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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2021 15:01:57 GMT -5
Is Macris done? Also, always been a huge fan of Roberta. We dont know. Roberta at least is a good replacement... imagine if they brought Dani Lins lol |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2021 15:02:28 GMT -5
Is Macris done? Also, always been a huge fan of Roberta. We dont know. Roberta at least is a good replacement... imagine if they brought Dani Lins lol Roberta was fantastic against Serbia |
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Post by Reach on Jul 31, 2021 15:04:03 GMT -5
Is Macris done? Also, always been a huge fan of Roberta. We dont know. Roberta at least is a good replacement... imagine if they brought Dani Lins lol I've been watching her play since I saw her live in 2015 and thought she'd take over for Dani Lins but it really never happened. She's so technically sound. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2021 16:44:57 GMT -5
So what’s y’all’s Olympic dream team so far ? (If it doesn’t have Fe Garray on it youre lying)
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Post by udubhuskiefan on Jul 31, 2021 17:21:57 GMT -5
So what’s y’all’s Olympic dream team so far ? (If it doesn’t have Fe Garray on it youre lying) For my setter, I’d choose Roberta. Obviously I’d have to wait to see how she does for the rest of the tourney, but she’s playing well. |
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Post by matte on Jul 31, 2021 17:36:36 GMT -5
For my setter, I’d choose Roberta. Obviously I’d have to wait to see how she does for the rest of the tourney, but she’s playing well. IMO Level of setters have never been so low at the Olympics like in 2021. I wish Wolosz was here, it's hard to watch these games with setters being so meh. |
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Post by potato518 on Jul 31, 2021 18:23:55 GMT -5
Out of Italy’s pool play matches this olympics so far, which has been the most entertaining?
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Post by Wichsen on Jul 31, 2021 18:35:15 GMT -5
I think our starting 6/7 are just tired and the schedule is also a factor why they are performing like that. I know it is not an excuse but like I said it is a factor. They could have at least start with team b with hill,krob,chi,Hancock against Argentina 🇦🇷 and Russia 🇷🇺. Larson will be tire and stress against italy and qf.
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Post by badgerbreath on Jul 31, 2021 18:38:49 GMT -5
SWP/KP and Carlini should have been on this roster, but I've been saying that for a while now. I will also never understand a coaching mentality where you would fill roster spots with players specifically designed for one purpose instead of bringing those that can bring all the skills required for their respective position. Why be so limiting? I definitely want to see Hancock for Poulter, Hill for MBH and Chi for Foluke vs. Italy, just to see if the team can look more cohesive and less sloppy. To me, the team hasn't even reached the form they had in the 2019 WCup yet. I agree. If you bring Hancock, you don't hesitate to play her. Same for the others. It's only a 12 person roster for chissakes. |
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Post by badgerbreath on Jul 31, 2021 18:45:14 GMT -5
JWO is basically the only player who has showed up for the team consistently through pool play so far. All I can think about is the countless thread discussions about our libero "problem" over the past quad. It's comical really that this position if the only one that is performing well. I was laughing sardonically to myself about this just last night. |
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Post by des on Jul 31, 2021 21:58:25 GMT -5
Is there a place where you could watch all of the matches so far?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2021 23:12:34 GMT -5
I think our starting 6/7 are just tired and the schedule is also a factor why they are performing like that. I know it is not an excuse but like I said it is a factor. They could have at least start with team b with hill,krob,chi,Hancock against Argentina 🇦🇷 and Russia 🇷🇺. Larson will be tire and stress against italy and qf. Same schedule as everyone else. They get a day off between matches. They are world class athletes. Fatigue should not be an issue. |
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Post by BuckysHeat on Aug 1, 2021 7:51:35 GMT -5
Is there a place where you could watch all of the matches so far? yes, page 1 of this thread, second post |
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Post by ace35 on Aug 1, 2021 9:25:06 GMT -5
As always, I think there is too much recency bias and too much assuming any one match (or several matches in a row) is indicative of that mythical beast called "team form". Individual players can have good and bad forms, but teams as a whole? Even if such a thing exists, it plays a far smaller role in team sports at the highest level than the mental state of players, on which leg they got up that morning (metaphorically speaking, of course  ), how much and what kind of pressure they are under etc. As for Russia, I think the case is simple: they felt fully free after being disregarded this whole quad and starting badly in the tournament to just swing for it thinking they've got nothing to lose. Goncha suddenly turned back the clock to 2015; they've got several young players who don't feel the weight of failures of recent years weighing as heavily on them as on some older players. But now they've won against 2 best ranked teams in the world, you'll see their arms and legs stiffening, all right. Now, they WILL have something to lose. We'll see how they deal with that. I also get that you Americans are not used to defeats(especially not in group stages), and are thus prone to thinking that anyone who beats you must be the best thing since sliced bread. It could be just that your players had a bad day and opponents had a great day where everything worked for them. It could just be that, 48 hours later, you would beat them just as easily as they did you. |
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Post by Boom! on Aug 1, 2021 9:33:45 GMT -5
As always, I think there is too much recency bias and too much assuming any one match (or several matches in a row) is indicative of that mythical beast called "team form". Individual players can have good and bad forms, but teams as a whole? Even if such a thing exists, it plays a far smaller role in team sports at the highest level than the mental state of players, on which leg they got up that morning (metaphorically speaking, of course ), how much and what kind of pressure they are under etc. As for Russia, I think the case is simple: they felt fully free after being disregarded this whole quad and starting badly in the tournament to just swing for it thinking they've got nothing to lose. Goncha suddenly turned back the clock to 2015; they've got several young players who don't feel the weight of failures of recent years weighing as heavily on them as on some older players. But now they've won against 2 best ranked teams in the world, you'll see their arms and legs stiffening, all right. Now, they WILL have something to lose. We'll see how they deal with that. I also get that you Americans are not used to defeats(especially not in group stages), and are thus prone to thinking that anyone who beats you must be the best thing since sliced bread. It could be just that your players had a bad day and opponents had a great day where everything worked for them. It could just be that, 48 hours later, you would beat them just as easily as they did you. That’s a reasonable and rational view. Unfortunately, you are the wrong site for that. |
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), how much and what kind of pressure they are under etc.