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Post by hanson on Jul 10, 2023 2:58:32 GMT -5
Are we gonna talk about how Japan threw the last two games in front of the largest crowds in the group round to have the no.2 spot, not saying their full team could beat Italy and/or Poland, but they didn’t even try.
I would love to play Slovenia in QF, since we didn’t play em in the group stage and they are on paper the easier team in the final 8
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Post by tima on Jul 10, 2023 4:16:06 GMT -5
Are we gonna talk about how Japan threw the last two games in front of the largest crowds in the group round to have the no.2 spot, not saying their full team could beat Italy and/or Poland, but they didn’t even try. I would love to play Slovenia in QF, since we didn’t play em in the group stage and they are on paper the easier team in the final 8 While other teams rest their main players in the beginning, Japan just did the opposite way. And the result looks pretty good for them isn’t it? They’ve got some ranking points for Olympic, and a ticket to QF vs SLO. Losing in front of the largest crowds? Who cares lol |
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Post by volleyb on Jul 10, 2023 4:41:32 GMT -5
They played all their starters (except Ran who got injured the game the night before) vs Italy. That’s far from throwing it imo. They just choked in the end of the sets and Italy was really the better team.
That game vs Poland you can argue that they rested some of their starters (main setter and main libero) in the game but both Ishikawa and Nishida played. Poland is really just the better team and Japan just used all bench players in the latter set. Last year, they did that too. Ishikawa, Nishida and Ran did not play vs France also in the Philippines. This time vs Poland only the setter and libero rested
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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on Jul 10, 2023 8:44:31 GMT -5
rip us Shouldn't have choked/let the ref get under our skin vs japan do you know if they have some options at OPP going forward? Jiang was painful to watch this VNL. no clue getting back from injury is tough |
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Post by BigDigEnergy on Jul 10, 2023 11:09:02 GMT -5
They played all their starters (except Ran who got injured the game the night before) vs Italy. That’s far from throwing it imo. They just choked in the end of the sets and Italy was really the better team. That game vs Poland you can argue that they rested some of their starters (main setter and main libero) in the game but both Ishikawa and Nishida played. Poland is really just the better team and Japan just used all bench players in the latter set. Last year, they did that too. Ishikawa, Nishida and Ran did not play vs France also in the Philippines. This time vs Poland only the setter and libero rested Right, I would not say that Japan threw the game against Italy. They almost beat Italy actually. I can see more of that in the Poland match knowing that even if they lose, they will be either #1 or #2 depending in the US-France match outcome and is still ahead of Poland. |
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Post by harryspotter on Jul 10, 2023 11:23:24 GMT -5
And Japanese will not just throw away games. That’s not their culture.
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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on Jul 10, 2023 11:24:00 GMT -5
And Japanese will not just throw away games. That’s not their culture. lol ask the thai women that |
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Post by Disc808 on Jul 10, 2023 11:52:59 GMT -5
They played all their starters (except Ran who got injured the game the night before) vs Italy. That’s far from throwing it imo. They just choked in the end of the sets and Italy was really the better team. That game vs Poland you can argue that they rested some of their starters (main setter and main libero) in the game but both Ishikawa and Nishida played. Poland is really just the better team and Japan just used all bench players in the latter set. Last year, they did that too. Ishikawa, Nishida and Ran did not play vs France also in the Philippines. This time vs Poland only the setter and libero rested Hopefully Ran is ready to go for the QFs. Slovenia is in Japan’s OQT pool so this should be an interesting test for both teams |
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Post by bruinsgold on Jul 11, 2023 16:21:20 GMT -5
Did we have a separate thread for the Challenger Cup last year? I'm too lazy to research.
The Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup Final rounds start tomorrow. The other 7 teams have already been selected:
Qatar (host) v. either DR or Winner of AVCC
Tunisia v. Chile
Türkiye v. either DR or Winner of AVCC
Ukraine v. China
(I think I got that right?)
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Post by BigDigEnergy on Jul 17, 2023 8:04:09 GMT -5
Looks like Kevin Tillie is back with the French team for the finals.
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Post by momorabbit on Jul 17, 2023 8:58:09 GMT -5
Looks like Kevin Tillie is back with the French team for the finals. is Ngapeth also? that is pretty scary... |
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Post by tamz on Jul 17, 2023 9:21:11 GMT -5
Oh shucks then…
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Post by basil on Jul 17, 2023 10:35:21 GMT -5
do we want separate threads for every single QF?
USA-France
Italy-Argentina
Japan-Slovenia
Poland-Brazil
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Post by basil on Jul 17, 2023 12:41:00 GMT -5
Ngapeth might be with the French team...he posted a photo to his story of him in his jersey
waiting for the official roster drop but damn that could be scary
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Post by bruinsgold on Jul 17, 2023 14:58:58 GMT -5
do we want separate threads for every single QF? USA-France Italy-Argentina Japan-Slovenia Poland-Brazil Maybe just separate threads for the SF and Bronze/Gold matches? And USA/France. The rest we can use this thread so you don't have to do all that work. |
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