I think, I am right, that Novara will meet Moscow in the quarters and that there are just three possible outcomes for the draw for the three others?
1. Conegliano vs. Stuttgart, VakifBank vs. Fenerbahce, Eczacibasi vs. Scandicci
2. Conegliano vs. Fenerbahce, VakifBank vs. Stuttgart, Eczacibasi vs. Scandicci
3. Conegliano vs. Scandicci, VakifBank vs. Fenerbahce, Eczacibasi vs. Stuttgart
How do you know?
Year after Olympics is the best year to make a generation change. Most other teams would be doing the same as well so it wouldnt make Thai team look bad. To me, generation change works best if 1 or 2 veteran players from the starting team would stay with the team to lead the rest of youngsters, just like Eda and Naz are doing this in Turkish NT
Lol she’s too tall for ANTM.
Speaking of reality shows, I hope one of the girls who retired/will retire join Survivor. I’m such a big fan of that show and have always wanted a USAWVT member to be a castaway. Lol. Maybe Destinee? 🤣
She can definitely provide the drama that's very much needed to be in that show
Display MoreGiovanni gave an interview and talked about the preparation to Olympics.
He will use 16 players for VNL and take it seriously. There re many things to improve.
Ps; It was before than Turkish Federation reached to Fivb about hosting VNL finals. It might change Gui's ideas. But he clearly said that "You can't perform well In Tokyo, if you spent long time on the beach".
Olympics are not like WCH or EC. Much shorter and earlier.
Core team would be like;
Naz Aydemir-Cansu Ozbay
Ebrar Karakurt-Meryem Boz
Eda Erdem-Zehra Gunes-Kubra Akman-Asli Kalac-
Hande Baladin-Meliha Ismailoglu-Seyma Ercan-Fatma Yildirim
Simge Akoz-Aylin Sarioglu
Add 2 of Buse Unal-Yasemin Guveli-Tugba Senoglu for VNL
Cut Aylin and Asli from roster for Tokyo.
I hope turkey won't reach their top form during the VNL and performa bad during OG. This is exactly what happened during 2018 WCh
Rumor has it that both Imoco, Novara, and Busto are interested in Ebrar Karakurt. It's not a credible source though but let's see!
I would be more than happy if she would go abroad and play as a starter at such a early age just like what Haak or Boskovic did. I think this helps a player grow a lot. But I really really doubt that the club would let her go because of the rule unless federation all of a sudden would change this rule
I agree that the level drop of Asli in second half of season is because of setter change. She was constantly beast mode on when Çağla was the setter
I think Asli should be the 3rd MB for sure. She has never get a real chance to play in NT before. But she is in a great shape this season. That's why she should definitely be a starter with kubra during VNL to show which one of these two deserves it more. I don't see realistic chance of Beyza going to Tokyo. I think Gui should invest in Yasemin more instead of Beyza who will not be anything more than another version of Büşra Cansu
I think OH positions are also up for grabs. Hande and Meliha will be there most probably. The last two could be either Şeyma and Fatma or Gui might take one of these two and use Aylin Sarıoğlu as defensive specialist.
I hope Gui will give rest the following players whom I think have a safe spot:
Naz Aydemir-Meryem Boz
Eda Erdem-Zehra Güneş
Simge Aköz
I think VNL core team should be as following:
Cansu Ozbay-Ebrar Karakurt
Kübra Akman-Asli Kalac-Yasemin Guveli
Fatma Yıldırım, Şeyma Ercan, Tuğba Şenoğlu
Aylin Sarıoğlu
This team would be still competitive to reach final 6 and some bench players could show if they deserve to be in final Olympic roster or not. I wouldn't be surprised if Gui would play with Hande in VNL since she is still young and spent half of season on the bench.
I agree that Derya Cebecioğlu and Cemre Erkul should be with the team in VNL
Why would I get offended? I train my legs twice a week
Pics or didn't happen 😜
This was an affair in the heads, no doubt. Dresden worked better as unit and was better prepared for this match, Stuttgart with only very little options to change players (Thompson and Kästner injured, Lee not eligible to play). But this is really bad matchplay by Stuttgart in sets 4 and 5, which they had to win, but Dresden managed to play without any pressure indeed, fully exploiting weaknesses of Stuttgart in the finishing part of the both last sets.
In the end this is not that important, so 6th cup win for Dresden instead fourth of Stuttgart, no big deal, Stuttgart has to win also for the league (CEV points) on Tuesday in CL. Van Gestel is too tired at times I think, despite she is giving it all, it is difficult especially for her nearly without any pause. Lazic was not that bad I think, in fact nearly the same quota in attack as Rivers (which comes as slight surprise, optically the difference seemed bigger to me. - The pure statistics suggest, Stuttgart should have won (virtually all numbers were in favour of them), confirming also it was a matter of the heads.
For Waibl this is a very great win: he should stay as coach in Dresden now, everybody knows, that Dresden can't win the championship this year.
why did you say "Lee not eligible to play"?
Brakocevic is shadow of herself, am I the only one who thinks Novara was playing better without Brako as opp?
Another disappointing performance from Firenze. It seems like they will be the flop Of the season with Bergamo. Any comments on UUngureanu I haven't watched her yet, seems like she has good numbers so far
Hope that she will keep playing for Sweden. With Haak and Lazic sisters they have real chances to make it to the ECH. Maybe some Swedish girls will follow her steps and SWE will become another world class team, who knows? Volleyball will never be more popular if BRA, USA, CHN and ITA/SRB will keep winning everything.
Europe desperately needs more challenging teams considering the fact that Azerbaijan is fading away. Thus I hope Sweden can build a good team around Haak just like Azerbaijan did before.
That's a pretty small ass compared to his other body parts
Well cute small asses could be sexier than big ones as long as it is muscular
I don't mean to crush anyone's dream, but that's italian z-list celebrity Ivan Gonzales
Not feeling 'good vibes' anymore 😜
For the record, I'm not a celebrity🤣
Display MoreEbrar you are welcome to Italy, especially in Scandicci ...
Pietrini, Ebrar and Lubian
Find great defence OH as C.Bosetti and they are ready
Edit: As I said it before, Busto will probably go in CL next season and if they can keep all of their players than Ebrar would be perfect instead of Lowe...
It could be interesting to see best 3 players of 2000generation in the same team but I wouldn't want to see her in a messy team like scandicci
Sorry but after this season I don't think that Smarzek is on the level of Lippman, Goncharova, Fabris, Stysiak, Sloetjes, Tandara,Vargas, Haak...
Her club season is not great and her performance for NT was so average....
Hers is bad but sloetjes and Sytsiak are good in this season?😱
Smarzek is one of the top opps. Egonu and Boskovic are simply on a different level. So anyone would look bad compared to them. But if we are talking about top opps, Smarzek belongs to the group of Goncharova, Haak, Vargas, Lippman, Tandara
On the other hand, I agree that she is having quite a disappointing season so far. Clearly playing with a setter like Mirkovic doesn't help
Firenze should move Daalderop to opposite and have Santana as the other OH. Nwakalor is not cutting it.
Definitely agree!
Im impressed with Chieri. Their roster wasn't impressive at all but now they are 7th in the ranking ahead of favourites Firenze and Bergamo👏👏 Poulter seems to be doing a good job. And Perinelli was playing like a Libero before, but now she is improving her offense as well
I saw some rumors that Karakurt will be joining Novara for the next season, is it true?
Young players can not leave their clubs until they reach 22. So I'm not sure if she can already transfer to somewhere else next season
