Official: OG transfer-list NEOFRAG, degster

20-6-2023 16:38

The duo has been moved to the inactive roster as part of the team's rebuild.

OG have announced that Abdul "⁠degster⁠" Gasanov and Adam "⁠NEOFRAG⁠" Zouhar have been moved to the bench ahead of the fall season. Both players were part of the starting lineup for close to a year, but are now free to explore their options in the market.

The news comes among plans of a rebuild for the European squad around Maciej "⁠F1KU⁠" Miklas, a returning Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković, and Iulian "⁠regali⁠" Harjău. Coach Casper "⁠ruggah⁠" Due is also expected to take a different position within the organization, stepping down from a role he has held since January 2020.

degster has been benched after an 11-month stint with the organization

NEOFRAG first joined OG alongside F1KU in May 2022 as the team reorganized following their decision to bench Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså and Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen. The Czech player was a stable performer for the team, recording a 1.01 LAN rating and just three Big Events in the red out of the last seven attended.

degster also moves to the inactive roster despite being OG's highest-rated player over the course of the last year. The Russian sniper joined from Spirit in July 2022 providing a much-needed boost in their fragging output. He averaged a 1.15 rating in all competitions over the last 11 months, powering the European roster to their first-ever Major at IEM Rio 2022.

Sources: OG to rebuild around F1KU, nexa, regali

"Today we are announcing our decision to move Adam 'NEOFRAG⁠' Zouhar and Abdul '⁠degster⁠' Gasanov to the transfer list," read OG's announcement. "As we enter the new season, however, we have decided to build a new direction for the team and allow both of them to explore options for their futures."

OG are now just:

Maciej "⁠F1KU⁠" Miklas

Casper "⁠ruggah⁠" Due (coach)

Abdul "⁠degster⁠" Gasanov (benched)
Adam "⁠NEOFRAG⁠" Zouhar (benched)
Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković (benched)

twitter.com/_harum1/status/1671164672832.. and then this

2023-06-20 16:38

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Weird, but surprising and might surprise in play aswell.

2023-06-20 16:43

Omg Banger team

2023-06-20 16:50

holy shit, tier 2.5

2023-06-20 17:16

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>tier 2.5 >flair

2023-06-20 17:27

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Astralis being bad doesn't change that team being tier 2.5 though does it?

2023-06-20 18:41

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fr, but its hltv, what would you expect

2023-06-20 19:01

Damn awesome if Jimpphat is getting a new team !!!

2023-06-20 17:17

looks good ngl

2023-06-20 17:34

boom or bust. risky but i like it

2023-06-20 17:59

people will say whis roster stinks.....but if jimmphat shows the level he can, this team will be a banger

2023-06-21 00:54

Man....

bots

2023-06-20 16:39

Expected

F1ku can solo t1 noobs

lol I would never say that F1KU will be the last one standing in OG

F1ku is such a liability in this roster. hahaha

2023-06-20 16:42

Kick degster, keep f1ku xDDDD

2023-06-20 17:20

degster obviously some issues outside of the game

2023-06-20 17:43

That still doesn't justify why they keep that useless guy

2023-06-21 12:46

NEOFRAG back to shining on Sinners, hades-style degster to EG or Liquid

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I think he can´t go to SINNERS or instead of who?

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I dont know, isnt he an instant upgrade over people like Shock or beastik?

2023-06-20 17:40

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Beastik obviously wouldn't work since he's an igl and Shock also plays very diff roles

2023-06-20 19:00

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Kwezz or ZEDKO then? I never saw any of those guys reaching the peak that Neofrag had in the team

2023-06-20 19:17

afaik he didnt quite click well with the team when they were falling apart

2023-06-20 19:59

I heard that oskar left because of NEOFRAG, but i don't know what happened between them.

2023-06-20 21:03

i heard that neofrag has bad work ethics and neglect things alot .. whether thats true or not , i dont know but , something must be up because i know sinners and him had some bad blood

2023-06-20 21:15

Get ruggah out come on…

2023-06-20 16:44

They said in the article ruggah will step down as coach, he’s probably gonna become analyst or assistant coach

2023-06-20 17:39

Ah interesting… wonder who will become coach

2023-06-20 18:20

Maybe xtqz? Hmm

2023-06-21 01:07

next time we will hear from them will be 2024 minimum...

fiku 1v5 ez wheres flamez tho

2023-06-20 16:49

In vitality

2023-06-20 17:00

how embarrassing to be as good as degster and even these t2 teams dont want you

2023-06-20 16:51

Because he is toxic and selfish

2023-06-20 16:54

people didnt even put up with s1mple for a long time, he had to move to NA in liquid cuz the good cis teams did not want his shit attitude

2023-06-20 16:57

problem is that degster is not gonna move that's why he was let go from Spirit becasue refused to bootcamp/live in Serbia

2023-06-20 18:13

the problem isn't moving, but to Serbia in particular it seems. OG is starioned in Denmark? I believe... IDK... Anyway i remember degster saying something along the lines of playing in a European team or something...

2023-06-20 19:45

all NA (liquid, EG) and RU teams stay and bootcamp in Serbia because cheap

2023-06-20 19:46

Liquid has a massive facility in the Netherlands why would they go to Serbia lmao

2023-06-24 11:56

Nexa benches himself months ago then degster gets benched. Now Nexa reported to IGL again. iirc, didn't team Spirit have personality problems with Degster?

2023-06-20 16:52

Yes, Spirit players were happy when he left the team. nexa went to the bench because of conflict with degster.

2023-06-20 16:55

Such a waste of pretty decent talent, only because you're hard to deal with...

happens in a lot of sports/musicians also.

2023-06-20 21:04

RIP fps_max 1000

F1KU's agent must be a god to pull that off....

2023-06-20 16:56

Remember F1KU's Katowice performance xd.

2023-06-20 17:11

He claimed he was sick afterwards. LOL If that's true he got flameZ sick and still played the worst even when coach joined the server... :)

That makes sense xd. I know that feel.

2023-06-20 17:18

so the rumour saying nexa left cause deg or neofrag didnt drill enough is real? deg 2nd smooya

if mouz don't pickup degster they deserve to be tier 2

2023-06-20 17:30

hltv.org/forums/threads/2782570/furia-ne.. right?

2023-06-20 17:35

wtfffffffffff

2023-06-20 17:33

Ruggah needs to go. He has don’t nothing and never heard his name being used when people talk about great coaches

He has don’t nothing

2023-06-22 15:29

Degster had enough if this wasteland. Maybe he can finally joint Liquid now

2023-06-20 17:46

gotta be something like that

2023-06-20 17:55

after 1 fluke tournament degster thought that this team had potential the regret was probably insane

2023-06-20 17:49

Neofrag/f1ku - their worst players degster - their best player og management is so blind

2023-06-20 17:58

Only F1KU remains...

2023-06-20 18:02

F1KU 1v5 so easy for OG

Dead team.

2023-06-20 18:14

Welcome CYPHER

2023-06-20 18:26

finally -neobot

2023-06-20 18:38

Might sound like a dumb question, but is Degster a worthwhile pickup for any t1 team at the moment?

2023-06-20 18:45

Since Liquid is switching to international lineup as it seems, degster seems like an upgrade over oSee, or even over torzsi on MOUZ. Seems like the best realistic options for degster.

2023-06-20 19:49

get that fraud degster outta here, its nexa country here

2023-06-20 19:40

eg degster sounds right .

This is such ridiculous shit, it's just crazy. degster just last week boasted about this rumor being total BS, now it's turned true. LMAO. Why do players do that, I've no idea. They look stupid as fuck.

2023-06-20 20:30

degster is the russian smooya plz can we have a team with them both in it It would be so entertaining degster, smooya, bald egg krimz, mezii, cypher the new fnatic?

2023-06-20 20:52

hahahahahahahahahahaahah +1 degster is 10 tiers above smooya but it's fair

Yeah agreed, although smooya was insane a year or so ago, maybe he will grind back to top form for cs2

2023-06-20 22:04

we have to admit that smooya is not tier 1 material, not even constant tier 2. tier 3 no problems though

2023-06-20 22:50

LOL. degster is an excellent player. degster to Liquid and Liquid is solid top 7.

2023-06-20 20:55

regali, nexa, CYPHER, Jimpphat POG but please -fiku

2023-06-20 21:02

Degster will either have to grow up or enjoy tier 2 teams like 1WIN till the end of his career.

2023-06-21 07:20

impossible for him to grow up. maybe move him to a different org with veteran players

2023-06-21 10:42

He’s still young, there’s room for improvement

2023-06-21 17:37

Let's go to T5

2023-06-21 10:08

Why sign degster? and when he proves himself to be the best player on the team he is benched?

2023-06-21 10:54

Why bench Degster. Any actual facts about his behaviour? Yeah I mean I know he comes across maybe a little cocky, plus the whole hand slapping "meme" was... Not great. He seems to lack self awareness but maybe not a bad guy?

2023-06-21 11:31

kakafu <3

2023-06-21 12:54

This move will remove OG from being a top10 contender to their real place, which is a mediocre academy team. OG has forever been a talented players' graveyard. With 0 titles and many talented players, this team has ruined careers for many top players. For example, valde got into this OG squad after 2 years in North, which he won 4 DreamHack titles with. A player that was with him in that North team is nico, also made the mistake of stepping into this team. nico earned 1 title with North, and 2 more with Heroic, and then he made the mistake of joining OG and since then he was either losing or benched. We can also look at mantu, he averaged 1.13 rating against top teams in a team that supposedly fought for a top place, and in the end he had to reinvent himself after getting kicked. What was their problem? I don't know I didn't see how the organization operated from within, from watching the games they never seemed like a team, they always rely on individuals popping off every now and then. When they signed degster it was after one event where he just popped off without committing to any "team tactic" and after a short time when he fully "joined" and practiced with the team he was just blending in the background. OG is a perfect example of how a team shouldn't look, ever, taking talents and managing them poorly. A team that buy great talents and "leave them behind" isn't a great team at all. My recommendation to Marix (who is a talented substitute they got) is to leave that place. A team that contends a top5 place and cannot win anything makes its players look very bad. Don't end up in the graveyard, get a decent team. gg og.

2023-06-22 14:15