Posts by USAvolleyfan

Yeah Maja's whole face has changed, for the better I mean. Almost like her bone structure is different now. I don't know if it's fillers or simply good aging

I don't agree on Nikolic.. She has always been a very stable player for Sebia, and their leader, even when they were far from world's top teams. This was one of the last years she played on a high level, then her form went down.

Bahar is goooooorgeous My OG Turkish crush

Nilay is also very beautiful. Naz, Eda, Simge, Nesliha to name a few

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To me the Courtney Thompson thing has been such a mystery, she was a good setter but then my question is that was it worth taking her in stead of Glass who had played almost the whole Olympic circle? Also in Rio, she was there as 3rd setter, I'd never understand.

Maybe Karch took her to boost the team vibes or so which I really don't get either.

The thing about that team in London 2012 was that Hugh looked at the 12 players as a whole.. not as first 6 and their replacements. So it was obvious Logan, Berg, Hooker, Davis, Akinradewo will play all the matches, unless an injury occurs. Larson and Harmotto were not as stable, which was understandable considering it was their first Olympics. He had Hodge and Scott on the bench to come in, whenever things get tough. Courtney and Hanneef were there just as part of the double sub, that's all. Same for Myashiro. So it weren't exactly the 'best' players who made the cut, rather than those who did the responsibilities they had in that team the best

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And then Alisha was the setter during the GP 12 finals, won the title and got cut from the Olympics. I'll never understand that.

It was obvious Berg will play all the matches, and will only be replaced in case of an injury. So the second setter, really had to come just as part of the double sub. Alisha has always been a bad server, and Thompson a really solid one. The double sub worked better with Courney, so unfortunately Alisha got cut

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Best hands I have ever seen live. She was a goddess. And there were few years that I think she was the best setter of the world (2010-12; when she lost her starting 6 position in NT to Alisha Glass at the WCH and started pushing really hard).

I don't think she 'lost' it. Berg wasn't there at the WGP, Alisha and Spicer were the setters. Then at the WCH she made the roster instead of Spicer, but Alisha was the starter.

I may be wrong, but I think Sara Klisura had a shoulder injury which stopped her from playing for some time

I haven't been really active lately and reading the posts now I can't help but wonder.. where did you guys get the idea that Courtney is a good passer.. even better to pass in a 2 person system? Yes Karch made her a libero in the NT but have you actually watched those matches? She was HORRIBLE, everybody served her and she couldn't give a proper pass.

To be fair, she had a good debut as a libero, the first time she was put in that role, prior to her injury. I know she had good WCH with Novara, but that was mostly because of her attacking which nobody expected from her.

It might be off topic, but do you guys know Willoughby got accused and sentenced for killing her daughter a few years ago

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She socres a lot because she gets many balls. She is the only hitter in her team. That's it. Her great season on Italy is based simply on number of points, which I don't trust at all.

But that goes both ways too you know. Opponents know the ball is going to her 90% of the time, so they're ready for her..

I love me some Rosa and I hope she pushes even more and gets to Tokyo 2021

Quote from crovolley

Signorille was so big hope for NT as setter. Now I literally don't where She is playing....France ??

When? She was always considered a bad setter

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Is it the season of Novara with Klinemann, Hill and Barun? It was such a nice roster.

Such a TALL team.. Klineman, Hill, Barun,

Chirichella all over 190, with Signorille as setter

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Not that Zivkovic was great, from Zivkovic to Dijkema sounds like a downgrade. At least to me.

I would never, ever agree with that, but talking about that team.. kinda true.

Zivkovic was never creative, but always precise, giving steady sets to her teammates. I love Laura, but she can get.. kinda all around the place, let's just say that.

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Why not? She is so underrated player, she is great in both of receving and defence skills, she isn't attractive one but her role in Serbia is very important and Serbia is current World, European champ and Olympic vice champ and in every single succes of Serbia she was one of the best on her position, and that confirma stastic, surely thar statistic isn't always a 100% credible display, but if someone who played final at Olympic was also the best receiver of the tournament and someone who was first on the wch was first in digging stastic, ofc for someone more for someone less but her quality is unquestionable.

*sorry for of topic

Well I agree with Serdar on this one.. I agree with you a bit tho too.. Popovic is unattractive, but a really solid player, and she has a very important role in Serbias's success. However I don't think she comes in mind when mentioning world's top liberos. Busa also has a huge role in the serbian team, and without her, they probably won't be so successful, but you wouldn't say she's amongst the best OHs..

Well American players have proved times and again they don't put too much effort in learning the language of the country they play in.. It's obviously not shade, and there are exceptions like Logan, who speaks perfect Italian and Portuguese..

https://youtu.be/xZFpb7MAlIs

Enjoy this video I made for her many years ago

Ana finally getting the love and appreciation she deserves

Toy Boy 😇

Quote from Janko

To make it more difficult (as if it needs any more of that!), try to construct 14 player current squad with the limitation of only 1 player per country. Its more tricky than you might think because some of the best players right now in the world are in countries with more than 1 world-class players, and you have to think not just who are the best players in the best teams in the world, but which of the national players from the top countries are the most indispensable on their respective positions vis-a-vis the rest of the world. Here's my try:

Setters: Joanna Wolosz, Nootsara Tomkom

OH: Zhu Ting, KYK, Gabi, Samantha Bricio

OPP: Tijana Boskovic, Isabelle Haak

MB: Robin de Kruijf, Eda Erdem Dundar, Irina Fetisova, Chiaka Ogbogu

LIB: De Gennaro, Brenda Castillo

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So it should be with players playing right now?

I just came across my post from 2015 and it's almost the same players 😂