From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market22 Jan 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Guria is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad22 Jan 2029
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for José Cadenas, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad22 Jan 2029
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market22 Jan 2029
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market22 Jan 2029
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Ignacio Bednarek may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
Guria keep producing them
11 graduates from an academy now rated 7 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.
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Uneasy
Market25 Dec 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Guria is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad25 Dec 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Guria, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad25 Dec 2028
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Uneasy
Match11 Dec 2028
Guria are in real trouble now
Position 15, 25 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad11 Dec 2028
“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.
Squad11 Dec 2028
105 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Match13 Nov 2028
Guria are in real trouble now
Position 15, 25 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad13 Nov 2028
“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.
Squad13 Nov 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Guria, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Match16 Oct 2028
Guria are in real trouble now
Position 15, 25 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad16 Oct 2028
“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.
Squad16 Oct 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Guria, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market2 Oct 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Guria is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad2 Oct 2028
“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.
Market2 Oct 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Crisis
Match9 Sep 2028
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad11 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Levan Isiani
“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.
Match9 Sep 2028
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market11 Sep 2028
The Levan Isiani talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Luka Chaganava knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Guria, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market11 Sep 2028
Guria spent the window trying to move Kirill Saraev on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
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Uneasy
Match8 Jul 2028
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Market10 Jul 2028
“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.
Market10 Jul 2028
Dila pay $140.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad10 Jul 2028
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market10 Jul 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Guria have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Match8 Jul 2028
A 1-1 draw with Dinamo Tbilisi leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad10 Jul 2028
Yulian Iliev is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.23 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad10 Jul 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Guria, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market10 Jul 2028
The name of Ivane Okropiridze keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
Match10 Jun 2028
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Kirill Saraev: 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.” Guria have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Levan Isiani gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match10 Jun 2028
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market12 Jun 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Guria will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Market12 Jun 2028
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Sandro Bakhia has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Guria.
Squad12 Jun 2028
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The terraces12 Jun 2028
The stands have heard the Dmitriy Sibilev talk too
What was a back-page story is now a matter for the terraces, and the terraces do not do nuance. Guria would like it dealt with before it becomes the only question anybody asks.
Market12 Jun 2028
The name of Levan Kakubava keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Market5 Jun 2028
“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.
Squad5 Jun 2028
The medical room confirms 60 days on the sidelines for Frank Fuentes, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad5 Jun 2028
45 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match3 Jun 2028
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Market5 Jun 2028
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Guria has been clear about where Mikheil Basheleishvili stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad5 Jun 2028
“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.
Squad5 Jun 2028
The captaincy has been taken off Tornike Kapanadze. Guria will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Match3 Jun 2028
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Sapovnela defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Market5 Jun 2028
2 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Guria money.
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Steady
Squad8 May 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nodar Iashvili and Guria agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match6 May 2028
Shukura made Guria work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad8 May 2028
“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.
Market8 May 2028
3 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Guria could get for him.
Market8 May 2028
The name of Frank Fuentes keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad8 May 2028
At 35 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Guria have a decision that made itself.
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Steady
Match25 Mar 2028
A 1-0 win over Dinamo Tbilisi, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad27 Mar 2028
“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.
Market27 Mar 2028
The Levan Isiani talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Squad13 Mar 2028
Ignacio Bednarek: 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.” Guria have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match11 Mar 2028
Three points for Guria, 2-1 the final word against Lokomotivi in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad13 Mar 2028
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad13 Mar 2028
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad13 Mar 2028
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market13 Mar 2028
The name of Frank Fuentes keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Market6 Dec 2027
José Cadenas hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Squad6 Dec 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Guria have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad6 Dec 2027
The medical room confirms 83 days on the sidelines for Malisela Morudu, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.