The Saburtalo Post
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A debut Nika Okriashvili will not forget — 8.37
There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 1 on the scoresheet, 8.37 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.
Market3 Aug 2026
CSKA Moscow watching Timur Polivanov
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Saburtalo have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Archil Tsitaishvili in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Saburtalo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
Saburtalo supporters have found a favourite in Nika Okriashvili
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 18-year-old it feels ownership of. Nika Okriashvili has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match1 Aug 2026
Saburtalo get the job done against Kolkheti
A 2‑0 win over Kolkheti, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad3 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Revaz Gvelesiani
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Revaz Gvelesiani, and the manager let it.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Saburtalo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Davit Tsitaishvili 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Shota Kobiashvili signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Shota Kobiashvili and Saburtalo agree another 1 years.
Market3 Aug 2026
Dato Lobjanidze told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Dato Lobjanidze has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Saburtalo.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Timur Polivanov
- The terraces The stands have heard the Timur Polivanov talk too
- Market The Dato Lobjanidze story refuses to die