The Chikhura Sentinel
Match5 Sep 2026
5 matches without a win for Chikhura
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Chikhura are no longer polite ones.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Vladislav Kreida 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
No hiding place for August Strömberg
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to August Strömberg, and the manager let it.
Match5 Sep 2026
Torpedo Kutaisi take the points off Chikhura
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Chikhura
Vakhtang Tsitaishvili 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Too much change too quickly at Chikhura
11 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- Market Still no ink between Chikhura and Gaga Papiashvili
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Rodolfo Gamarra
- Market Aleko Kareli leaves for nothing
- Market Giorgi Sadghobelashvili leaves for nothing