The Iberia 1999 Post
Market14 Feb 2028
Not going: Paata Ghudushauri stays at Iberia 1999
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Dinamo Tbilisi had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
Armel Zohouri frozen out at Iberia 1999
This is not rotation. Armel Zohouri has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Iberia 1999 is pretending otherwise.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Words exchanged at Iberia 1999
Amiran Dzagania and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad14 Feb 2028
A row about effort at Iberia 1999
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nodar Kavtaradze was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
Giorgi Makaridze has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Iberia 1999 will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market14 Feb 2028
Ignacio Lago linked with a move away
The name of Ignacio Lago keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Iberia 1999 say nothing, which says plenty.
Market14 Feb 2028
Window shut, Giorgi Kokhreidze still here
Iberia 1999 spent the window trying to move Giorgi Kokhreidze on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
Market14 Feb 2028
The shop window has Irakli Bidzinashvili in it
Iberia 1999 have let the market know Irakli Bidzinashvili can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
The manager comes out for Giorgi Kokhreidze
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Giorgi Kokhreidze has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
In brief
- Squad Good reports on Ignacio Lago
- Boardroom Iberia 1999 board back the manager
- Squad Welcome back, Saba Ananidze