Posts by serdar

Quote from Sassy

Good to know, thank you! I agree that they don't fit well in the same match squad, they should have either one or the other with them for a full week/tournament

I've read on somewhere that Jack can only play after mid July, I don't know how reliable the date is and where it comes from but if true, she could still play in wch. I think she could help more than Carutasu as long as Vargas is healthy. Jack could replace both eda and Zehra during a long tournament like WCh. I still consider Ebrar as opp until she proves herself in club season

Quote from avid

Dana is on the list, she got to the gym this past week

I'll be very interested to see who returns for World Champs

Who do you think will join next round?

Amazing week from young Turkish team!👏👏👏👏👏

Santarelli: very smart roster composition. He gave opportunities to everyone and let them show what they are capable of. I like that he always combined youngsters with a few veterans like Hande, aslı, simge etc. with this way, young players dont crumble under pressure. He get 4th win as his 44th birthday gift today

Setters: Elif isn't at her best shape but I think she played decent. To me, Dilay is the shining star of the tournament. She should be in the roster with cansu next week so that Elif can also take some time off.

Liberos: Simge was good, same for Eylül. I'm happy that Santa gave up on Ayça and looking for alternatives. I'm not fully sold on Eylül yet but she played decent

Opp: Carutasu was the only real opp we had this week (Derya, yaprak and Ayşe played as Opp in double subs) carutasu had a fantastic performance in china game. She showed up when it mattered. She was decent in other games as well. She is totally a different type of Opp than Vargas. She has good ball control, her tips and roll shots worked really well. Also she get a lot of points from serves and blocks.

Middles: I was a bit doubtful with asli's presence in the roster but today's game showed us that an experience player like her was needed to step up at clutch times, her blocks were so good during our comeback from 24-20 Deniz uyanık was another revelation of the tournament, she was great at blocking every set she played and scored a lot with attack as well. Berka was okay but I think she didn't show her full potential yet.

OHs: the position made me happy the most! Hande totally redeemed herself after a bad start . She was one of the best outsides of first week (if not the best) not only her offense was insane but also her defense from position 6 is at a very high level (I would say comparable to Sylla/bosetti). Yaprak was amazing, she is such a fighter, she finds a way to score even with bad sets/OOS sets. Her reception has room for improvement but I like her attitude on court and 'volleyball IQ'. Saliha was very good too, she received very well and scored with a good ratio. Derya got the least chance to play due to her injury but at first game she was decent.

Very curious who will play in Istanbul at next leg. My pick would be:

Cansu-Dilay

Vargas-Ebrar

Ilkin-Yaprak-Hande-Meliha

Jack-Zehra-Deniz-Berka

Gizem-Eylul

Im actually fine to play with same roster and let A team to play 3rd tournament and finals but since turkey is hosting, I'm sure federation would push the iconic players like Vargas, Zehra, Ebrar etc. I hope eda is skipping whole vnl

Quote from Matthias

Leana Grozer going out with some knee issue It didn't look any spectacular so I hope it's nothing too serious.

Stepmum coming right over to check on her was incredibly sweet though

Oh nooo, hope not a serious injury at young age🥺

Quote from jt1267

What do you expect from americans?

Of course everyone knows that geography is illegal in USA

I missed the first set but I liked our game in second set, reception is good, Saliha is using her chances very well, hande is still on fire. Keep it up girls! I wanna see some blocks from berka now

Quote from USAvolleyfan

Caratasu is not the most physical player, but she can have more successful attack if she doesn't let every single ball drop below her shoulder.. like come on girl

She is using rolls shots and tips very well though. So far her ball control is pretty good

Are Terzic, Boskovic and Aleksic coming back next round?

Quote from Tyler

Herbots 3/24, there is no way she will bench one of Ishikawa or Alsmeier

Previously she was playing well in bad teams, now except one game, she also doesn't even have that

Quote from Sassy

A logical decision on libero position is all we need (next to being direct us Dutchies also love to whine about anything lol, we can't help it)

Hahah yeah complaining about weather is kinda national sport in Netherlands 😂

Quote from VBdiamond

We talked about this some weeks ago.

The more the OOS set is bad located, the more she runs fast to smash the ball, finding the block unprepared. And as long as she approaches the ball that fast, she won't need to jump high OOS. Ironically she has more troubles on good located OOS sets, because at least one blocker (OPP or S) is ready for her. But this is something very good from her. That usually comes with experience.

Good located oos sets?🤣🤣🤣

Anyways I think we have agreed to disagree on this, I don't want to re-heat the debate

Quote from arreath

dilay might be the greatest prodigy i've ever seen; naz, cansu and elif are great but dilay is already almost as good as they've ever been and can reach a whole different level.

She really reminds me of Naz both technically and look wise. Not only she has good technique but also she helps a lot with her serve and block as well. She just needs to improve her precision a little over time

Yaprak is a very hardworking girl! Despite of being undersized, she really does her best and interestingly she is the most efficient OOS attacker in the team. Her reception wasn't a big liability today

Hande shut her haters very well today, she was so clutch today, carried the team as 'veteran' as expected.

I'm liking Deniz Uyanık more and more after every match. She is very solid with her blocks and scores well too. I hope we would play with same starting 7 against china. I would like to see berka ozden instead of Aslı a bit. We know what asli is capable of but berka has a lot of potential too

Quote from volleyball22

i agree with everything about the Turkish side but Stysiak is the top scorer of the game rn with 18 points and each game this VNL she was quite good, I have an opposite feeling that maybe finally this season she can prove herself.

Dont get me wrong, I actually like stysiak, she always comes across a very sympathetic person every time I watch her interviews. However her slow arm swing didn't improve over the years, of course not playing as starter for last 3 seasons also didnt help. I'm also hoping she will redeem herself in Eczacıbaşı and prove that she isn't just a bench player!

Dilay is just soooo good, if I were Santa, I would play rest of vnl with her and give her as much international experience as possible, she really has the capacity to be our main setter for this Olympic cycle

Deniz uyanik is probably best newcomer of vnl, she is amazing at blocks.

Also hande is redeeming herself from Poland , only like Czyrnianska. As a team, they are blocking badly, especially considering how tall they are.

Maybe too early to speak but im afraid stysiak is gonna be a big flop in Eczacıbaşı 😕

I like lavarini's tips during timeout, he is doing better than half of the coaches in this tournament

Maja seems to have Mariah Carey like ego🤣 doesn't care to throw someone under the bus to get the spotlight

Van de Vosse seems to be so talented and already better than dambrink. To me, she has more potential than dambrink who seems to choke under pressure while van de Vosse seems to be so clutch. She reminds me of sloetjes a lot because of her super fast approach and explosive arm swing

Reesink isn't a bad libero, she is not even a libero🤦🤦🤦 if your outsides are trying to cover your libero then the problem is really alarming. New MB Stuut was very good, she contributed almost as much as Timmerman would have done. Indy was great as always! Also van aalen was great and she should stay as starting setter.

I didn't like new outsides duo, one can't receive while other can't score. They are young though and it was my first time to watch them so maybe they will get better in upcoming matches.

Quote from Mapuan

How’s it homophobic? I mean do you think countries like Indonesia, Saudi, Qatar as such will like this? I mean making out inside the stadium is normal but does VBTV need to broadcast it?

Who fucking cares?🤦 It is actually good that they will be away from volleyball. This sport is too civilized for these countries

Quote from Sassy

First France match I'm watching this summer. Ndiaye and Gelin are really growing to be top class players Schalk has improved compared to last year, good to see Cesar giving her court time to learn (just like Radovic for Belgium). I wouldn't be surprised if these players will keep their starting spots if/when Cazaute, Giardino and Gicquel join for WCH later this year!

Not sure about Giardino and gicquel but cazaute is desperately needed. None of french OHs can receive

Yuan better than korneluk is another bad joke from you know who 🤦 yuan to fener is a very unnecessary transfer