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Post by ironhammer on Jun 14, 2024 22:47:30 GMT -5
Let's go Canada! One more match to win. I admire your unstinting support of Canada, but its the end of the road for them as far as Paris is concerned. Remaining matches for them are just...meaningless matches. |
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Post by ironhammer on Jun 14, 2024 22:49:03 GMT -5
I really wanted Canada for Paris and the schedule they were given is just ridiculous this schedule sounds like the answer to "how can we f*ck over a team as best as possible" It wouldn't be the first time FIVB has done that to certain teams. Either with a "screw you" schedule or...shall we say, "controversial" calls at crucial moments in a match.  |
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Post by avid 2.0 on Jun 14, 2024 22:49:54 GMT -5
Let's go Canada! One more match to win. I admire your unstinting support of Canada, but its the end of the road for them as far as Paris is concerned. Remaining matches for them are just...meaningless matches. except they're not. these points are still important. (and they're not mathematically eliminated yet anyways) you have no reason to be such a dick about it all, unless you're still mad that they beat China last fall... |
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Post by ironhammer on Jun 14, 2024 22:51:08 GMT -5
I admire your unstinting support of Canada, but its the end of the road for them as far as Paris is concerned. Remaining matches for them are just...meaningless matches. ; Not at all, if that can get Cai Bin fired eventually, so much the better.  |
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Post by superfan1 on Jun 14, 2024 22:54:09 GMT -5
The way this french coach speaks is giving me vocal damage thru the screen
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Post by coisavioleta on Jun 14, 2024 22:55:33 GMT -5
Let's go Canada! One more match to win. I admire your unstinting support of Canada, but its the end of the road for them as far as Paris is concerned. Remaining matches for them are just...meaningless matches. Just like your unstinting need to tell us this constantly. I'm going to support Canada whether their Olympics hopes are over or not. |
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Post by ironhammer on Jun 14, 2024 22:58:10 GMT -5
I admire your unstinting support of Canada, but its the end of the road for them as far as Paris is concerned. Remaining matches for them are just...meaningless matches. Just like your unstinting need to tell us this constantly. I'm going to support Canada whether their Olympics hopes are over or not. By all means. We do need fans like that, don't we all, to support a team through thick and thin.  |
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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on Jun 14, 2024 23:16:52 GMT -5
I admire your unstinting support of Canada, but its the end of the road for them as far as Paris is concerned. Remaining matches for them are just...meaningless matches. except they're not. these points are still important. (and they're not mathematically eliminated yet anyways) you have no reason to be such a dick about it all, unless you're still mad that they beat China last fall... he's not a china fan |
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Post by ironhammer on Jun 14, 2024 23:23:10 GMT -5
except they're not. these points are still important. (and they're not mathematically eliminated yet anyways) you have no reason to be such a dick about it all, unless you're still mad that they beat China last fall... he's not a china fan Never said I was. I just have a degree of fluency on Chinese which I found useful to read what is going on with China volleyball. |
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Post by coisavioleta on Jun 14, 2024 23:25:55 GMT -5
That was a nail biting finish. Good job Canada!
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Post by ironhammer on Jun 14, 2024 23:27:13 GMT -5
That was a nail biting finish. Good job Canada! How did Gray do in the match? How many points did she score? |
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Post by KO7 on Jun 14, 2024 23:35:52 GMT -5
Brie hugging Murmann and crying just broke me there ☹️.
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Post by trojansc on Jun 14, 2024 23:57:17 GMT -5
except they're not. these points are still important. (and they're not mathematically eliminated yet anyways) you have no reason to be such a dick about it all, unless you're still mad that they beat China last fall... and this summer too |
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Post by trojansc on Jun 14, 2024 23:59:52 GMT -5
Regardless of Olympic Qualification, Canada can still make the VNL Finals. They'll need 2 USA losses (ITA+JPN), plus Korea taking two sets off Netherlands.
Not really a great shot either, but, two sets is a easier ask than a KOR sweep.
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Post by newbeach on Jun 15, 2024 0:01:21 GMT -5
Congratulations to the Netherlands. They deserved the head-to-head win against Canada yesterday. Canada was not up to to the task and showed signs of fatigue from the start of the match and didn't exhibit their usual energy.
The most disappointing aspect is the qualification system. Canada's performance against Serbia was underwhelming. It was their third match, while it was only Serbia's second. Canada's lack of depth is a significant factor, but the scheduling didn't help. Additionally, it's disheartening that Serbia fielded a less formidable team against the Dutch in the third week. The absence of Brayelin Martinez from the Dominican Republic's lineup in their match against the Dutch was also a letdown. Moreover, it seems the Dutch received some fortunate breaks that Canada did not, and the scheduling appeared to be more favorable for the Dutch. Canada, in many respects, outperformed the Dutch in the tournament. They had to make up nearly twenty ranking points at the outset and managed to narrow the gap significantly. Nevertheless, I can't help but think that with a fairer qualification tournament, Canada would have been on their way to the Olympics. I guess we will never know.
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