Of course this is going to five, never change DR
Posts by clara
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Wtf that bump set from Vos was insane
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The end of the third set was so fun, you can always count on DOM to bring on the chaos
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This game is so messy lol
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Tainara didn't hit a single ball out today, I used to pray for times like this
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Glad you are able call a challenge for the entire point and not just the last action now, that was Aline's first point with the Senior NT
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Our block is SO much better today
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Julia B's timing on the block has improved so much, it used to be her worst skill
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Idk what it is but everything Zé does annoys me lately. His body language is always so negative. The game just started, chill a bit.
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Very happy to see Lorena starting. She looked so good in her little cameo last night and had the best season out of all the middles called.
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she's just a baby
She's so good too, those transition balls to the middle are beautiful
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China's setter is 16???
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we're really missing Carol
Yeah, the blocking isn't really working so far, but I think it'll get better as they train more as a team
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Brazil takes Set 1 25-21. Almost all of the sets are to Ana Cristina and Julia B.
Passing was quite solid overall, Macris could have involved the middles and Tainara more.
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Lednicky looks promising
I mean Italy clearly fell asleep but at least it probably won't be a sweep (I hope I don't jinx this)
Anyway...
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Lednicky looks promising
I mean Italy clearly fell asleep but at least it probably won't be a sweep (I hope I don't jinx this)
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Yeah, that ball control is just not it. This match is over.
I'm hoping the USA can at least put up a good fight against Italy, day one has been pretty uneventful so far.
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thats the worst part about 3 host sites. their commentators get stretched.
claire hanna means well but she's....too much
tbh as the game goes along she is becoming kind of endearing to me. She is just very, very happy to be there lol.
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Nice crowd in Ottawa for a match that does not involve Canada.
Edit: this announcer though is... a lot lol
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Joke aside, I’m really curious if there’s really a lack of young talented setter in Brazil, or it’s just Ze’s stubbornness to play with two setters with nearly 80 yo combined even in the 1st year of a new OG cycle?
I think it's a mix of both things. It is true that setter is our most problematic position for the future, and we don't really have any undeniable talents there like we have for other positions. But there are some decent girls that could become good under the right guidance.
The issue is that Roberta and Macris are 35 and 36 years old. When you don't call a third setter, you are basically forcing them to play every single match because there is literally no one else who could fill in for them. As a matter of fact, Roberta (alongside Carol and Gabi) was on the Brazilian Olympic Committee's list of athletes who should be spared in the first competitions of the cycle because of serious risk of injury, which means Zé is also going against direct orders from the COB when he refuses to call a backup for her.
Naiane was also far from a generational talent, but she managed just fine in the OQT. If Macris had played, we might've lost her for the Olympics. And like... it's the VNL. Is it really the end of the world if we lose a few matches for a greater purpose? What exactly did going 12-0 last year get us in the end?