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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on May 14, 2021 10:21:10 GMT -5
werka your prediction of a usa china final?
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2021 10:32:35 GMT -5
Some of us may need to fix our poll answer lol
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Post by matte on May 14, 2021 10:46:21 GMT -5
Rosters are updated in OP (hopefully correct lol)
Teams with players born after 1999 Belgium: 8 Brazil: 1 Canada: 4 China: 1 Dominican: 4 Germany: 6 Italy: 7 Japan: 5 Korea: 5 Netherlands: 8 Poland: 8 Russia: 5 Serbia: 12 Turkey: 2 USA: 0
USA prioritizing VNL. Hopefully, it pays off. USA prioritizes experience. Young players hardly get a chance, unless there's no choice. |
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Post by dokterrudi on May 14, 2021 10:53:48 GMT -5
Where is our Rettke bff who claims Karch offered her a spot on the Olympic team??? 😁 |
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Post by longhorn9214 on May 14, 2021 11:00:08 GMT -5
USA prioritizing VNL. Hopefully, it pays off. USA prioritizes experience. Young players hardly get a chance, unless there's no choice. May I remind you VNL 2019? Thompson, Rettke, Mary Lake Yes, it was a different time but why haven't other followed suit? Our goal has always been gold. However, we only get gold at VNL/Grand Prix in the past 6 years. |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2021 11:01:19 GMT -5
USA prioritizing VNL. Hopefully, it pays off. USA prioritizes experience. Young players hardly get a chance, unless there's no choice. I think that changed after 2018. Letting Lloyd, Murphy, and Gibbemeyer go seemed to signal a philosophy change. Even now, the inclusion of Plummer is something that we probably wouldn’t have seen here if 2018 had gone differently. |
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Post by basil on May 14, 2021 11:04:58 GMT -5
A few thoughts:
Is Germany not bringing Lippmann? That’s a surprise. But I only counted 17 names on the roster.
Based on name recognition...Canada could beat this Serbia roster...
China only has 13 players listed so far so I’d assume the five other players are Zhu, Li Yingying, Ding, Yuan, and their other starting middle whose name is slipping my mind but maybe they go with youth.
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Post by basil on May 14, 2021 11:17:18 GMT -5
Some of us may need to fix our poll answer lol who are the four people voting for Italy to win...oof |
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Post by Reach on May 14, 2021 11:18:53 GMT -5
Some of us may need to fix our poll answer lol who are the four people voting for Italy to win...oof The people that assumed they’d bring their best roster |
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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on May 14, 2021 11:41:08 GMT -5
A few thoughts: Is Germany not bringing Lippmann? That’s a surprise. But I only counted 17 names on the roster. Based on name recognition...Canada could beat this Serbia roster... China only has 13 players listed so far so I’d assume the five other players are Zhu, Li Yingying, Ding, Yuan, and their other starting middle whose name is slipping my mind but maybe they go with youth. Or teams that don't have the full 18 players don't intend on filling it |
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Post by basil on May 14, 2021 11:46:13 GMT -5
A few thoughts: Is Germany not bringing Lippmann? That’s a surprise. But I only counted 17 names on the roster. Based on name recognition...Canada could beat this Serbia roster... China only has 13 players listed so far so I’d assume the five other players are Zhu, Li Yingying, Ding, Yuan, and their other starting middle whose name is slipping my mind but maybe they go with youth. Or teams that don't have the full 18 players don't intend on filling it 13 players for six weeks? I would just bring some youth players at that point but idk. Who really knows. |
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Post by trojansc on May 14, 2021 11:52:31 GMT -5
Rosters are updated in OP (hopefully correct lol)
Teams with players born after 1999 Belgium: 8 Brazil: 1 Canada: 4 China: 1 Dominican: 4 Germany: 6 Italy: 7 Japan: 5 Korea: 5 Netherlands: 8 Poland: 8 Russia: 5 Serbia: 12 Turkey: 2 USA: 0
Vargas-Valdez has to be the oldest, right? She will turn 40 in Tokyo !! |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2021 11:58:16 GMT -5
Rosters are updated in OP (hopefully correct lol)
Teams with players born after 1999 Belgium: 8 Brazil: 1 Canada: 4 China: 1 Dominican: 4 Germany: 6 Italy: 7 Japan: 5 Korea: 5 Netherlands: 8 Poland: 8 Russia: 5 Serbia: 12 Turkey: 2 USA: 0
Vargas-Valdez has to be the oldest, right? She will turn 40 in Tokyo !! yep. She has a few weeks on Carol Gattaz (Brazil) |
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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on May 14, 2021 11:58:53 GMT -5
Or teams that don't have the full 18 players don't intend on filling it 13 players for six weeks? I would just bring some youth players at that point but idk. Who really knows. I also don't understand why China isn't bringing Wang Yizhu, Ni Feifan, etc. |
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Post by alohavball on May 14, 2021 12:19:16 GMT -5
De Kruijf is not joining the national team this season. Then she just needs to retire from the NT. She hasn’t played with them since 2017. She got a taste of what winning was like with Imoco. Playing club is much easier and fun, but on the Dutch NT it's stressful. I honestly don't see her playing for them again. It would be nice to see her end her career with the NT in front of her home country at WCH 2022, but their outlook for that doesn't look well. It might just bring her more stress and anxiety to be back the the Dutch squad with all its constant changes of players/coaches. |
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