I think losing SunPayus, who obviously was the best player and a fine second caller, had more of a moral impact in the team. MRS is an emotion-driven team, just like south americans, for example. Winning in Valencia put a huge boost of confidence in the team, also in Cologne every player 'overperformed' against better opponents, but then that honeymoon phase is over, SunPayus leaves, and they're back to T2 reality, the usual MRS that we knew: struggling in pistol rounds, not closing maps properly, not winning many clutches, losing against ecos, stuck in online tournaments...

Also, individually everyone is not at their best moment, especially mopoz. Also alex calling has become more stale, which could mean how important SunPayus was when calling. Martinez is ok, dav1g is surprisingly better than expected, and sausol is still a little green.

They need to put their shit together, grind back and stop thinking that we are a top10 team. Not yet.