FNS steps down from CLG

15-12-2015 18:39

Pujan "FNS" Mehta has stepped down from CLG's roster, the organization announced on their website alongside rebuilding the infrastructure of the CS:GO team.

CLG have been unable to pass the group stage of nearly every international event they've attended recently, including ESL ESEA Pro League Finals, IEM San Jose, RGN Pro Series Championship and DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca.

Despite trying to restructure by transferring leadership to Stephen "⁠reltuC⁠" Cutler from Pujan "⁠FNS⁠" Mehta, results haven't improved and FNS was unable to step up in the individual department despite lifting leadership off his shoulders.

FNS no longer part of CLG

As a result, CLG have decided to make a move, which sees the Canadian leave the roster. It doesn't look like the team has found a definitive replacement as of now, as CLG will be collecting applications to fill in the blank.

Apart from changing the roster, CLG also announced that they will be restructuring in the coaching department and support staff, although it remains to be revealed whether Faruk "⁠pita⁠" Pita's stint with the team at recent events will become a long-time deal.

"I don't want to play this game for financial stability. I want to win, and we were never going to win with that five. I'm planning on taking a bit of a break to see what kind of opportunities present themselves." Mehta revealed to HLTV.org.

CLG now have:

Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik
James "⁠hazed⁠" Cobb
Josh "⁠jdm64⁠" Marzano
Stephen "⁠reltuC⁠" Cutler

rip :D

2015-12-15 18:39

17 replies

NA scene :D Tier 2 forever.

2015-12-15 19:17

15 replies

"I want to win, and we were never going to win with that five." Lol'd at this. He was the worst player in the team anyway. He is never gonna win anything. Not like any better team would be interested to take in such a bad player.

2015-12-15 21:18

14 replies

lol you failed to understand that he was actually taking the blame on his own statement so he left

2015-12-15 21:23

13 replies

Nah, he didn't.

2015-12-15 21:37

11 replies

lol ur comprehension skills much bad nt allu, go back in ur sauna

2015-12-15 22:16

10 replies

He is talking about himself, not the team. If he said "The team wanted to win, and were never going to win with that five" it would be a different case. Now he is obviously stating he wants to win, but he can't in that team, so he is leaving. Possibly to a better team which he will never get. Neither will he ever even get that financial stability through cs anymore.

2015-12-15 23:39

7 replies

You're interpreting it totally wrong, all the CLG guys are great friends, and FNS is too nice to say something like that. He meant it a different way than you think. He has been living with these people..

2015-12-16 00:17

5 replies

NICE TRY TARIK :)(:

2015-12-16 17:36

What if I tell you, you are interpreting it totally wrong? If he really meant what you're claiming he did, he would put it out whole different way than that.

2015-12-16 19:23

3 replies

I respectfully disagree. He's not going to outright shit on himself, he still thinks he is a good player and wants people to see him that way so he can continue professionally. But in my opinion he would never blame his teammates fully as you are saying he is.

2015-12-17 01:08

2 replies

But thats what he said. He wants to win, but he cant win in that team. If he didn't mean what he said, he should have said it differently.

2015-12-17 23:30

1 reply

No... he said "we were never going to win with that five". We both interpret this different ways and that's the end of it. We disagree, neither of us will convince the other of otherwise and unless you know FNS personally, we will never know exactly what he meant.

2015-12-17 23:58

He's blaming himself for the cause of the results for all five players. He subliminally blamed himself, hence he stepped down cause he thinks they could do way better without him.

2015-12-16 05:56

Come on ffs. He's outright saying HE wants to win, but that wasn't possible with THAT team. How can you misunderstand this, being a murger and all...

2015-12-16 00:39

Thats what I'm thinking too.

2015-12-16 19:21

so FNS to C9? Keepo

expected

2015-12-15 18:40

+ m0E

2015-12-15 23:27

Damn

black skeleton left clg

wat!!

rip

First

2015-12-15 18:46

+m0e Kappa

nice

FINALLY

nice for the team or him?

2015-12-15 18:52

steel

Cloud9 FNS

AZK TO CLG EASY

4 replies

ur trolling, but i think it could work. He and cutler are very good anchors and decent fraggers, tarik could have more space and hazed needs to stepup a little bit

2015-12-15 18:48

I'm not actually trolling this time, it could work. He gets unbanned from most leagues very soon, and he confirmed o stream last night that he would go back to playing if there is something to play for

2015-12-15 18:51

yes

2015-12-15 21:29

He is the

2015-12-16 12:41

ripfns

more than expected.... next one is JDM...

Lolnope

2015-12-15 19:10

Funny.

2015-12-15 19:35

mOE INC

2015-12-15 18:41

RIP INDIAN SCENE first valens now FNS. omg who will be next?

Is valens indian?

Is there anyone left?

2015-12-15 18:58

8 replies

yes on India Gaming Carnival

2015-12-15 19:04

haaahaahaa :d

2015-12-15 19:24

they need new indian i nominate this guy i.imgur.com/Da4fn4Q.png very good player

2015-12-15 19:47

No. some american orgs are trying to get in contact with me so that i can be a part of their team. Which team do you think i should join?

2015-12-15 20:00

clg red

2015-12-15 20:05

Reqt

2015-12-15 21:00

ahahahaha

rip indistan

2015-12-15 23:31

predictable

STEPPING DOWN EleGiggle BOT FNS

+hiko?

FNS to Complexity?

m0e inc

C9 FNS?!?!?! kappa

2015-12-15 18:42

nt maniac

bot maniac

2015-12-15 19:01

C9 Cutler pls...guys insaaane

2015-12-15 21:01

C9 Cutler pls...guys insaaanely bad

2015-12-15 23:32

C9 FNS inc

"we were never going to win with that five" That's not really a surprise. NA is so far behind that their best bet is a Brazilian team.

rip [*]

expected, gl $tewie2k ~~

2015-12-15 18:43

EZ FOR PITA

whadafak

cya

rip good person

- HAZED. please.

2015-12-15 18:44

CLG m0E

No one wants to play for trash CLG anyway they won't find a better replacement for FNS even though he's bad.

CLG Twist

he looks like achmed the dead terrorist a57.foxnews.com/global.fncstatic.com/sta..

2015-12-15 18:45

CLG M0e

good luck in the future m8

find another business :)

allu!

Why would he join such a shit team? He can make better team even out of finns.

2015-12-15 21:25

Last time I checked roccat got rekt at the qualifiers by American teams

2015-12-15 22:23

respect for atleast being honest in his statement

rip fns you will be missed

gipsy out

lmao

2015-12-15 18:47

Rip ANELE

His singing will be greatly missed

THERE IS A GOD

NA IGLs are becoming more and more visible to being shit players. sg@res, valens, now fns. I think there is a culling happening.

2015-12-15 18:49

CLG seangares

+ROCA GGWP

2015-12-15 18:50

+MOE!

are you really that stupid?

2015-12-15 18:55

moe is great person, humble and very friendly, he makes gambling look fun and good. also top 3 sniper in whole world

2015-12-15 19:00

so I'm assuming by your response that you're being sarcastic, which then I'd agree with... but I've learned that kids in this community post serious delusional posts like this so I seriously can't tell if that is sarcastic or not :P :/

2015-12-17 21:31

Could've been Stewie2k after some lan experience, but I'm guessing roca is the best option available?

sry mate this spot has already given to allu

2015-12-15 18:56

they don't need another awper

why not chrisj + allu was pretty good combo in mousesports

2015-12-15 19:07

+swag top3 NA

+MOE

lmao, step down,, hes the anchor to this this team...they should only improve from this point.

Expected ;)

2015-12-15 18:53

finally

AHHAHAHA BYE BOT FNS

2015-12-15 18:54

sgares inc

FeelsBadMan, good luck.

-tarik +boltz +steel (the good steel, not steal)

White steel > black steel

2015-12-15 22:20

2015-12-15 23:21

c9 fns

2015-12-15 18:57

"I don't want to play this game for financial stability. I want to win, and we were never going to win with that five." he was in all games the last one ...

-hazed +pronax +azk (confirmed he will be playing again)

good decision , fns unskilled.

2015-12-15 18:59

"Mehta was unable to step up in the individual department despite lifting leadership off his shoulders." ?? Honestly, I feel like he did step up individually.

This He never really seemed to miss frags he shouldn't have (no more than the rest of CLG anyways).

2015-12-15 19:12

2015-12-16 14:00

When he finally got better.

Shrood

AZK

2015-12-15 19:03

hades inc

Kappa?

2015-12-15 20:47

MOE INC

rip no improvements no wins

2015-12-15 19:08

pronax

why didnt he do this 10 months ago, at least it finally happened

CLG steel inc .

stewie would literally be perfect lmao

2015-12-15 19:11

Light a candle for hindu CS

Deserved

2015-12-15 19:13

Destroyed by ebola :(

2015-12-15 19:14

CLG's biggest problem is that they'd always mess up crucial rounds (e.g., money-fuck rounds and anti-ecos). FNS is a good player. He's very good at positionally out-playing other players and the chemistry him and Tarik had was superb. I'd still choose him over atleast half of the players in NA Invite. Hopefully another team picks him up.

2015-12-15 19:15

could you ask Tarik to step it up as well before they all delete you from steam friends? Thank you

2015-12-15 19:16

Dark people are too low for CS. This is a fact.

tell this spawn

2015-12-16 19:48

it was the beginning. when the shit got real he had to retire

2015-12-16 20:23

The story of CLG = inconsistent. Hazed is a huge weakness to this team and they aren't going to become more consistent by having him on the roster. Sorry but it's true.

Hazed was most likely going to get dropped. That's y he's been playing insane lately

2015-12-15 19:52

+allu?

CLG GeT_RiGhT kappa

2015-12-15 19:20

expected + koosta

great, now they only need to remove cutler and hazed also

2015-12-15 19:22

Expected

2015-12-15 19:29

This mOE + tarik combo will be hilarious :D

kick hazed.. he is pretty trash too

2015-12-15 19:30

+seangares

finally fucking bot

2015-12-15 19:31

hazed next

2015-12-15 19:33

2015-12-15 19:34

mOE to clg woo

farewell mr skeltal, you will be missed

2015-12-15 19:38

Finally lol... they still need hazed and JDM64%AWPmissrate to step down then something can actually happen with this team

2015-12-15 19:39

get burnt clg

2015-12-15 19:41

Ok moe show ur skillz!!!! Glhf

MOE TO CLG , GOGO MOE

2015-12-15 19:50

good riddance

CLG DaZeD

na shit anyway, who cares lol

Congratulations to ryx on becoming the new igl of CLG.

[*]

2015-12-15 20:03

+azk ( north american player but the titan he is the french stars )

2015-12-15 20:04

about fucking time

+swag

Get_right is coming to CLG

hahaha that noob

2015-12-15 20:06

ANELE

2015-12-15 20:12

It is going to be sancz.

2015-12-15 20:24

+moe

2015-12-15 20:26

"I don't wanna be in this team for financial stability" something fox will never understand

2015-12-15 20:30

+ NAF FLY/RUSH/ROCA EZZZZZ

2015-12-15 20:33

Allu will not join any team in 2015, imo he's gonna create new team in 2016 with pronax and others guys, mby Devilwalk cuz pronax said sth.

2015-12-15 20:34

Well, I don't get it anyway. It seems like they're not willing to learn/study/improve strategies. They're literally a pug team. Liquid improved so much tactical wise while CLG is still on the same level like a year ago.

2015-12-15 20:48

about time. they should have gotten rid of him before they got rid of PTR. fns is pure dogshit.

2015-12-15 20:50

ryx plz

2015-12-15 20:51

gl fns! :)

2015-12-15 20:59

one of the requirements is "fluent in english". so stop saying clg allu :D

"I want to win, and we were never going to win with that five. I'm planning on taking a bit of a break to see what kind of opportunities present themselves." You're not gonna get a better team than CLG.

2015-12-15 21:04

Finally he steps down he has always been the weak link in clg but then you considered that he was the igl but since cutler took the igl role hes useless now

GET_RIGHT IN CLG CONFIRMED. HOLY MAGNETS

2015-12-15 21:07

"CLG steel" would sure be nice, but unfortunately the unprecedented lifetime ban for something that was at the time only considered ethically and not legally wrong persists.

-FNS +minim0E -JDM +m0E

2015-12-15 21:28

CLG Moe C9 FNS

he was worst on the line.

2015-12-15 21:31

this is just good for CLG. bring in m0e or someone like that. if i see lillman on this lineup im gonna cry and pray [*]

2015-12-15 21:35

finaly

+f0rest!

2015-12-15 21:38

here are your oppertunities; NA tier5 team

2015-12-15 21:42

damn this guy looks 50

2015-12-15 21:49

abed? anyone? :(

2015-12-15 21:50

pyth incoming

2015-12-15 21:57

finaly maybe clg can do something now xd

2015-12-15 22:04

+koosta

2015-12-15 22:08

finally gl

2015-12-15 22:48

+ m0e

2015-12-15 22:53

Is he really Canadian? He didn't apologize in the farewell speech. Oh, well. Good luck.

2015-12-15 22:57

+steel

2015-12-15 23:20

INB4 CLG MOE

+ptr

He should eat something, he looks so skinny. Maybe that's why he Is mad. Kappa 4Head

2015-12-15 23:26

2015-12-15 23:30

finally!

2015-12-15 23:58

Tarik is reportedly going to be dropped if he doesn't step it up at the next LAN. Read it on twitter bois.

2015-12-16 00:43

not an easy job being IGL, best of luck to FNS in the future.

2015-12-16 01:51

he was not IGL lately

2015-12-16 06:17

All the best FNS! great guy !

2015-12-16 03:55

Why did ptr leave ?? Maybe he can come back... PS. FNS to C9 makes no sense guys, staaph plzz or pronax or gtr; Would never happen. However if u just want to make imaginary teams; dream on.... I say -fns-jdm+olof+guardian

2015-12-16 06:15