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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 11:07:59 GMT -5
Pretty funny that VNL had a bad rep but if we get past Serbia it’s a rematch of that final. (Love you KYK, Brazil isn’t as messy as Turkey) FIVB may get their wish of teams taking it more seriously. Italy should've. Serbia probably should've but Boskovic will bail them out not to keep posting this everywhere today but Serbia looked fantastic last night. Every single one of their players executed her role perfectly. Not sure they VNL mattered all that much for them |
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Post by kurtndiego on Aug 4, 2021 11:18:27 GMT -5
Can we all agree Maja the Serbian setter has had some of the best ever 1 handed sets in these last few matches?? Popovic literally unloaded on one of them!
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Post by Resident Bitchy Canadian Fan on Aug 4, 2021 11:28:03 GMT -5
Can we also talk about how no setter is touching Maja, and how the rest of the setting overall is really below average. There have been some really messy setters this Olympics, and other than the Brazil match, Maja has been far and away the best setter
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 4, 2021 12:08:24 GMT -5
Can we also talk about how no setter is touching Maja, and how the rest of the setting overall is really below average. There have been some really messy setters this Olympics, and other than the Brazil match, Maja has been far and away the best setter The Turkish setters were pretty good, and Startseva was mostly good. |
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Post by speegs13 on Aug 4, 2021 12:10:37 GMT -5
Can we also talk about how no setter is touching Maja, and how the rest of the setting overall is really below average. There have been some really messy setters this Olympics, and other than the Brazil match, Maja has been far and away the best setter I'd argue Hancock has settled in, but also very small sample size. But yes, Maja is playing very well as is Macris (she calmed Brazil down against ROC) |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 12:11:07 GMT -5
Can we also talk about how no setter is touching Maja, and how the rest of the setting overall is really below average. There have been some really messy setters this Olympics, and other than the Brazil match, Maja has been far and away the best setter The Turkish setters were pretty good, and Startseva was mostly good. I'd add in Macris too. The match today shifted when she entered. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 12:12:12 GMT -5
Can we also talk about how no setter is touching Maja, and how the rest of the setting overall is really below average. There have been some really messy setters this Olympics, and other than the Brazil match, Maja has been far and away the best setter The Turkish setters were pretty good, and Startseva was mostly good. I thought cansu was a big reason turkey lost last night |
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 4, 2021 12:15:15 GMT -5
The Turkish setters were pretty good, and Startseva was mostly good. I thought cansu was a big reason turkey lost last night Her block? Sure. But over the 150-200 odd balls she set in a 5 setter, she was good. And over the course of the tourney she and Naz made Meliha/Hande/Tugba/Seyma/Boz look a lot better than they actually are. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 12:16:16 GMT -5
I thought cansu was a big reason turkey lost last night Her block? Sure. But over the 150-200 odd balls she set in a 5 setter, she was good. disagree. She made some bad choices and delivered poor balls in critical moments |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 12:20:08 GMT -5
The Turkish setters were pretty good, and Startseva was mostly good. I thought cansu was a big reason turkey lost last night turkey lost bc of Guidetti. He kept Seyma in for way too long, Tugba out for way too long. And just disregarded Hande. |
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 4, 2021 12:25:20 GMT -5
I thought cansu was a big reason turkey lost last night turkey lost bc of Guidetti. He kept Seyma in for way too long, Tugba out for way too long. And just disregarded Hande. Which OH had the two overpasses to lose the lead in the 5th? That was more or less the match there. |
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Post by Resident Bitchy Canadian Fan on Aug 4, 2021 12:40:40 GMT -5
Also, Guidetti… he didn’t really make this team improve as he did the Netherlands. I thought Turkey was pretty stagnant throughout the quad. So inconsistent, but would get good wins here and there. I would argue this Olympics was probably the best they’ve played over the course of a tournament, but they were still extremely inconsistent
It felt like everyone was waiting for the Turkish team to emerge as a great team. But honestly, they’re no different than they were in 2018 in terms of consistency.
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Post by udubhuskiefan on Aug 4, 2021 12:46:35 GMT -5
To answer Madden’s question, my dream team for this Olympics is…
OH: KYK, Fe
Opp: Boskovic
S: Maja
MB: Eda, Fahr
L: JWO
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 4, 2021 12:49:45 GMT -5
Also, Guidetti… he didn’t really make this team improve as he did the Netherlands. I thought Turkey was pretty stagnant throughout the quad. So inconsistent, but would get good wins here and there. I would argue this Olympics was probably the best they’ve played over the course of a tournament, but they were still extremely inconsistent It felt like everyone was waiting for the Turkish team to emerge as a great team. But honestly, they’re no different than they were in 2018 in terms of consistency. Seriously?!?!?? Turkey did not have a starting 7 as good as the Netherlands did last quad. And very specifically they had no peak Sloetjes. |
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Post by Resident Bitchy Canadian Fan on Aug 4, 2021 12:54:29 GMT -5
Also, Guidetti… he didn’t really make this team improve as he did the Netherlands. I thought Turkey was pretty stagnant throughout the quad. So inconsistent, but would get good wins here and there. I would argue this Olympics was probably the best they’ve played over the course of a tournament, but they were still extremely inconsistent It felt like everyone was waiting for the Turkish team to emerge as a great team. But honestly, they’re no different than they were in 2018 in terms of consistency. Seriously?!?!?? Turkey did not have a starting 7 as good as the Netherlands did last quad. And very specifically they had no peak Sloetjes. Turkey arguably started the quad with a better starting 7. And Turkey definitley had the advantage at multiple positions. setter is better for Turkey, libero better for Turkey, middles Turkey, opposite belongs to the Dutch. But people seem to forget that Sloetjes wasn’t all that until 2015-2016. Here’s how I see it: there was very little difference between the Dutch and Turkey at the start of their quads in terms of skill. The Dutch progressed way more. They were literally a tier 2 WGP team when Guidetti took over. Their progression was much more significant |
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