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Post by akinradeheaux on Jun 17, 2024 14:49:09 GMT -5
Hold up. So the women's finals overlap with the men's 3rd round preliminaries? Is this due to it being an Olympic year? Me no likey They made the finals so quick this year. Only a few days rest between ending of week 3 and finals compared to at least a week's rest in previous editions. Teams are going straight to Thailand from what I've seen. Luckily the time difference won't be too bad.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2024 15:07:21 GMT -5
I heard that Poulter and Plummer are back in the USA. I guess their injuries are severe enough to warrant sending them back home.
Will we see any Olympic roster subsitutions?
Does that mean we run 13 players for the finals?
Will Karch and Co bring Frantti or Lanier in for the finals?
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Post by bruinsgold on Jun 17, 2024 16:08:51 GMT -5
I heard that Poulter and Plummer are back in the USA. I guess their injuries are severe enough to warrant sending them back home. Will we see any Olympic roster subsitutions? Does that mean we run 13 players for the finals? Will Karch and Co bring Frantti or Lanier in for the finals? 13 or is it 12? Word has it Ogbogu didn't even warm up yesterday for rhe Japan match. I'd want to see Lanier/Frantti, even if it's just so they have enough practice players, but would either really help against this Italian squad? 🤔
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Post by Reach on Jun 17, 2024 16:31:47 GMT -5
I heard that Poulter and Plummer are back in the USA. I guess their injuries are severe enough to warrant sending them back home. Will we see any Olympic roster subsitutions? Does that mean we run 13 players for the finals? Will Karch and Co bring Frantti or Lanier in for the finals? 13 or is it 12? Word has it Ogbogu didn't even warm up yesterday for rhe Japan match. I'd want to see Lanier/Frantti, even if it's just so they have enough practice players, but would either really help against this Italian squad? 🤔 Frantti in Frantic mode would.
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Post by bruinsgold on Jun 17, 2024 16:45:48 GMT -5
13 or is it 12? Word has it Ogbogu didn't even warm up yesterday for rhe Japan match. I'd want to see Lanier/Frantti, even if it's just so they have enough practice players, but would either really help against this Italian squad? 🤔 Frantti in Frantic mode would. So she can have another meltdown in a 5th set when we need her?? No, thanks!
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Post by Disc808 on Jun 17, 2024 17:05:26 GMT -5
I heard that Poulter and Plummer are back in the USA. I guess their injuries are severe enough to warrant sending them back home. Will we see any Olympic roster subsitutions? Does that mean we run 13 players for the finals? Will Karch and Co bring Frantti or Lanier in for the finals? For Poulter at least, Karch knew her injury so unless conditions got worse than expected I doubt he switches her. For Plummer, if it’s true that she had her knee wrapped / stim machine in week 2, then Karch decided the Paris roster with that in mind…
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Post by Reach on Jun 17, 2024 17:21:04 GMT -5
I heard that Poulter and Plummer are back in the USA. I guess their injuries are severe enough to warrant sending them back home. Will we see any Olympic roster subsitutions? Does that mean we run 13 players for the finals? Will Karch and Co bring Frantti or Lanier in for the finals? For Poulter at least, Karch knew her injury so unless conditions got worse than expected I doubt he switches her. For Plummer, if it’s true that she had her knee wrapped / stim machine in week 2, then Karch decided the Paris roster with that in mind… I dunno... seems pretty telling that she didn't even warm up and then went home early... This isn't the kind of player you bring to an olympics game. She's not ready.
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Post by Norah Sus on Jun 17, 2024 17:30:22 GMT -5
Frantti in Frantic mode would. So she can have another meltdown in a 5th set when we need her?? No, thanks! There’s no 5th set against Italy without her - what a conundrum!
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Post by vballstartedit on Jun 17, 2024 17:40:03 GMT -5
I heard that Poulter and Plummer are back in the USA. I guess their injuries are severe enough to warrant sending them back home. Will we see any Olympic roster subsitutions? Does that mean we run 13 players for the finals? Will Karch and Co bring Frantti or Lanier in for the finals? For Poulter at least, Karch knew her injury so unless conditions got worse than expected I doubt he switches her. For Plummer, if it’s true that she had her knee wrapped / stim machine in week 2, then Karch decided the Paris roster with that in mind… Really feel for Hancock, she is filling in for an injured Poulter just for this tournament but for the coaching team, she's still not good enough to get pick for Olympic roster. Hancock is handling it like a pro though... but what a spot to be in.
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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on Jun 17, 2024 17:49:10 GMT -5
Watched a bit of Turkey/Brazil, and oh my god Simge was a huge liability in the second set. Roberta went on a massive service run and Simge just crumbled. I thought she was supposed to be the best passer of the 3 libero options? Everyone in Turkiye team sucked that day. Like to a point i didnt even recognize the level of play. It was Brazil’s easiest game. I suspect it was playing 5 sets then 18 hours later another game with jetlag, they’re exhausted, constant traveling and playing with about 8 players the whole time. Santarelli is to blame but what do i know? at least it's not Canada's situation
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Post by trollhunter on Jun 17, 2024 17:54:29 GMT -5
Guessing that Ogbogu has some minor lower body tweak. It has seemed to me that she has not been getting up nearly as high on block and attack as in the past. Hoping it is just a sprained ankle or such.
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Post by alohavball on Jun 17, 2024 18:56:46 GMT -5
They made the finals so quick this year. Only a few days rest between ending of week 3 and finals compared to at least a week's rest in previous editions. Teams are going straight to Thailand from what I've seen. Luckily the time difference won't be too bad. I'm in Hawai'i, the matches are at midnight for me
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Post by akinradeheaux on Jun 17, 2024 19:02:44 GMT -5
Luckily the time difference won't be too bad. I'm in Hawai'i, the matches are at midnight for me Oh, I meant from Hong Kong/Fukuoka to Bangkok. Jetlag for the girls.
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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on Jun 17, 2024 19:57:25 GMT -5
Luckily the time difference won't be too bad. I'm in Hawai'i, the matches are at midnight for me midnight sounds like a dream compared to 2:30 am and 4 am
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Post by aquaphortm on Jun 17, 2024 20:05:37 GMT -5
Why is everyone injured
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