WANG MJ... MB ? 19 yo ?
China's lineup has hella young players, I believe some are from the U17 squad that won the championship recently
Posts by k_jrin28
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Display MoreRegarding the friendly against Serbia, Ushkov needs to test Kobzar in the setter position.
Matveeva is extremely slow for this level, she is not a good server and blocker to compensate for all her shortcomings.
Maybe in a few years I will eat my words, but for now she is just tall.
Filishtinskaia is far from being a top-level setter, but in the reserve position her being older helps a lot, since it is a very young generation in Russia.
I agree, out of all the positions, the setter and libero position seems to be a big hole for Russia. Probably because there isn't much international competition to expose the younger liberos/setters.
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Does anyone have updates if Chatchu-On and the rest of the THA girls will play their complete lineup for SEA V-League? I think most of the news I hear is just Thailand celebrating because they won't be relegated in the VNL.
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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.
Probably not a priority if Tia, MJ and Brooke's papers are processed over hers. Would have been a treat to see her, Sachi (Jaja) and a tall Filipino OH (probably Canino) in the front of the net.
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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.Is Alohi even cleared to play? Last I heard she isn't, because if she is and Debrito remains as coach, he might drop all the tall setters in the lineup for her.
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Women's team pool came out today, I think the men's team is coming up in a bit. Are there any unexpected returnees that Tillie was able to convince?
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Is it wrong for me to expect a Sato-Ishikawa-Wada/Akimoto starting trio? I feel like he messed up this selection, and some of these players are... not up to par?
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I just watched an interview with the AVC President saying Santiago already represent her home country in the senior level so unfortunately FIVB rejected their appeal.
I think the appeal was for her to be able to play for Japan in Paris, is she not able to play at all?
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Excited to see Brooke van Sickle play in regional games. Let's see if she performs well against Asian teams
Same thoughts. I'm so excited to see her play for the Philippines, hopefully her papers are processed immediately.
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Creamline Cool Smashers and Petro Gazz Angels will represent the Philippines in the upcoming Asian Champions League. They can send 2 teams as a host.
The ongoing league though is All Filipino Conference so there are no foreign players. I don’t know if they’ll sign one just for the tournament 😅Petro Gazz, in paper, has signed "foreign players" already (FilAms who haven't transferred federations yet: Van Sickle and Phillips), while Creamline can sign up Erica Staunton again (Erica played with them in the Reinforced Conference) considering she's just finished her stint in the Indonesian league.
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I think this is the quad they should start considering Valdes in the national team. Do we think Ferhat will invite her though? I feel like it's a 50/50 though I admit idk much about Ferhat's style and preference.
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what a team is Vakif building
Boskovic + Markova + Ogbogu means so much attacking power
Dangubic and Cazaute are both great transfers too. 2 very good players and Katerina has been excellent lately
And their local players are one of the best you can get as well - Cansu, Ayca, Zehra, Derya
They're building a team that will defeat Imoco jk
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I felt like she's media trained. This is common for celebs to answer things in a way that gives more words but no "actual answer."
I agree, I think she played it really safe and since there has been some tractions on Russia making a comeback to the international stage, it's better to not divulge a lot of things.
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Are there any liberos in the pipeline? I haven't watched a lot of Russian Cup to see if there's a wide pool for the position.
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Playing a different team, for each tournament gives many more players an opportunity to experience international volleyball...but I feel they should at least field the strongest selection for one or two major tournaments, otherwise we’ll never know the true strength of the Philippines. I’m thinking maybe...the Asian women’s volleyball championships end of the month ?
With how the federation has been for the past few tournaments, I doubt they'd send a strong selection, they could keep this current team and maybe add a few more players, or just invite Creamline (the representative from last AVC iirc) once again. And even if they do send a good team, the current Brazillian coach isn't exactly the best coach that the Philippines can offer.
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I believe Lavarini won’t overuse Wolosz to avoid worsening her wrist injury. Wenerska will have her time in ECH & OQT as there will be lots of matches.
Didn't know she has an injury, but with Wenerska's performance from last VNL, she's still gonna play a big role in the team even if Wolosz came back, maybe Lavarini can experiment with her and Smarzek as double sub for Stysiak-Wolosz until they're ready for ECH, OQT and hopefully until Paris (saying this coz for some reason I want Smarzek to make it to the Olympics lmao)
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Poland swept turkey at VNL without Wolosz lol
I think that makes it even scarier for Turkey, they were practically a complete team when they played them in Week 2 and in the recent friendly game
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I think Smarzek fighting for the 2nd OPP spot vs Galkowska is the most likely scenario here. What I think Poland needs to work on right now is to raise the level of play of the bench players (which they are doing very well right now) and improve on their overall defense.
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They are all 176cm instead of 173cm. It adds up
And #3 Miku Akimoto is 183cm. She's a swinger too
Wow, they all are actually taller than what I expected! That #3 looks like she's taller than 183 though. I saw another player during the start that was pretty tall as well, it's nice to see Japan youth teams getting taller and taller.
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Anyone watching the SRB-JPN game? Am I imagining things or does the Japanese team actually look tall?