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fnatic bench Jackinho

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fnatic have announced the removal of Jack “⁠Jackinho⁠” Ström Mattsson from the active roster, ending the Swede’s 10-month tenure in the starting lineup which began when he was brought on to fill Robin “⁠flusha⁠” Rönnquist‘s shoes at the beginning of the year.

Jackinho’s start with fnatic was a bumpy one, as he wasn’t immediately given the AWP, his preferred weapon, while Jesper “⁠JW⁠” Wecksell and the rest of the team adjusted to the new change. After some time the 22-year-old was finally given the main sniper role in the team, although he ultimately wasn’t able to find his footing to become a stalwart in the squad.

Jackinho will no longer start for fnatic

Jackinho joined a struggling team and with a complicated situation regarding roles in January, and he failed to impress out of the gate. Despite starting off with a decent performance in one of fnatic’s few good showings this year, when they came in second at cs_summit 7, the Swede posted back-to-back below 0.90 ratings in the team’s 13-16th and 17-20th place finishes at IEM Katowice Play-In and ESL Pro League Season 13.

The Swede’s numbers went up to a 0.97 rating at Flashpoint 3 and 1.00 at IEM Summer, both of which the team finished in 13-16th place, and he then survived the first step of a restructuring in fnatic’s Counter-Strike team as they moved from a Swedish roster to an English-speaking lineup with the benching of JW and Maikil “⁠Golden⁠” Selim to make way for Alex “⁠ALEX⁠” McMeekin and William “⁠mezii⁠” Merriman.

fnatic haven’t been able to revert the situation to become a top contender and after falling short at ESL Pro League Season 14 and missing out on qualifying for the Major with a 0-5 record at IEM Fall, they are moving forward with their rebuilding efforts — this time in the AWPing department.

For now, fnatic will be bringing on Movistar Riders’ benched sniper, Owen “⁠smooya⁠” Butterfield, on loan as a temporary stand-in during the IEM Winter Open Qualifier 1 while they work on finding a permanent solution to replace Jackinho.

fnatic’s starting lineup is now:

Sweden Freddy “⁠KRIMZ⁠” Johansson
Sweden Ludvig “⁠Brollan⁠” Brolin
United Kingdom Alex “⁠ALEX⁠” McMeekin
United Kingdom William “⁠mezii⁠” Merriman
United Kingdom Owen “⁠smooya⁠” Butterfield (stand-in)

United Kingdom Jamie “⁠keita⁠” Hall (coach)

Sweden Jack “⁠Jackinho⁠” Ström Mattsson (benched)

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Source: https://www.hltv.org/news/32528/fnatic-bench-jackinho

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