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Kicking Derek was a terrible decision

nebukuro's avatarKingofKingzPioneer Key Holder@nebukuro10/02/2025

Kicking Derek was a terrible decision

This post isn't about kaajak being bad or anything like that. He is a very promising rookie but Derke is clearly still 2 steps ahead.

Honestly there is no logical reason why fnatic shouldn't have kept Derke. He wasn't the issue in fnatic last year in fact he was arguably the best player at Champs last year. He has been probably the most consistent player in the entirety of VCT history and he has said he would like to spend his entire career in fnatic. And now Derke has proven fnatic wrong winning his next title while fnatic misses out on Bangkok. Cojo has some serious explaining to do...

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Loading...I think the issue has now gone....
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Krauser77@Krauser77• 11/02/2025
Loading...Derke wanted a team to win champs and he He thought with the same FNC team he couldn't do it , at some point they had to decided between derke or boaster and they thought it will easy to find a new duelist than an igl, now it's when boaster have to prove if he has the lvl to continue o not because en kickoff even if he improve in aim in therms of leading the others 4 teams did it best
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KingofKingzPioneer Key Holder@nebukuro• 11/02/2025
Loading...@Krauser77 Where did you get this from?
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FrankyCow Paulo@Franky• 11/02/2025
Loading...@Krauser77 From all the info we have, we are the one who choose to kick Derke and not Derke wanting to leave
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HivrFnatic Plus@Hivr• 12/02/2025
Loading...@Krauser77 Yeah Derke actually stated he wanted to stay but was forced out so disagree
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Haushinka@Haushinka• 13/02/2025
Loading...@Krauser77 Crazy assumption. Wrong though.
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Haushinka@Haushinka• 10/02/2025
Loading...Period.
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FncVany@FncVany• 10/02/2025
Loading...I miss derke
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FNC-Shion@FNC-Shion• 10/02/2025
Loading...For me kaajak has a higher ceiling, ofc he is nervous but i think he can surpass derke. ![c8883f10-c1e9-44dd-a8c3-0917d3b09a17.jpeg](https://cdn.fnatic.com/community/28ad3ac9-a78c-4044-bddc-983aebad24a9.jpeg)
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KingofKingzPioneer Key Holder@nebukuro• 10/02/2025
Loading...@FNC-Shion Derke played more games and also against better opponents. Even if kaajak has a higher ceiling which is questionable since Derke has been one of the best players consistently, Derke wasnt the issue in fnatic so changing him didn't solve or improve anything.
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Loading...They kicked Derke because of money, his salary was getting too big, otherwise there is nothing that can explain that decision. But FNC will suffer the consequences because of this decision ofc. The worst part is that they do nothing with the buyout they got from selling him to Vitality If they bought aspas to replace derke would have been understandable, but no…
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HivrFnatic Plus@Hivr• 12/02/2025
Loading...@TribridHope Actually Derke said that he didnt care for the money and wanted to stay on the team but was forced to leave.
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Catxalote@CATXALOTE• 10/02/2025
Loading...Idk why we decided to kick him
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HivrFnatic Plus@Hivr• 10/02/2025
Loading...Derke was one of the top 3 players in the world. And then right after a flawless run of winstreaks in 2023 and part way into 2024, just because we didnt do so great at Champs we decide to kick him, Derke, in my eyes the greatest player in the world, one of very few who can diff prime aspas a whole bo5 series
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FrankyCow Paulo@Franky• 10/02/2025
Loading...I agree that kicking Derke was a weird move, I just don’t know if we would have won with him
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Odd@Odd• 10/02/2025
Loading...Derke wanted to leave if I'm not wrong
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YoJoVCT Champions 2024@YoJo• 10/02/2025
Loading...@Odd No he didn't. They forced him to leave. Don't have the post on hand but he said he didn't wanted to leave this team. "Do you think it was my decision?" Was something I remember which was said