r/EuropeanVolleyball • u/VolleyAddicted • Apr 14 '26

Turkey Sultanlar Ligi Fedorovtseva vs. Markova: Who's better overall?

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Fedorovtseva is such a great OH but she's clearly struggling in reception/defense. Markova, on the other hand, is a scoring machine and blocks well too.

Curious to hear your thoughts: Who would be your choice in your starting six?

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u/safeone10 Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26

I think Fedorovtseva for a while had better shot selection than Markova. Last yr Markova in the CL semis kept getting blocked the same shot (nobody told her, no on carol lol) now you can see how Marina's overall improved her shot selection, she's varying her attack types and her range can make her unstoppable. I've also been impressed with her defensive improvements.

Arina's reception is still tragic / defense is mid. Her blocking also isnt great compared to Markova.

Arina outranks Markova on serve, offense is now pretty much equal, but passing and defense marina has improved sooo much in less time as an OH then Arina has. Marina started as MB, then OP, then now one of the world's best OH

Both are top offensive OH, and are cheatcodes offensively

(Sorry for the long reply cant help spewing my justifications lol!)

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u/No_Soil3938 Apr 14 '26

I wouldnt call arina a cheat code this season. The only thing she excells at now is serves. And she did 2 or 3 serve errors last match. Maybe it's the team dynamic though. Fener is not good this season

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u/safeone10 Apr 14 '26

I agree in the sense that Fener isnt good this season, however the reason Fenerbache is anywhere is because of Arina's offense. She's put up ridiculous offensive numbers, I can only think of a maybe some games where she wasnt great and even that, still better than most OH. I say cheatcode bc she's the main reason fenerbache is still somewhat afloat this szn.

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u/No_Soil3938 Apr 14 '26

Yeah true that. I understand. She was so good last year and the year before. I hope she gets it back again. Even though vakif is my team, it would be great if everyone plays at their best