn't know that they need . After saving them from Orro, they are ready to eliminate their next big problem. Also, If Lavarani wants Danesi with him, then I could be really happy.. Seriously, Fener will get the coach that they want. Nobody could say no to coaching such a squad.

The Slovenian setter is HORRIBLE today. I hope that Ropret will return for the ECH. Poland does not somthing special. It's more Boladz ball (!!!) and Leon's servis bombs.

Quote from VBdiamond

When it matters, Italy is nothing without its only star spiker.

The others are good OHs, but only Michieletto is a game changer.

I don't really believe that. They won USA before, but with a different combination of players... Everything got wrong for Italy and was a team defeat. First the foremost it was Lavia, who was completely out of shape, while Gianelli didn't trust him not even for once for the whole first set... The reception was bad and Porro seemed unprepaired... Also, it is important to say that none of the Italian setters ( or better De Giorgi) hasn't figured out that Mati and Sanguidetti NEED a much higher set than the usual middle set and the result is to attack like with their half power,..They are not as effiecient as they were in Modena and that's why the setters avoids them, while these guys can be flawless and scary... I believe the whole planning was wrong. De Giorgi wanted to play with the two world champions, while at the club season ( and in general I can say) Porro was definetely the best among the Italian OH's and that's why he must be starter until Michelleto returns. De Giorgi should prioritize to use the player that was a good shape and momentum and not bring Lavia back from the dead which will not happen until he plays a full club season. At the end, I do not want to see Romano get subbed, simply because he is the most consistent Italian player and ALWAYS delivers when it mattered, but... If you want to have a powerful hitter, a game changer that can cover some teammate in this weak day then you have Bovolenta that has a massive potential and I hope that he will have even more playing time in the next VNL.

When it comes to other teams I just want to say how happy I am to see Mozic back in a monster mode. If he was like that at the club season then... Cross my fingers for Slovenia. They are the black horse of this tournament.