Posts by USAvolleyfan

I was always a fan of Mara, and I was disappointed how ineffective she has been for Minas and Brazil lately. She has always been like the last option for Brazil. I hope from now on she continues to improve and play at this level, she was a monster.

pope wrote:

Ebrar is awesome, not only she`s a great player but she`s fun to watch and i love her "bad" attitude. I don`t know why volleyball fans are so against with players bringing that extra spark on to the court, while in other sports that is one of the things that fans love the most. Everyone acting nice and the same is boring. Give me more of that bad girl. It will be really sad to watch her benching her Haak next season. Hopefully one of them can play OH.

Turkey not winning a medal must have been very disappointing for them since they played every week with the same lineup pretty much, now we gotta wait and see if this was part of Giudetti`s plan for the Olympic Qualifier if they manage to beat China.

I'm not against 'extra spark', actually I love when players are passionate, and sometimes do provoke their opposition in a cute way.. but Ebrar is straight up rude. However she's really young, a teenager, so she'll learn. Grown a$$ women who do that should be ashamed and judged

Umu11 wrote:

Yes, I also remember that she did. I remember when Zetova was injured in Chieri and Scott played as OPP and even attacked from back row by sliding. Logan Tom was in the team, too and Guidetti was the coach, If my memory serves me right. They had that different one piece jerseys, like swimsuits. I think she also player as OPP at the end of her career.

Aysun Ozbek also had a very quick approach and did same kind of sliding in front of the setter.

Mira Golubovic too

ossubtus wrote:

that's why it's been so surprising to see them do so well, both lorenne and paula were on the bench all last season...

oh leia... not again!!!!!! she ducked again and the ball was in.

I'm also surprised, especially by Lorenne. Since i was following Brazilian superleague and cheering for Osasco, whenever she came in she was getting blocked straight down

ossubtus wrote:

too many jordans in this US team!

well, poulter's sets to thompson are not on the right place, although thompson did score many kills...

that weird one-footed takeoff from haleigh in front of the setter... that's weird. nicole davis says dani scott used to do that, but i never saw her do that one-footed.

Yes she did. Dani's footwork was very quick

What I don't understand is why is the double sub employed when everything goes well, and when it does downhill it's not reversed. In set 1, USA had 14-10 and when the change happened, Brazil started catching up. Similar in this set, USA was doing good with Carlini and Drews. Thompson had a good impact too

Bartsch has no impact so far. She's a weakness in reception, but she doesn't score to balance that

Actually I would go with Foecke instead of MBH.. she was struggling with reception, but didn't do much in attack either. The middles should be much more involved

Brazil blocking everything

USA middles without a point so far

Double sub so early on?

I love the aggressiveness in attack Kelsey is showing lately.. not only when swinging hard, but also tipping off the block

scarpetta wrote:

now Turkish players are hugely underrated They maybe not a world star yet but surely better than polish team

Well lucky for them, it's a TEAM sport, where every member of the team is important m, including the coaching staff

sitenoise wrote:

Oh man, I'm watching the FIVB stream and I didn't get post game interview

I rarely get to see Chinese players and their personality, but usually they look pretty serious and focused on court. She was really playful and not camera shy at all.. I've always liked her, even since her first appearance on Montreux. Hope she makes the A team

OMG Liu YH is sooo cute speaking on camera. And her English is not even that bad

Turkish players are getting frustrated

Really sad for Alix and April. Alix was a monster in the semis and had a good final game, April was not herself today. MHP did amaaazing, she was the reason Canada won today. Let's hope ATeam continues to improve and gets gold in Tokyo

Sloppy plays from both sides

USA losing the 3rd.. I don't think Loreene has ever played this good

Carlini should try and run Rettke in front. She is very successful on the slide so far, but Brazil consistently has 2 blockers in front of her