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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 2866255, member: 199"] The Russian team has been a mess for a number of years now - in-fighting and politics having a major effect on them - the last world competition they qualified for was 2012 Olympics - they missed 2014 and 2018 WC and 2016 Olympics. And they ended up 4th in the 2012 behind USA, France, and Australia. I'm not sure why you rank them 2nd or 3rd in the world when in the 2017 European qualifying they ranked a very distant 9th. Agree that they need to find someone like Angel off the bench - a really disruptive defender who could turn in some instant offense if necessary. I think Clarendon or Loyd might grown into that role. Plum is more likely to be more in the mold of Sue if she sticks. [/QUOTE]