[y.winter]

It will start to fall apart.
I would even go and say that Lotan's removal is more of a disaster for the unpopular group than for the clique. They lost their main rivalry (Lotan, the only one who could play that part), and it killed the conflict. It's too big for Tom to take control, Joe doesn't really have a say in the clique and Kieran doesn't look for confrontations. The girls are not fiery enough to call the shots either.