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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on May 19, 2021 11:46:24 GMT -5
How many medals has Italy won at the Olympics again? And didn't Serbia just earn their first ? Precisely. Unless they have some secret ingredients that gives them really good confidence of getting on the podium at Tokyo, this is pretty questionable as strategies go. The secret ingredient is Egonu |
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Post by Wichsen on May 19, 2021 12:15:56 GMT -5
We need strong serve for shaky reception of italy and setter inconsistency for italy to stop eguno. Well at least to delay her attacks. 3 blockers always and libeROB fron the back.
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Post by Reach on May 19, 2021 12:16:20 GMT -5
Precisely. Unless they have some secret ingredients that gives them really good confidence of getting on the podium at Tokyo, this is pretty questionable as strategies go. The secret ingredient is Egonu I honestly think stacked national teams at the top will put up a better fight than stacked Turkish or Italian teams do against her in the domestic leagues . She's incredible but so is full strength China and USA. |
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Post by Reach on May 19, 2021 12:17:15 GMT -5
We need strong serve for shaky reception of italy and setter inconsistency for italy to stop eguno. Well at least to delay her attacks. 3 blockers always and libeROB fron the back. Robo and Carlini will dig her. Actually, is there a better defensive setter in the world than LC right now? |
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Post by Wichsen on May 19, 2021 12:21:46 GMT -5
We need strong serve for shaky reception of italy and setter inconsistency for italy to stop eguno. Well at least to delay her attacks. 3 blockers always and libeROB fron the back. Robo and Carlini will dig her. Actually, is there a better defensive setter in the world than LC right now? but she'll target zone 2 😁 |
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Post by basil on May 19, 2021 12:24:22 GMT -5
We need strong serve for shaky reception of italy and setter inconsistency for italy to stop eguno. Well at least to delay her attacks. 3 blockers always and libeROB fron the back. Robo and Carlini will dig her. Actually, is there a better defensive setter in the world than LC right now? While I do think Kelsey and LC have a good chance to dig her, it won't happen that much just because of how physical Egonu is. But still, they've probably got the best shot at it compared to other teams. If we had a better left back defender, our floor defense would be *that* much better. In terms of better defensive setters...y'all will hate me for this but I think Wolosz is a really solid defender. She won't play us this summer though. I think Ding Xia from China is probably the best floor-defending setter along with Carlini. Ding Xia can play some defense...I think she's an underrated piece of China's success these last few seasons. |
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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on May 19, 2021 12:29:02 GMT -5
The secret ingredient is Egonu I honestly think stacked national teams at the top will put up a better fight than stacked Turkish or Italian teams do against her in the domestic leagues . She's incredible but so is full strength China and USA. I do too, but Italy's more than just Egonu. De Gennaro and L. Bosetti are excellent floor defenders. Sylla/Pietrini are decent OH1s (although the latter's reception is not that good)
I was looking at China's matches with Italy and one of the reasons for the 2018 WCh SF loss was the inability to control Sylla (compared to 2019 VNL when she went off)
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Post by Reach on May 19, 2021 12:29:29 GMT -5
Robo and Carlini will dig her. Actually, is there a better defensive setter in the world than LC right now? While I do think Kelsey and LC have a good chance to dig her, it won't happen that much just because of how physical Egonu is. But still, they've probably got the best shot at it compared to other teams. If we had a better left back defender, our floor defense would be *that* much better. In terms of better defensive setters...y'all will hate me for this but I think Wolosz is a really solid defender. She won't play us this summer though. I think Ding Xia from China is probably the best floor-defending setter along with Carlini. Ding Xia can play some defense...I think she's an underrated piece of China's success these last few seasons. I honestly don't know who the Chinese setters are... none of them are Kun Feng or Feng Kun or whatever don't come for me with them Chinese names, xie xie. |
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Post by speegs13 on May 19, 2021 12:29:43 GMT -5
In terms of better defensive setters...y'all will hate me for this but I think Wolosz is a really solid defender. She won't play us this summer though. I think Ding Xia from China is probably the best floor-defending setter along with Carlini. Ding Xia can play some defense...I think she's an underrated piece of China's success these last few seasons. I agree - I've always thought Ding Xia is the straw that stirs the drink for China, and they never look *quite* the same when they have the back-up setters in. Zhu gets a lot of the MVP accolades (deservedly so) but I think Ding Xia is what makes China go |
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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on May 19, 2021 12:31:00 GMT -5
We need strong serve for shaky reception of italy and setter inconsistency for italy to stop eguno. Well at least to delay her attacks. 3 blockers always and libeROB fron the back. Robo and Carlini will dig her. Actually, is there a better defensive setter in the world than LC right now?Ding Xia (but this could go either way -- China's block is better so DX's job is easier) |
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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on May 19, 2021 12:34:45 GMT -5
Robo and Carlini will dig her. Actually, is there a better defensive setter in the world than LC right now? While I do think Kelsey and LC have a good chance to dig her, it won't happen that much just because of how physical Egonu is. But still, they've probably got the best shot at it compared to other teams. If we had a better left back defender, our floor defense would be *that* much better. In terms of better defensive setters...y'all will hate me for this but I think Wolosz is a really solid defender. She won't play us this summer though. I think Ding Xia from China is probably the best floor-defending setter along with Carlini. Ding Xia can play some defense...I think she's an underrated piece of China's success these last few seasons. The blocking at 4 needs to be good to try to keep Egonu quiet. Maybe the taller hitters like Hill and JT is necessary. |
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Post by Reach on May 19, 2021 12:36:46 GMT -5
While I do think Kelsey and LC have a good chance to dig her, it won't happen that much just because of how physical Egonu is. But still, they've probably got the best shot at it compared to other teams. If we had a better left back defender, our floor defense would be *that* much better. In terms of better defensive setters...y'all will hate me for this but I think Wolosz is a really solid defender. She won't play us this summer though. I think Ding Xia from China is probably the best floor-defending setter along with Carlini. Ding Xia can play some defense...I think she's an underrated piece of China's success these last few seasons. The blocking at 4 needs to be good to try to keep Egonu quiet. Maybe the taller hitters like Hill and JT is necessary. This might be why Plummer is getting a solid look rn. |
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Post by basil on May 19, 2021 12:37:59 GMT -5
I honestly don't know who the Chinese setters are... none of them are Kun Feng or Feng Kun or whatever don't come for me with them Chinese names, xie xie. She's the lefty who subbed in during Gold Medal match against Serbia, was their starter at the WCH, and has been the starter for the whole quad...she also wrecked us at the World Cup (although to be fair everyone on China was firing that day *shudders*) Edit: I don't think she was the starter for the whole Olympics. |
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Post by Reach on May 19, 2021 12:41:16 GMT -5
I honestly don't know who the Chinese setters are... none of them are Kun Feng or Feng Kun or whatever don't come for me with them Chinese names, xie xie. She's the lefty who was their starter at the Olympics and has been the starter for the whole quad...she also wrecked us at the World Cup (although to be fair everyone on China was firing that day *shudders*) Is she the one that replaced Wei a lot? Wei was always overrated to me. |
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Post by basil on May 19, 2021 12:43:34 GMT -5
She's the lefty who was their starter at the Olympics and has been the starter for the whole quad...she also wrecked us at the World Cup (although to be fair everyone on China was firing that day *shudders*) Is she the one that replaced Wei a lot? Wei was always overrated to me. I believe so. Also, I recently rewatched the Italy-China 2018 semifinal with my kid and Ding was digging some bombs from Egonu. |
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