@gibbybaris remind me why she isnt on the polish nt anymore, its not like she's past her prime lol...she's one of the worlds top setters. is it cuz its not imoco?
@gibbybaris I called it. their results in group stage may not translate to critical playoff matches. Sarah Franklin, Khalia Lanier, you deserved better.
@gibbybaris china, ik u beat poland which is why im not dwelling on the hosting rule, but please prove that you deserve to be here...put on a better fight at home.
@gibbybaris honestly china should have just ridden out zhang zixuan. yes she is young, but she's been there setter all vnl, and she is their future. I'd take her over either of these setters anyday. if she's struggling take her out but not including her on the roster is a questionable choice
@gibbybaris Proud that the country I call home made it to their first ever playoffs. Congrats to Türkiye for the win. Huge shoutout to vargas zehra and special one to hande, she toyed with the canadian block very well. ilkin, gizem, elif had great moments, eylul had some critical saves too.
@gibbybaris someone is still bitter about vargas not going there. he needs to maybe focus on not punish substituing his athletes (cajic in japan game, kurtagic against france) and uplifting his team and actually developing a new setter.
@gibbybaris had karmen not gotten injured. It would have likely been a core pool of
S - Cansu, Elif, Dilay
OP - Vargas, Aylin, Defne
MB - Eda, Zehra, Jack-Kisal, Karmen (berka)
OH - Ebrar, Ilkin, Yaprak, Derya, Hande
L - Simge, Gizem, Eylul
@gibbybaris game changerrrr. bringing the energy that was needed in the first set. she's also forced the japanese hitters to think twice about where they go,forces them to miss sharp cross.
@Temmzvolley Diana is a good attacker, she is versatile too can run a quick (push or infront), a shoot, a slide, or a push. Roberta should involve her in the offense since they lost Julia's slide,
@gibbybaris as that happened i said its time to see Luzia. She can bring a physical presence while bringing some confident energy. Lorena looked nervous at times (missed her serve in a silly way, other small thins body lanaguage).
@Temmzvolley Dangubic would be more of a third OH for them. Maybe given Ivanovic poor form she would get the start, but Cajic has been playing very well. I think if she were here, one of ivanovic and tica would be cut.
@Jakub110Jakub France had moments of brilliance but they are looking like non-medal contenders. Faure is defo the way to go. The OH's gotta keep finding ways to score, they seemed to be the most affected by the test throw rules, especially when i watched them live in ottawa.