The Samtredia Chronicle
Market13 Sep 2027
Daniel Suško 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 Samtredia can pretend not to have heard.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Avtandil Labadze out for 14 days
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Avtandil Labadze, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad13 Sep 2027
A falling-out at Samtredia
Jacó and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Kamil Rusnak gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Kamil Rusnak has just signed for Samtredia, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad13 Sep 2027
A row about effort at Samtredia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Eric Barrios was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom13 Sep 2027
The borrowing at Samtredia reaches $10.2M
Past the limit the bank set, which is the line between a club being financed and a club being in trouble. $10.2M is now the number every conversation about this club will start with.
The dugout13 Sep 2027
Lado Chikhradze 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.
Market13 Sep 2027
Samtredia buy the years ahead of Gor Manukyan
He is 19, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
The dugout13 Sep 2027
Giorgi Mchedlishvili gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Giorgi Mchedlishvili is on it.
In brief
- Boardroom Samtredia can only buy what they sell
- The dugout Levan Barabadze asks for a word with the manager
- Market Window shut, Levan Barabadze still here