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Post by anastasia1 on Jun 20, 2024 9:20:24 GMT -5
wait the men and women are playing on the same days?! ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ i cant keep up
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Post by sleepy on Jun 20, 2024 10:56:12 GMT -5
wait the men and women are playing on the same days?! ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ i cant keep up i said the same thing last night 😂
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Post by mr. samwich on Jun 20, 2024 11:17:52 GMT -5
China down like 3, 4? superstars and gets swept by Japan - I thought a second round China-Brazil middles matchup was going to the match of the VNL, dang
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Post by volleyb on Jun 20, 2024 11:18:34 GMT -5
wait the men and women are playing on the same days?! ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ i cant keep up I watched the Japan vs China on my phone, while I’m in the arena watching VNL Men’s live (USA vs Brazil) ðŸ˜ðŸ¤£
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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on Jun 20, 2024 12:26:43 GMT -5
China down like 3, 4? superstars and gets swept by Japan - I thought a second round China-Brazil middles matchup was going to the match of the VNL, dang there are 8 missing, including the main libero and the main opposite and their backups are awful.
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Post by fireandwater on Jun 20, 2024 12:51:22 GMT -5
Hande Baladin is back in Istanbul, she’s injured her abdominal something
I’ll be surprised if Turkiye wins against Poland in the quarter finals
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Post by alohavball on Jun 20, 2024 12:58:38 GMT -5
Hande Baladin is back in Istanbul, she’s injured her abdominal something I’ll be surprised if Turkiye wins against Poland in the quarter finals do we get the Stysiak that played against China or the Vargas that played against Brazil?
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Post by vballstartedit on Jun 20, 2024 13:24:15 GMT -5
wait the men and women are playing on the same days?! ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ i cant keep up I watched the Japan vs China on my phone, while I’m in the arena watching VNL Men’s live (USA vs Brazil) ðŸ˜ðŸ¤£ man, im so jealous! wish i'm back home!
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Post by manyshaped on Jun 20, 2024 14:39:04 GMT -5
Hande Baladin is back in Istanbul, she’s injured her abdominal something I’ll be surprised if Turkiye wins against Poland in the quarter finals there are SO many injuries to key personnel on a few teams...i feel like this problem has been getting worse since what, tokyo? 2022 WCHs?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2024 14:42:06 GMT -5
Hande Baladin is back in Istanbul, she’s injured her abdominal something I’ll be surprised if Turkiye wins against Poland in the quarter finals there are SO many injuries to key personnel on a few teams...i feel like this problem has been getting worse since what, tokyo? 2022 WCHs? I'm curious if pushing the start of the VNL back even further might be the answer? Yes, teams will have less time between the VNL and the bigger tournaments later in the summer but maybe these athletes just need more time off between Pro/NT seasons? I still think less matches should still be the trend? I as a fan would love more volleyball but I know that that isn't a good solution.
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Post by mberlanda on Jun 20, 2024 14:43:59 GMT -5
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Post by manyshaped on Jun 20, 2024 14:55:17 GMT -5
there are SO many injuries to key personnel on a few teams...i feel like this problem has been getting worse since what, tokyo? 2022 WCHs? I'm curious if pushing the start of the VNL back even further might be the answer? Yes, teams will have less time between the VNL and the bigger tournaments later in the summer but maybe these athletes just need more time off between Pro/NT seasons? I still think less matches should still be the trend? I as a fan would love more volleyball but I know that that isn't a good solution. i think there's too many club matches too, because of continental tournaments, league matches, league CUPS. it's just so much. they're adding more teams to vnl next year right? idk how that's going to work with the schedule as crammed as it is. they could eliminate a lot of the random summer tourneys too (looking at you, final six tourney), but idk.
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Post by fireandwater on Jun 20, 2024 15:17:31 GMT -5
I'm curious if pushing the start of the VNL back even further might be the answer? Yes, teams will have less time between the VNL and the bigger tournaments later in the summer but maybe these athletes just need more time off between Pro/NT seasons? I still think less matches should still be the trend? I as a fan would love more volleyball but I know that that isn't a good solution. i think there's too many club matches too, because of continental tournaments, league matches, league CUPS. it's just so much. they're adding more teams to vnl next year right? idk how that's going to work with the schedule as crammed as it is. they could eliminate a lot of the random summer tourneys too (looking at you, final six tourney), but idk. I wholeheartedly agree. These top players are just EXHAUSTED. league matches, league cups, champions league etc etc As a fan i love it, but they don’t take a break. At least for Turkish federation they don’t. They should have pulled a Serbia and didn’t give an f about VNL, now everyone’s injured or tired and Olympics is less than a month away.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2024 15:44:49 GMT -5
I'm curious if pushing the start of the VNL back even further might be the answer? Yes, teams will have less time between the VNL and the bigger tournaments later in the summer but maybe these athletes just need more time off between Pro/NT seasons? I still think less matches should still be the trend? I as a fan would love more volleyball but I know that that isn't a good solution. i think there's too many club matches too, because of continental tournaments, league matches, league CUPS. it's just so much. they're adding more teams to vnl next year right? idk how that's going to work with the schedule as crammed as it is. they could eliminate a lot of the random summer tourneys too (looking at you, final six tourney), but idk. I feel like Norceca is the only one that has lots of little tournaments that are not necessary. AVC too. CEV, CAVB and CSV only have continental championships, the VNL, WCH and OG's now. I agree that the club season is really too long but good luck getting those leagues to shorten their seasons, unless they shrink the number of teams in the top division? Idk. The VNL is adding teams but I'm not certain on the tournament structure. I thought I read somewhere that there wouldn't be an increase in matches but a slight decrease, with the preliminary round probably being split into two pools for two complete* round robins. Then the top 4 teams in every pool make the finals but I could be mistaken. I don't like the VNL format since 2022 where it is an incomplete round robin. Ick.
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Post by CAI BIN MUST GO on Jun 20, 2024 15:49:48 GMT -5
i think there's too many club matches too, because of continental tournaments, league matches, league CUPS. it's just so much. they're adding more teams to vnl next year right? idk how that's going to work with the schedule as crammed as it is. they could eliminate a lot of the random summer tourneys too (looking at you, final six tourney), but idk. I feel like Norceca is the only one that has lots of little tournaments that are not necessary. AVC too. CEV, CAVB and CSV only have continental championships, the VNL, WCH and OG's now. I agree that the club season is really too long but good luck getting those leagues to shorten their seasons, unless they shrink the number of teams in the top division? Idk. The VNL is adding teams but I'm not certain on the tournament structure. I thought I read somewhere that there wouldn't be an increase in matches but a slight decrease, with the preliminary round probably being split into two pools for two complete* round robins. Then the top 4 teams in every pool make the finals but I could be mistaken. I don't like the VNL format since 2022 where it is an incomplete round robin. Ick. unfortunately 15 rounds is too much and VNL is good to give lower-rated teams a chance to improve their ranking
I think Poland improved their ranking significantly, but i don't remember for sure and don't know how to get historical data
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