The Torpedo Kutaisi Courier
Match6 Mar 2027
No end in sight to Torpedo Kutaisi's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Torpedo Kutaisi has to find a result from somewhere.
Market8 Mar 2027
Giorgi Beridze 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 Torpedo Kutaisi can pretend not to have heard.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Filip Kljajić stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Filip Kljajić and Torpedo Kutaisi agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Mohammed Kyereh is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 18 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Torpedo Kutaisi
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Warley wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Torpedo Kutaisi can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Market8 Mar 2027
Torpedo Kutaisi promote Guram Kakabadze from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Guram Kakabadze has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Dato Janelidze joins the Torpedo Kutaisi first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dato Janelidze is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
Beka Kiteishvili steps up from the Torpedo Kutaisi academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Beka Kiteishvili 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.
In brief
- Loan watch Kisley Zita has seen enough of Merani
- Player ratings Tsotne Nadaraia was the difference for Torpedo Kutaisi
- The dugout When it matters, Nodar Lominadze plays