Here at tl;dr, we love a baffling roster move.

MOUZ benching siuhy, G2 signing nexa over jks, and Passion UA picking up T.c. These are all wonderful moves that we can’t help but laugh at.

If we go a little further down memory lane, you’ll recall that Brazilian team FURIA once signed an American AWPer, junior. A fine player within his own domestic scene. FURIA picking him up was undoubtedly bizzare, and it went just about how well you’d expect it to – he was benched after six lacklustre months on the roster.

Fast forward four years, and FURIA – for some reason – have done it again. Although admittedly, we are a bit more intrigued this time around.

Following their pretty flat run at PGL Bucharest, FURIA bid farewell to chelo. Instead of looking to replace their aggro “star” they’ve then gone and brought in a new AWPer.

And if that isn’t confusing enough, considering FalleN’s place on the team, that new AWPer is Danil “molody” Golubenko from Kazakhstan.

We’ve got a few things to say about this, but let’s start with their new man, molodoy.

Signed from AMKAL, molodoy looks to be an exceptional player. His HLTV page is greener than Snoop Dogg’s grow room and he very rarely has a bad game – but then again, which AWPer does struggle against T2/3 opposition?

The more baffling part of this move is where it leaves FalleN? The Godfather is no longer the AWPer he once was, sure, but has he not been paying attention to cadiaN these past few months?

Rifling isn’t exactly easy to adjust to, and FURIA have just lost their most aggressive component. It’s not exactly going to be an easy void for him to fill.

Then there’s the communication aspect.

If comms weren’t already strained when FURIA switched to English for junior, what are they going to be this time around? At least one person was speaking in their native tongue back then.

To be completely honest, this is a move that we expect to crash and burn in spectacular fashion. It might be a great advert for molodoy in tier one, but we just don’t see how this team can function given all the changes that will need to take place around the move.

But if it somehow does work, FURIA may have signed a talent who’s exceptional enough to push them back up the rankings, which is more than we could say about Brazilian talents and their outrageous buyouts.

Whether this move ends up being good or bad, either way we’re baffled. But that also comes with a healthy dose of intrigue, and given that this move doesn’t involve MIBR in any way, it’s safe to say that we’re seated.

Vamos.

FURIA’s new starting five:

🇧🇷 FalleN
🇧🇷 KSCERATO
🇧🇷 yuurih
🇧🇷 skullz
🇰🇿 molody