roman and Shr to leave SAW

13-2-2025 19:42

The change will take place after PGL Cluj-Napoca, ending roman's five-year tenure with the organization.

roman has been a part of SAW since 2020

SAW have announced that Ricardo "⁠roman⁠" Oliveira and José "⁠Shr⁠" Gil are set to leave the team, with the change due to take place after the conclusion of the team's run at PGL Cluj-Napoca, which begins February 14.

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The decision was made with this timing as a result of ESL Pro League's roster lock, according to SAW's statement. The organization said that EPL would be "played with the new lineup," suggesting replacements have already been lined up.

"After a lot of soul-searching among the CS2 core team to plan for the future, we have thoughtfully decided that the time has come to end a cycle in SAW," said SAW in a statement.

"After the tournament, roman and Shr will no longer be part of the main line-up. This, which is a heart-breaking change not only for the team and all the members, but also for those who have followed us over the years, will mark the end of a cycle in SAW."

roman's departure is a significant one, as the 32-year-old has been with SAW for over five years. He endured the low of their last-gasp PGL Major Antwerp RMR failure at the hands of Outsiders, and enjoyed the highs of their run to top-four at IEM Cologne 2024 and rise to No. 9 in HLTV's world ranking.

Shr meanwhile has only been with SAW since the start of the year and has struggled badly, posting a 0.88 rating across 13 maps.

SAW transfer-list ewjerkz, sign Shr

Two of SAW's star players exited the team late last year, namely Rafael "⁠arrozdoce⁠" Wing and Michel "⁠ewjerkz⁠" Pinto. SAW managed to steady the ship after the departure of former, winning ESL Challenger Katowice, but since the departure of the latter, results have soured. The Portuguese side sit with a 1-5 series record thus far in 2025, having exited both BLAST Bounty and IEM Katowice without a map win to their name.

When the departures come to pass, SAW will be:

Christopher "⁠MUTiRiS⁠" Fernandes
João "⁠story⁠" Vieira
André "⁠Ag1l⁠" Gil

Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim

SAW is dead. RIP

2025-02-13 19:42

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7 replies

Snap tap ban finished them

2025-02-13 19:44

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Tell won trophy without snap tap lol

2025-02-13 22:43

Indeed. I'm still saly by MUTiRiS nuke clutch against Faze in Cologne. Clearly a snap tap abuser.

2025-02-14 09:10

they have been for a while

2025-02-13 20:44

ewwjerks and arrosdoce were smart. after snaptap was banned they benched themselves before they were exposed so they can paycheck steal from another org for 1 or 2 years before they are exposed again

2025-02-13 22:54

Ewjerkz and arrozdoce* please

2025-02-14 18:33

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Ewww

2025-02-15 04:08

+MoDo +F1KU

no rip my flair

XDDDDDDDDDD

finally

Agree

2025-02-13 19:54

expected, from cologne semis to playing worse than some fe teams

2025-02-13 19:43

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snaptap abusers

2025-02-13 22:55

3 replies

cringe

2025-02-14 02:06

cry is free

2025-02-14 02:19

he's right tho

2025-02-14 06:38

bruh

furia +dgt +story -botllen -chelo

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2025-02-13 19:51

-botllen wont happen cuz furia is a fallencracy, but if they dont try to get dgt for chelo idk just shut down the whole org

2025-02-13 19:53

Chelo knows some serious secret about guerri and fallen, he will not be kicked

2025-02-13 20:10

that's what ive been saying bro, some crazy stuff may be happening on furia, some p. diddy or epstein kind of shit 💀💀

2025-02-13 20:15

i dont think story is good enough for furia ngl

2025-02-13 23:30

Mutiris two face hahaah

Always remember that this all started with ewjerkz and berry leaving prematurely. Sad to see when differences in vision can ruin a team in such a short period of time.

wasn't it arroz and berry, and ewjerkz later or am I crazy?

2025-02-13 19:55

You are right. It was arro and berry.

2025-02-13 20:05

You're right. I misremembered the order of them leaving the team.

2025-02-13 20:18

do they have the funds for T2 brazilians? Or maybe players from Iberian Soul

2025-02-13 19:45

trust me, no one in brazil can play on EU

2025-02-13 19:46

Yes stadodo from iberian souls and JUST said he want to return to SAW

100% both wont return, there are better options

2025-02-13 21:28

I know you'd be popping bottles if SAW decided to plague themselves with fucking stadodo lmao

2025-02-13 21:59

+BARBARR

This! go go go!

2025-02-14 08:49

Noo roman:(

gj saw, - arrozdoce and this team is dead, - ewjerkez and its not even t2 anymore lmao Tbh kinda sad, cuz they were nice grinding t2

Arroz and Jerkz benched themself.

2025-02-13 23:27

Not really, at least in arrozdoce case, he didnt want to renew contract, but because of that he got benched before rmr also making berry leave. They couldve easily qualify with that team which wouldve attract sponsors and maybe sticker money and at least stay afloat afterwards. They keep on talking about difference of vision on each move they make, so i guess their vision is to stay in tier3 and hope they will eventually get lucky again with playrs keeping them ob minimum wage cuz otherwise idk what exactly is their plan, for sure its not to compete in tier1

2025-02-14 09:16

Sadly, and I really don't won't what you say to be true, I think you're very much correct... sad for the portuguese CS scene and worse, to the portuguese fans

2025-02-14 10:28

In 1 year from top 10 to tier4

Sad. Similar to Eternal Fire in the past, maybe they will end up back together in the future.

GG pt cs. It was good while it lasted

we just need to build a br and pt mix and we would have a solid top 6-7 if all things work out

2025-02-13 19:47

delusioal

2025-02-13 20:49

His career began and ended with snaptap

RIP, the end of a era

2025-02-13 19:52

Rip snap tap era

OG didn't have an era, even with snap tap

2025-02-14 00:10

rest in pieces o7

saw competing with 9z the be the "deadest" org rn

2025-02-13 20:02

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SAW org was never alive

2025-02-13 20:03

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semifinals in cologne-dallas is more than most of the t2 teams will ever achieve

2025-02-13 20:04

semifinals in cologne-dallas 😂

2025-02-13 20:06

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when was the last time your team reached the semifinals of a big competition?

OG last semifinals in 1967

2025-02-13 20:21

SAW last semifinals in 100 BC

2025-02-13 20:24

for real when was it?

2025-02-13 21:03

Maybe in Dota because OG CS division has been irrelevant forever

2025-02-14 00:36

it's the same in dota

2025-02-14 05:46

Took them long enougj

expected

Welcome P3R3IIRA!

2025-02-13 20:11

Idk if its p3.. it can be spanish players aswell

2025-02-13 20:14

They picked p3 99% who's 2nd i don't know

2025-02-13 20:17

why p3 is he is igl?

hmmm idk, they are friends with him but surely p3 is not the right guy atm..

2025-02-13 23:26

At this point just pick zorlak xD

2025-02-13 20:28

lmao tier9999 talent

2025-02-13 23:28

brooooooooooooo

Wtf

2025-02-13 20:16

Did not SAW this coming

Badum tss

2025-02-13 21:50

Every +1 in this comment I will donate 10cents to Ademar for him to buy new pants.

10 cents is enough in argentina economy atm to buy new pants

2025-02-13 20:27

I heard that you can buy a house there with 15usd

2025-02-13 20:38

Goodbye roman my goat :(

WELCOME FAZE MUTIRIS

Now you do - roman, ffs! It should've been way earlier and perhaps then we wouldn't have lost ewj and arroz... Mut story Agil, Arroz and ewj where the only true possibility of PT Saw really achieving anything... Now RIP... Either Iberian Mix or BR...

2025-02-13 20:32

SAW's CEO and questionable decisions, is there any other duo more powerful than this one?

2025-02-13 20:34

+PRLOKITO when?

2025-02-13 20:35

he earns more money with streams

2025-02-13 21:55

So basically they could kick roman and save Ewjerks and arrozdoce lmao, now they down

2025-02-13 20:37

Just shut down the organisation, classic pt management

how story survive again

2025-02-13 20:45

The only other Awpers in the PT Scene are SHR (that is leaving the org) or stadodo... So... there's why...

2025-02-14 00:27

Welcome krazy

2025-02-13 20:47

GG Saw. Bad timed moved after bad timed move.

2025-02-13 21:01

LOL

2025-02-13 21:48

Anlaki :|

2025-02-13 22:03

+adams +krazy

2025-02-13 22:06

so... disband?

2025-02-13 22:09

Fast 0-3 for SAW then.

2025-02-13 22:16

+ FOX + Movemind ez

2025-02-13 23:14

not even good enough for cct at this point

2025-02-13 23:23

finally...

why is shr getting kicked? didnt he just join? lol

2025-02-14 00:25

He's a main awper and for some reason saw picked him up as entry fragger/rifler, having to adapt to ewjerkz style. I think his aggro awp style would fit saw better than story as awper but yeah. Might have been smarter to switch story to rifler and keep him as awper, who knows

2025-02-14 01:42

damn, org pays players minimum wage and org collapses

2025-02-14 00:28

I guess this is it for rmn. Shr couldnt handle the pressure, maybe tested too early against t1 teams... But we have more gems for mut to shape. I guess the project Will remain full pt GL SAW

2025-02-14 00:37

international

2025-02-14 02:09

rmn = legend <3

2025-02-14 00:51

+AZUWU

2025-02-14 01:32

device to NiP check hltv

2025-02-14 08:05

from top10 lifeyear to tier3, sad

2025-02-14 08:22

Life isnt the same without snap tal amirite

2025-02-14 13:32

this org's management is going from bad to worse... they won't get more sticker money again.

2025-02-14 16:13

Why Shr though, the guy plays well

2025-02-14 19:03

Thank you roman for everything you gave to the pt scene. Been following the scene for more than 10 years and you really are a legend. Most likely he retires here tbh, my prediction is alex mopoz to saw (or 2 internationals) and i don't see roman joining up with the few remaining players in the spanish scene or even the young blood from the pt scene as they are not even close to the level a 32 yo roman wants to play at imo

2025-02-15 03:44