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Post by basil on May 11, 2021 20:38:55 GMT -5
Also worth noting that Anderson didn't play this past season. Wonder how he'll bounce back. Jaeschke had good matches with Verona this past season but idk how consistent he was. David Smith has been going off with Zaksa but I wonder how healthy Holt is. There are a ton of question marks for us. I honestly see the USA resting a lot of players for the VNL. I think they've give guys a chance and some playing time. I think you'll see people like Gasman, Gage Worsley, etc... get looks and PT as well as Brendan Sander. What I also see is Speraw will use the time to experiment with the main line-up to see what works best and how they gel. Meaning Matt at OH with Patch at OPP, AND Matt at OPP and experimenting with OH's and see how some of the youngers have improved - meaning B.Sander, DeFalco, and likely Ma'a. Maybe? I agree but a bunch of unestablished guys like Gasman and Worsley aren't in the gym as far as I've seen. Speraw will probably do a ton of roster management with B. Sander and DeFalco though, I agree. He'll spread the wealth out.
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Post by volleybolero on May 11, 2021 21:34:34 GMT -5
Also worth noting that Anderson didn't play this past season. Wonder how he'll bounce back. Jaeschke had good matches with Verona this past season but idk how consistent he was. David Smith has been going off with Zaksa but I wonder how healthy Holt is. There are a ton of question marks for us. But I do think France has some question marks at opposite. I think Ngapeth and Rossard are the likely OH starters but Boyer and Patry are a tossup to me. I don't know much about Argentina admittedly but any team with De Cecco's setting is dangerous. I honestly see the USA resting a lot of players for the VNL. I think they've give guys a chance and some playing time. I think you'll see people like Gasman, Gage Worsley, etc... get looks and PT as well as Brendan Sander. What I also see is Speraw will use the time to experiment with the main line-up to see what works best and how they gel. Meaning Matt at OH with Patch at OPP, AND Matt at OPP and experimenting with OH's and see how some of the youngers have improved - meaning B.Sander, DeFalco, and likely Ma'a. I think they'll send all their players, this is the only tournament that is a legit practice for the Olympics. Maybe resting Taylor Sander. Matt didn't play for a year, no rest needed (lol) with covid, it is hard to schedule scrimmages with other NTs.
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Post by volleybolero on May 13, 2021 20:01:50 GMT -5
Unfortunate for Japan, Nishida was injured in a friendly match when he landed on his teammates foot. No official update on the severity of his injury, but it looked serious since he had to be carried off the court. Any news about Nishida's injury? I'll check later if there's none...
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Post by alohavball on May 13, 2021 23:03:52 GMT -5
Unfortunate for Japan, Nishida was injured in a friendly match when he landed on his teammates foot. No official update on the severity of his injury, but it looked serious since he had to be carried off the court. Any news about Nishida's injury? I'll check later if there's none... No official update yet, but I assume they're still doing further examinations to be really sure on the extent of his injury.
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Post by volleybolero on May 14, 2021 0:12:28 GMT -5
^^^^ if it is serious and i hope not. They can rest him so he can recover for the Olympics. Dekita is not a bad replacement.
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Post by ToddyJ on May 14, 2021 22:01:02 GMT -5
Women's rosters are uploaded on the official VNL website. I expect the men's to be following suit soon. I'll upload rosters post on the fist page of the thread then.
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Post by heavenkit on May 15, 2021 7:18:00 GMT -5
Russia's Iakovlev who is arguably their best middle blocker right now just got injured and is taken out of the roster. Musersky is moved back to Middle but will still probably play opposite in some games.
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Post by hanson on May 15, 2021 11:56:31 GMT -5
I can give you a roster right now, since there are only 17/18 people in that gym. Spoiler alert: my guy Jake Hanes is happening.
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Post by basil on May 15, 2021 12:05:34 GMT -5
Russia's Iakovlev who is arguably their best middle blocker right now just got injured and is taken out of the roster. Musersky is moved back to Middle but will still probably play opposite in some games. He’s very fast. Unfortunate for Russia but they’re very deep in the middle anyways...
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Post by bruinsgold on May 15, 2021 13:00:37 GMT -5
I can give you a roster right now, since there are only 17/18 people in that gym. Spoiler alert: my guy Jake Hanes is happening.
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Post by q5 on May 16, 2021 12:01:45 GMT -5
Ensing has now joined the group and is in the gym with the boys
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Post by akbar on May 16, 2021 13:43:09 GMT -5
I can give you a roster right now, since there are only 17/18 people in that gym. Spoiler alert: my guy Jake Hanes is happening. I was expecting this and glad he is in the mix. It could be a good thing for all involved.
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Post by ToddyJ on May 16, 2021 16:50:00 GMT -5
Hanes looks really tall. But does he move quick enough?
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Post by ToddyJ on May 16, 2021 16:51:25 GMT -5
Do we have a list of who all is in the gym training for the USA?
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Post by basil on May 16, 2021 17:05:06 GMT -5
Do we have a list of who all is in the gym training for the USA? uh...*unofficial* L: Shoji and Watten S: Christenson, Shoji, Tuaniga MB: Holt, Smith (will likely join soon if not already post-CEV), Averill OH: Sander (T and B), DeFalco, Jaeschke, Russell's there on crutches OPP: Anderson, Patch, Hanes, Ensing I'd imagine Muagatutia and MB's like Jendryk and McDonnell are maybe there? But I haven't seen them on any video. Also, maybe D'Agostino could be there with the L's but I don't know for sure. There might be some people I'm missing but idk. This is just what I've seen from social media/Erik's videos.
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