Ethan Moore

Right Midfielder - Sioni
9 Oct 2027
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57 Edition

The Sioni Sentinel

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces30 Aug 2027

The mood at Sioni has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Boardroom30 Aug 2027

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Sioni

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Market30 Aug 2027

Gabriel Mineiro puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Sioni, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets30 Aug 2027

Oto Goshadze is a medical away from Sioni

The deal with Gagra is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad30 Aug 2027

Varlam Kilasonia falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Transfer targets30 Aug 2027

Door shut on Gean Rodrigues

Sioni asked and Dinamo Batumi said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad30 Aug 2027

Tempers go at Sioni

Nikolay Kipiani was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The dugout30 Aug 2027

Paata Kiteishvili knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Paata Kiteishvili trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market30 Aug 2027

Sioni put Alexandr Verulidze up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Alexandr Verulidze may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

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54 Edition

The Sioni Sentinel

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market9 Aug 2027

Renan asks to leave Sioni

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

The dugout9 Aug 2027

Giorgi Chkheidze: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sioni have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Transfer targets9 Aug 2027

Arsen Siukaev due for a Sioni medical

Everything agreed with Samgurali Tskaltubo, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Tempers go at Sioni

Gabriel Mineiro was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Words at Sioni training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Varlam Kilasonia is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Transfer targets9 Aug 2027

Door shut on Tornike Megrelishvili

Sioni asked and Rustavi said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Transfer targets9 Aug 2027

A loan move for Nicholas Kapanadze is in the works

Sioni have made the call to Kolkheti-1913 Poti. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

The dugout9 Aug 2027

Elguja Grigalashvili knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Elguja Grigalashvili trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market9 Aug 2027

The shop window has Elguja Grigalashvili in it

Sioni have let the market know Elguja Grigalashvili can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

42 Edition

The Sioni Sentinel

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match15 May 2027

The wait goes on for Sioni

8 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Market17 May 2027

Renan asks to leave Sioni

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match15 May 2027

The goals have deserted Sioni

6 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Sioni can tell you which week it ends in.

Squad17 May 2027

Words exchanged at Sioni

Giorgi Peradze and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad17 May 2027

Varlam Kilasonia falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match15 May 2027

No clean sheets in sight for Sioni

4 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.

Match15 May 2027

Sioni come up short against Samgurali Tskaltubo

Samgurali Tskaltubo left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Looking ahead17 May 2027

Sioni face Lokomotivi in the game that matters most

Two sides from the bottom of the table, three points, and an afternoon that will be described afterwards as a relegation decider by whoever loses it.

The dugout17 May 2027

Dato Daraselia: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

In brief

41 Edition

The Sioni Sentinel

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match8 May 2027

The wait goes on for Sioni

7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Match8 May 2027

Sioni cannot find the net

5 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Squad10 May 2027

A falling-out at Sioni

Giorgi Peradze and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad10 May 2027

Varlam Kilasonia falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match8 May 2027

Gareji Sagarejo take the points off Sioni

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market10 May 2027

One of our own: Mamuka Kashia joins the Sioni first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mamuka Kashia is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 May 2027

Dato Janelidze steps up from the Sioni academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dato Janelidze has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

The dugout10 May 2027

The manager makes an example of Elguja Grigalashvili

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Looking ahead10 May 2027

Everything rides on Samgurali Tskaltubo

Both clubs in the mire, one fixture between them, and a ground that will be louder and more frightened than at any point in the season. Sioni know what is at stake and so does everybody in the away end.

In brief

  • Match The half-term report on Sioni
  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • Squad Ethan Moore signs a new deal