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Post by uofaGRAD on Apr 17, 2024 18:54:00 GMT -5
bitch i'm just now seeing this wtf?!?! ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
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Post by akinradeheaux on Apr 27, 2024 18:34:08 GMT -5
avid 2.0 you might know this, so tagging you. Do you know what happened to Orro with respect to the Italian NT in 2018? She was on the Rio squad and in fact started every match. Then she was on the 2017/2018 VNL (Grand Prix) squads. But she wasn't on the 2018 WC roster at all - Mazzanti took Malinov and Cambi (who are both basically irrelevant now). Was she injured, or was she cut?
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Post by avid 2.0 on Apr 27, 2024 18:36:44 GMT -5
avid 2.0 you might know this, so tagging you. Do you know what happened to Orro with respect to the Italian NT in 2018? She was on the Rio squad and in fact started every match. Then she was on the 2017/2018 VNL (Grand Prix) squads. But she wasn't on the 2018 WC roster at all - Mazzanti took Malinov and Cambi (who are both basically irrelevant now). Was she injured, or was she cut? I dont remember lol maybe c4ndlelight does
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Post by c4ndlelight on Apr 27, 2024 18:58:09 GMT -5
avid 2.0 you might know this, so tagging you. Do you know what happened to Orro with respect to the Italian NT in 2018? She was on the Rio squad and in fact started every match. Then she was on the 2017/2018 VNL (Grand Prix) squads. But she wasn't on the 2018 WC roster at all - Mazzanti took Malinov and Cambi (who are both basically irrelevant now). Was she injured, or was she cut? I dont remember lol maybe c4ndlelight does No injury. Mazzanti just didn't like her that much. Also, she was 19-20 that Summer, so still young enough to get excluded from main rosters for "experience"
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Post by akinradeheaux on Apr 27, 2024 19:20:12 GMT -5
No injury. Mazzanti just didn't like her that much. Also, she was 19-20 that Summer, so still young enough to get excluded from main rosters for "experience" Wow, I just realized she was 17/18 when she was starting for Italy in Rio. That's insane. Egonu was even younger. I guess she changed Mazzanti's mind eventually? WC was the only major roster she was excluded from.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Apr 27, 2024 20:02:40 GMT -5
No injury. Mazzanti just didn't like her that much. Also, she was 19-20 that Summer, so still young enough to get excluded from main rosters for "experience" Wow, I just realized she was 17/18 when she was starting for Italy in Rio. That's insane. Egonu was even younger. I guess she changed Mazzanti's mind eventually? WC was the only major roster she was excluded from. I think he was always trying to start Malinov over her until it became undeniable.
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Post by ToddyJ on Apr 29, 2024 17:23:26 GMT -5
Hmmmm let's do this.
In world ranking order, i'd like to discuss each federation's strongest 14 player roster for this tournament.
Starting with Türkiye.
Based on club season and what we saw last summer, who should Santarelli name?
S: Elif, Ozbay OPP: Vargas OH: Karakurt, Baladin, Aydin, Cebecioglu, ? MB: Erdem-Dundar, Gunes, Akman, Kalac L: Akoz, Orge
Assuming Karakurt can play back up opposite, does he bring a 5th OH/DS?
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Post by ToddyJ on Apr 29, 2024 17:26:21 GMT -5
USA has it's own thread so we will skip them.
Brazil is up next:
S: Macris, Roberta OPP: Kisy, Rosamaria OH: Gabi, Ana Cristina, J. Bergmann, Pri Dariot MB: Carol, Thaisa, Diana, Julia K. L: Nyeme, Natinha
Any surprises here or do we think this is about what we will get?
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Post by ToddyJ on Apr 29, 2024 17:31:52 GMT -5
Serbia is up next. I'm sure madden will have all the inside scoop for us here but I'll put down my best Olympic prediction, since we won't see many of the A team players for the VNL:
S: Ognjenović, Drca OH: Lozo, Busa, Uzelac, Mihajlović MB: Stevanović, Aleksić, Popović OPP: Bosković, Bjelica L: ?
Pusić or Jedgić for the Libero spot?
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Post by madden55 on Apr 29, 2024 17:38:23 GMT -5
Serbia is up next. I'm sure madden will have all the inside scoop for us here but I'll put down my best Olympic prediction, since we won't see many of the A team players for the VNL: S: Ognjenović, Drca OH: Lozo, Busa, Uzelac, Mihajlović MB: Stevanović, Aleksić, Popović OPP: Bosković, Bjelica L: ? Pusić or Jedgić for the Libero spot? I prefer Jegdic but she’s never played in a big tournament really as a starter for the national team. Pusic is still good and more experienced but Jegdic is better imo. But I’m nervous about her Big Match lack of experience
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Post by ToddyJ on Apr 29, 2024 17:42:09 GMT -5
Serbia is up next. I'm sure madden will have all the inside scoop for us here but I'll put down my best Olympic prediction, since we won't see many of the A team players for the VNL: S: Ognjenović, Drca OH: Lozo, Busa, Uzelac, Mihajlović MB: Stevanović, Aleksić, Popović OPP: Bosković, Bjelica L: ? Pusić or Jedgić for the Libero spot? I prefer Jegdic but she’s never played in a big tournament really as a starter for the national team. Pusic is still good and more experienced but Jegdic is better imo. But I’m nervous about her Big Match lack of experience Besides that, how do you feel about the rest of my roster prediction? Any chance Kurtagić takes that third middle spot from Popović?
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Post by madden55 on Apr 29, 2024 17:44:15 GMT -5
I prefer Jegdic but she’s never played in a big tournament really as a starter for the national team. Pusic is still good and more experienced but Jegdic is better imo. But I’m nervous about her Big Match lack of experience Besides that, how do you feel about the rest of my roster prediction? Any chance Kurtagić takes that third middle spot from Popović? I wouldn’t be surprised if Lazovic makes it instead of bjelica and bjelica is the 13th injury reserve. Also if Kurtagic has a monster VNL maybe but I doubt it. I wish though
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Post by avid 2.0 on Apr 30, 2024 7:25:27 GMT -5
Brie King is back to Brie OReilly
Argentina will be playing Korea in friendlies between week one and two (or two and three?) of VNL
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Post by akinradeheaux on Apr 30, 2024 7:44:44 GMT -5
Hmmmm let's do this. In world ranking order, i'd like to discuss each federation's strongest 14 player roster for this tournament. Starting with Türkiye. Based on club season and what we saw last summer, who should Santarelli name? S: Elif, Ozbay OPP: Vargas OH: Karakurt, Baladin, Aydin, Cebecioglu, ? MB: Erdem-Dundar, Gunes, Akman, Kalac L: Akoz, Orge Assuming Karakurt can play back up opposite, does he bring a 5th OH/DS? As much as I hate to admit it, Meliha has been pretty good off the bench this season. She probably deserves that last spot.
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Post by akinradeheaux on Apr 30, 2024 7:45:15 GMT -5
Besides that, how do you feel about the rest of my roster prediction? Any chance Kurtagić takes that third middle spot from Popović? I wouldn’t be surprised if Lazovic makes it instead of bjelica and bjelica is the 13th injury reserve. Also if Kurtagic has a monster VNL maybe but I doubt it. I wish though Please, please do not take Bjelica. I'd rather see Mihajlovic on the right.
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