Marked for Shota Mchedlidze
From our football correspondent
Steady
The dugout23 Oct 2028
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Squad23 Oct 2028
Data Sichinava 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.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Gegi Geguchadze, and the manager let it.
Back issues
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Steady
The dugout2 Oct 2028
Tornike Mumladze: 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.
Squad2 Oct 2028
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Tornike Grigalashvili and Guria agree another 2 years.
Squad2 Oct 2028
Tempers go at Guria
Levan Isiani 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.
Squad2 Oct 2028
Words at Guria training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Levan Kakubava 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 dugout2 Oct 2028
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Squad2 Oct 2028
The medical room confirms 20 days on the sidelines for Shota Mchedlidze, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout2 Oct 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.
The dugout2 Oct 2028
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Guria. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Market2 Oct 2028
Guria have let the market know Luka Begalishvili can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
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Uneasy
Squad17 Jan 2028
41 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Guria lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market17 Jan 2028
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Guria have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Squad17 Jan 2028
The medical room confirms 32 days on the sidelines for Irakli Okriashvili, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad17 Jan 2028
A falling-out at Guria
Levan Isiani and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market17 Jan 2028
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Archil Mikautadze has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Jan 2028
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Khvicha Okriashvili has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Jan 2028
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Shota Mchedlidze is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout17 Jan 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.
The dugout17 Jan 2028
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mikheil Janelidze, and the manager let it.