Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Words at Tskhinvali training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nika Daraselia 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.
The goal that put Merani ahead was still being replayed on the concourse when Tskhinvali equalised, 3 minutes later. Leads are only worth what you do with them.
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mamuka Okriashvili and Tskhinvali agree another 3 years.
Mamuka Okriashvili 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.
“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 The request is on a desk at Tskhinvali, and it is not being withdrawn.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Tskhinvali is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
“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 The request is on a desk at Tskhinvali, and it is not being withdrawn.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tskhinvali have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Temur Kvaratskhelia 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 interest is real enough to have reached print. Tskhinvali have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Words at Tskhinvali training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Revaz Kashia 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.
“I watch every Tskhinvali game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Samtredia runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daniel Viljoen commits to Tskhinvali for another 3 years.
Squad17 May 2027
Words at Tskhinvali training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Revaz Kashia 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.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Tskhinvali, and 0 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Tskhinvali this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tskhinvali know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Marked 5.73. Nothing he attempted worked and by the hour mark he had stopped attempting much, which is the part a manager notices rather than the mistakes.
“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 Tskhinvali, and it is not being withdrawn.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Davit Arveladze will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Tskhinvali the goodbyes have quietly begun.
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daniel Viljoen commits to Tskhinvali for another 3 years.
Squad10 May 2027
Revaz Kashia 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.
Mamuka Okriashvili 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.
32 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Tskhinvali lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tskhinvali have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Words at Tskhinvali training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Revaz Kashia 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.
At 15 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Tskhinvali, and 0 appearances in 10 say he has earned the hearing.
90 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Tskhinvali lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The offer from Samtredia for Temur Shengelia was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Temur Kvaratskhelia commits to Tskhinvali for another 1 years.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Words at Tskhinvali training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Revaz Kashia 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.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Tskhinvali this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Words at Tskhinvali training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Revaz Kashia 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.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Tskhinvali this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Tskhinvali this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Revaz Kashia 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.
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Tskhinvali may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Revaz Kashia 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.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Tskhinvali, and 5 appearances in 12 say he has earned the hearing.