Nine months ago, we thought G2 had won rostermania.

They’d signed sAw, a phenomenal coach. Retained malbsMd, who was ready to become a star, and HeavyGod, who already was one. They’d also signed SunPayus and MATYS, two players who should have had enough firepower to keep them relevant in the absence of NiKo and m0NESY.

But it hasn’t quite panned out that way.

It started brightly, a win at BLAST Open London (against Vitality in the final, no less) promised great things, but since then, they have failed to reach the playoffs of four out of the six events they’ve attended, including the Major in Budapest.

Those playoffs they did make it to? Quarter-final exits each time, falling to The MongolZ at FISSURE and MOUZ in Krakow.

In that time, a number of things have become clear.

malbsMd, although he showed plenty of promise with NiKo, is pretty rubbish when he has to replace him.

SunPayus, who once looked like one of the best AWPers in the world, is certifiably rubbish. To such an extent that he’s actually in the same category as bums like broky and ultimate.

As for HeavyGod and MATYS, they’re both great against the teams G2 should be beating, but neither of them can keep up the same level against the teams above them.

For a team like G2, these results are unacceptable. Especially when you factor in a time where that sixth-best-in-the-world spot seems to be occupied by PARIVISION, because FaZe and NAVI also can’t sort their sh-t out.

We spoke about it in the Deep Dive already, but it’s time for G2 to make a change to address this.

malbs, of course, isn’t innocent, but we’ll give him a pass on the basis that one change could be the difference maker.

That change should be obvious, too, considering they have a slam dunk of a player already out on loan at MIBR.

Lads, it’s time to bring in kl1m. Sunset your failing Spanish sniper and join the Eastern European AWPing revolution.

Maybe then you’ll live up to the hype you built in London.