From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match11 Aug 2029
7 unbeaten for Guria
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Guria did not have in the autumn.
Squad13 Aug 2029
“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.
Squad13 Aug 2029
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Match11 Aug 2029
No goals between Guria and Dila
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Dila will be the happier side with the point.
Market13 Aug 2029
The Levan Isiani talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market13 Aug 2029
4 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Guria money.
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Steady
Market6 Aug 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Guria is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad6 Aug 2029
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad6 Aug 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alexandr Kuchinskiy commits to Guria for another 2 years.
Match4 Aug 2029
6 unbeaten for Guria
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Guria did not have in the autumn.
Squad6 Aug 2029
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Alexandr Kuchinskiy will call it something else in private.
Market6 Aug 2029
24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Squad6 Aug 2029
“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.
Match4 Aug 2029
Guria and Chikhura cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Chikhura came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Market6 Aug 2029
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
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Steady
Market30 Jul 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Guria is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market30 Jul 2029
Fahrul Aditia 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 Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Squad30 Jul 2029
Luka Chaganava: 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.
Squad30 Jul 2029
“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.
Market30 Jul 2029
1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Guria money.
Match28 Jul 2029
Guria and Zugdidi cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Zugdidi came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
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Steady
Squad23 Jul 2029
158 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market23 Jul 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Squad23 Jul 2029
Kirill Chemakin: 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.
Squad23 Jul 2029
“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.
Match21 Jul 2029
Three points for Guria, 1-0 the final word against Merani in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad23 Jul 2029
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market23 Jul 2029
The name of Ivane Okropiridze keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
Market23 Jul 2029
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Petr Kazantsev may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Market23 Jul 2029
5 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Guria could get for him.
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Steady
Market16 Jul 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market16 Jul 2029
The bid was some way short and Guria did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad16 Jul 2029
Luka Makharadze: 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.
Squad16 Jul 2029
“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.
Squad16 Jul 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Petr Kazantsev commits to Guria for another 2 years.
Match14 Jul 2029
A 1-1 draw with Saburtalo leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Steady
Market9 Jul 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Guria is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad9 Jul 2029
Malisela Morudu: 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.
Squad9 Jul 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Tornike Kapanadze and Guria agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad9 Jul 2029
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad9 Jul 2029
“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.
Match7 Jul 2029
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Dinamo Tbilisi came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
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Steady
Squad2 Jul 2029
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad2 Jul 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tornike Kapanadze commits to Guria for another 2 years.
Match30 Jun 2029
Tskhinvali made Guria work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market2 Jul 2029
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Guria will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad2 Jul 2029
The manager makes an example of Luka Chaganava
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad2 Jul 2029
Guria will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
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Crisis
Market25 Jun 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad25 Jun 2029
Levan Isiani gets it from the manager
“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.
Match23 Jun 2029
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad25 Jun 2029
“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.
Squad25 Jun 2029
At 17 years old, Archil Qazaishvili became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
Market25 Jun 2029
The name of Ivane Okropiridze keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market18 Jun 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market18 Jun 2029
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad18 Jun 2029
“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.
Match16 Jun 2029
Guria and Sioni take a point apiece
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad18 Jun 2029
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market18 Jun 2029
The Levan Isiani talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market11 Jun 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Guria is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market11 Jun 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match9 Jun 2029
Samtredia made Guria work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market11 Jun 2029
Merani are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Guria will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad11 Jun 2029
“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.
Market11 Jun 2029
Guria have made Shalva Burjanadze available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match2 Jun 2029
7 matches without a win for Guria
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Guria are no longer polite ones.
Market4 Jun 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match2 Jun 2029
A bad afternoon for Guria against Sapovnela
0-1 to Sapovnela, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad4 Jun 2029
The manager makes an example of Sandro Bakhia
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad4 Jun 2029
“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.
Market4 Jun 2029
The name of Frank Fuentes keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
Market4 Jun 2029
3 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Guria money.
The terraces4 Jun 2029
Supporters make their feelings known about José Cadenas
The speculation has reached the stands, and the stands have answered. Guria would like this settled before it becomes the only thing anybody asks about.
Market4 Jun 2029
“He is at an age where he has to be playing at the top level. We will listen to anybody.” The representative of José Cadenas is not being subtle.
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Uneasy
Market28 May 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Match26 May 2029
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 May 2029
Sandro Bakhia: 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.
Squad28 May 2029
“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.
Squad28 May 2029
“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 terraces28 May 2029
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
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Uneasy
Market21 May 2029
José Cadenas 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 Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Squad21 May 2029
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match19 May 2029
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad21 May 2029
“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.
Match19 May 2029
A 2-2 draw with Dinamo Batumi leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad21 May 2029
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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Uneasy
Match12 May 2029
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad14 May 2029
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match12 May 2029
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Kolkheti defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Market14 May 2029
7 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Guria could get for him.
Market14 May 2029
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad14 May 2029
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market7 May 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad7 May 2029
The manager makes an example of Kirill Saraev
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad7 May 2029
The captaincy has been taken off Shalva Burjanadze. Guria will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Squad7 May 2029
Fahrul Aditia asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Match5 May 2029
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Shukura defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Market7 May 2029
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Crisis
Market30 Apr 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Squad30 Apr 2029
A one-man rearguard from Levan Isiani
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad30 Apr 2029
“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.
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Uneasy
Market23 Apr 2029
José Cadenas 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 Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Squad23 Apr 2029
“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.
Match21 Apr 2029
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Chikhura will be the happier side with the point.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Apr 2029
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad16 Apr 2029
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match14 Apr 2029
Guria get the job done against Zugdidi
A 1-0 win over Zugdidi, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad16 Apr 2029
28 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad16 Apr 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Sergi Abramishvili and Guria agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market16 Apr 2029
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Match4 Apr 2029
Guria out of the cup
Torpedo Kutaisi ended it 0-0. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Match7 Apr 2029
6 matches without a win for Guria
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Guria are no longer polite ones.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad9 Apr 2029
The manager makes an example of Kichi Meliava
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match7 Apr 2029
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Merani will be the happier side with the point.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Every debut is a small story about the future: Dato Mchedlidze, 17 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
Market9 Apr 2029
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market9 Apr 2029
5 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Guria could get for him.
Market9 Apr 2029
Guria have made Fahrul Aditia available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Crisis
Market2 Apr 2029
Fahrul Aditia 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 Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Match31 Mar 2029
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Match31 Mar 2029
A bad afternoon for Guria against Saburtalo
0-2 to Saburtalo, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad2 Apr 2029
The manager makes an example of Fahrul Aditia
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad2 Apr 2029
Guria will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Squad2 Apr 2029
The captaincy goes to Tornike Kapanadze. It is not a job that wins matches, but a dressing room always notices who is given it.
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Crisis
Market26 Mar 2029
José Cadenas 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 Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Match24 Mar 2029
Beaten 1-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad26 Mar 2029
“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.
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Crisis
Squad19 Mar 2029
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match17 Mar 2029
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad19 Mar 2029
The medical room confirms 57 days on the sidelines for Mamuka Kiteishvili, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Mar 2029
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad12 Mar 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Dato Mchedlidze and Guria agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad12 Mar 2029
“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.
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Uneasy
Market5 Mar 2029
Fahrul Aditia 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 Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Mar 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Levan Isiani commits to Guria for another 3 years.
Market5 Mar 2029
The shirt still fits. Mikheil Kashia is back at Guria, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market5 Mar 2029
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market5 Mar 2029
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Match3 Mar 2029
Guria get the job done against Sioni
A 1-0 win over Sioni, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
A promise the Guria board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
Squad5 Mar 2029
21 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad5 Mar 2029
“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.
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Uneasy
Boardroom26 Feb 2029
Pressure builds in the Guria boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market26 Feb 2029
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Guria they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad26 Feb 2029
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Feb 2029
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market19 Feb 2029
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad19 Feb 2029
Rezo Lomidze asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market12 Feb 2029
The Zugdidi deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Rezo Lomidze reports back to Guria with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad12 Feb 2029
“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.
Squad12 Feb 2029
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Match5 Feb 2029
Guria are in real trouble now
Position 15, 25 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market5 Feb 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad5 Feb 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ivane Okropiridze and Guria agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad5 Feb 2029
49 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market5 Feb 2029
The clock runs on Fahrul Aditia's contract
11 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Market5 Feb 2029
The window shut and Mikheil Basheleishvili is still in the building
Guria spent a month trying to move him and nobody rang back. He trains with a squad that has told him where he stands, and both sides start counting down to the next one.
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Uneasy
Boardroom29 Jan 2029
Pressure builds in the Guria boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market29 Jan 2029
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Guria they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market29 Jan 2029
Zugdidi come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Guria did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
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Uneasy
Market22 Jan 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Guria is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad22 Jan 2029
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for José Cadenas, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad22 Jan 2029
“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.
Market22 Jan 2029
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market22 Jan 2029
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Ignacio Bednarek may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Boardroom22 Jan 2029
Guria keep producing them
11 graduates from an academy now rated 7 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.
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Uneasy
Market15 Jan 2029
Zugdidi are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Guria will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad15 Jan 2029
The manager makes an example of Kirill Saraev
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad15 Jan 2029
“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.
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Uneasy
Match8 Jan 2029
Guria are in real trouble now
Position 15, 25 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad8 Jan 2029
77 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market8 Jan 2029
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Guria will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad8 Jan 2029
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
$303.9K taken back off the Guria table
What was available in the summer has quietly gone. Upstairs nobody will call it a change of ambition; downstairs nobody will call it anything else.
Market8 Jan 2029
No fee and no drama: Fahrul Aditia has signed at Guria, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
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Uneasy
Boardroom1 Jan 2029
Pressure builds in the Guria boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Squad1 Jan 2029
“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.
Squad1 Jan 2029
The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Kirill Chemakin, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Uneasy
Market25 Dec 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Guria is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad25 Dec 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.
Squad25 Dec 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.
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Uneasy
Squad18 Dec 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.
Market18 Dec 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad18 Dec 2028
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Tornike Kapanadze plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Uneasy
Match11 Dec 2028
Guria are in real trouble now
Position 15, 25 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad11 Dec 2028
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad11 Dec 2028
105 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Squad4 Dec 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Tornike Kapanadze and Guria agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad4 Dec 2028
The manager makes an example of Rezo Lomidze
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market4 Dec 2028
The name of Levan Isiani keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Market27 Nov 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Guria is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad27 Nov 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.
Market27 Nov 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Squad20 Nov 2028
The medical room confirms 38 days on the sidelines for Dato Mchedlidze, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad20 Nov 2028
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market20 Nov 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Match13 Nov 2028
Guria are in real trouble now
Position 15, 25 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad13 Nov 2028
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad13 Nov 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.
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Uneasy
Squad6 Nov 2028
“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.
Squad6 Nov 2028
The medical room confirms 22 days on the sidelines for Tornike Grigalashvili, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad6 Nov 2028
The manager makes an example of Kirill Saraev
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Market30 Oct 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Guria is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market30 Oct 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad30 Oct 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.
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Uneasy
Squad23 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.
Market23 Oct 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad23 Oct 2028
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Match16 Oct 2028
Guria are in real trouble now
Position 15, 25 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad16 Oct 2028
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad16 Oct 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.
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Uneasy
Squad9 Oct 2028
The medical room confirms 52 days on the sidelines for Tornike Grigalashvili, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad9 Oct 2028
The manager makes an example of Kirill Saraev
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad9 Oct 2028
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market2 Oct 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Guria is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad2 Oct 2028
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market2 Oct 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Match23 Sep 2028
8 matches without a win for Guria
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Guria are no longer polite ones.
Squad25 Sep 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.
Squad25 Sep 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.
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Crisis
Match18 Sep 2028
Guria sink to position 15
24 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match16 Sep 2028
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Match16 Sep 2028
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad18 Sep 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.
Squad18 Sep 2028
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market18 Sep 2028
The name of Tornike Mumladze keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
Match9 Sep 2028
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad11 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Levan Isiani
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match9 Sep 2028
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market11 Sep 2028
The Levan Isiani talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Luka Chaganava knocks on the manager's door
“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.
Market11 Sep 2028
Guria spent the window trying to move Kirill Saraev 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.
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Uneasy
Squad4 Sep 2028
Kirill Saraev: 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.
Match2 Sep 2028
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Market4 Sep 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Guria they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad4 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Kichi Meliava
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match2 Sep 2028
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad4 Sep 2028
The captaincy has been taken off Shalva Burjanadze. Guria will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Squad4 Sep 2028
It is a strip of cloth and it decides nothing on a Saturday. It still tells the dressing room exactly whose opinion the manager values, which is the whole point of it.
Market4 Sep 2028
The name of Ivane Okropiridze keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
Market4 Sep 2028
Guria spent the window trying to move Mikheil Basheleishvili 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.
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Uneasy
Squad28 Aug 2028
A one-man rearguard from Levan Isiani
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match26 Aug 2028
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 Aug 2028
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Match21 Aug 2028
Guria sink to position 14
22 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market21 Aug 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match19 Aug 2028
A 2-2 draw with Shukura leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad21 Aug 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kirill Chemakin commits to Guria for another 3 years.
Squad21 Aug 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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Guria have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Crisis
Squad14 Aug 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad14 Aug 2028
The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Tornike Grigalashvili, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match12 Aug 2028
Dila take the points off Guria
Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad14 Aug 2028
The manager makes an example of Nodar Iashvili
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market14 Aug 2028
The Levan Isiani talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad14 Aug 2028
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Nodar Iashvili keeps the shirt for now, at Guria's convenience rather than his own.
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Crisis
Market7 Aug 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Market7 Aug 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Guria they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad7 Aug 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Shalva Burjanadze commits to Guria for another 4 years.
Squad7 Aug 2028
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match5 Aug 2028
Chikhura left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market7 Aug 2028
The name of Ivane Okropiridze keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Match29 Jul 2028
3-0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Market31 Jul 2028
Merani are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Guria will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad31 Jul 2028
The manager makes an example of Luka Chaganava
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad31 Jul 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.
Squad31 Jul 2028
One booking too many, and Yulian Iliev sits out. Guria lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Market31 Jul 2028
1 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Guria could get for him.
Market31 Jul 2028
The name of Frank Fuentes keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad31 Jul 2028
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Guria have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Market31 Jul 2028
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Tsotne Chotalishvili may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Crisis
Match22 Jul 2028
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
11 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Match24 Jul 2028
Guria sink to position 14
18 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market24 Jul 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Guria they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market24 Jul 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad24 Jul 2028
“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.
Squad24 Jul 2028
The manager makes an example of Dmitriy Sibilev
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match22 Jul 2028
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad24 Jul 2028
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Levan Isiani knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Market24 Jul 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Crisis
Match15 Jul 2028
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
10 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad17 Jul 2028
“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.
Squad17 Jul 2028
The medical room confirms 45 days on the sidelines for Tornike Grigalashvili, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad17 Jul 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Petr Kazantsev commits to Guria for another 2 years.
Squad17 Jul 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.
Match15 Jul 2028
A bad afternoon for Guria against Saburtalo
0-1 to Saburtalo, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
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Uneasy
Match8 Jul 2028
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Market10 Jul 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market10 Jul 2028
Dila pay $140.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad10 Jul 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.
Market10 Jul 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Guria have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Match8 Jul 2028
A 1-1 draw with Dinamo Tbilisi leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad10 Jul 2028
Yulian Iliev is in the form of his life
A season average of 7.23 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad10 Jul 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.
Market10 Jul 2028
The name of Ivane Okropiridze keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Market3 Jul 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match1 Jul 2028
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad3 Jul 2028
The medical room confirms 32 days on the sidelines for Frank Fuentes, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad3 Jul 2028
The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Tornike Mumladze, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match1 Jul 2028
A 1-1 draw with Tskhinvali leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad3 Jul 2028
The manager makes an example of Sandro Bakhia
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Crisis
Market26 Jun 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match26 Jun 2028
Guria sink to position 14
16 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market26 Jun 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Guria they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match24 Jun 2028
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Match24 Jun 2028
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad26 Jun 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.
Squad26 Jun 2028
32 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad26 Jun 2028
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Levan Isiani knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Market26 Jun 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Crisis
Match17 Jun 2028
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad19 Jun 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market19 Jun 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Guria is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad19 Jun 2028
74 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match17 Jun 2028
A bad afternoon for Guria against Sioni
1-2 to Sioni, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad19 Jun 2028
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Crisis
Match10 Jun 2028
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Kirill Saraev: 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.
Squad12 Jun 2028
Levan Isiani gets it from the manager
“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.
Match10 Jun 2028
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market12 Jun 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Guria will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Market12 Jun 2028
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Sandro Bakhia has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Guria.
Squad12 Jun 2028
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The terraces12 Jun 2028
The stands have heard the Dmitriy Sibilev talk too
What was a back-page story is now a matter for the terraces, and the terraces do not do nuance. Guria would like it dealt with before it becomes the only question anybody asks.
Market12 Jun 2028
The name of Levan Kakubava keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Market5 Jun 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad5 Jun 2028
The medical room confirms 60 days on the sidelines for Frank Fuentes, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad5 Jun 2028
45 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match3 Jun 2028
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Market5 Jun 2028
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Guria has been clear about where Mikheil Basheleishvili stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad5 Jun 2028
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad5 Jun 2028
The captaincy has been taken off Tornike Kapanadze. Guria will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Match3 Jun 2028
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Sapovnela defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Market5 Jun 2028
2 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Guria money.
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Crisis
Market29 May 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Guria they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match27 May 2028
1-2 to Torpedo Kutaisi, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad29 May 2028
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad29 May 2028
The medical room confirms 61 days on the sidelines for Vladimir Nemec, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad29 May 2028
Levan Kakubava asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market29 May 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad22 May 2028
The medical room confirms 105 days on the sidelines for Tornike Grigalashvili, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match20 May 2028
Dinamo Batumi left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad22 May 2028
The manager makes an example of Nodar Iashvili
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Steady
Squad15 May 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad15 May 2028
Levan Isiani gets it from the manager
“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.
Squad15 May 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nikita Chevankov commits to Guria for another 3 years.
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Steady
Squad8 May 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nodar Iashvili and Guria agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match6 May 2028
Shukura made Guria work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad8 May 2028
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market8 May 2028
3 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Guria could get for him.
Market8 May 2028
The name of Frank Fuentes keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad8 May 2028
At 35 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Guria have a decision that made itself.
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Uneasy
Squad1 May 2028
A one-man rearguard from Levan Isiani
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market1 May 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Guria they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 May 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad1 May 2028
Kirill Saraev: 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.
Match29 Apr 2028
Guria share the spoils with Dila
A 1-1 draw with Dila leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad1 May 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.
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Steady
Squad24 Apr 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.
Match22 Apr 2028
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Chikhura defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Market24 Apr 2028
The Levan Isiani talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Crisis
Squad17 Apr 2028
Levan Isiani gets it from the manager
“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.
Match15 Apr 2028
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad17 Apr 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sergi Abramishvili commits to Guria for another 2 years.
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Steady
Match5 Apr 2028
The cup run ends for Guria
0-1 against Saburtalo, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Match8 Apr 2028
Three points for Guria, 2-1 the final word against Merani in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad10 Apr 2028
The manager makes an example of Levan Kakubava
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Levan Isiani lets one through his hands
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Yulian Iliev finally opens his account
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Guria have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Kichi Meliava asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Crisis
Squad3 Apr 2028
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market3 Apr 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Guria they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad3 Apr 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad3 Apr 2028
The medical room confirms 34 days on the sidelines for Nodar Iashvili, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad3 Apr 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tsotne Chikovani commits to Guria for another 4 years.
Match1 Apr 2028
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
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Steady
Match25 Mar 2028
A 1-0 win over Dinamo Tbilisi, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad27 Mar 2028
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market27 Mar 2028
The Levan Isiani talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Crisis
Match18 Mar 2028
Tskhinvali left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad20 Mar 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.
Squad20 Mar 2028
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Guria have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Uneasy
Squad13 Mar 2028
Ignacio Bednarek: 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.
Match11 Mar 2028
Three points for Guria, 2-1 the final word against Lokomotivi in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad13 Mar 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.
Squad13 Mar 2028
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad13 Mar 2028
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market13 Mar 2028
The name of Frank Fuentes keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
Match4 Mar 2028
No end in sight to Guria's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Guria has to find a result from somewhere.
Market6 Mar 2028
The shirt still fits. Khvicha Kashia is back at Guria, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market6 Mar 2028
The shirt still fits. Irakli Kobiashvili is back at Guria, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market6 Mar 2028
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market6 Mar 2028
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad6 Mar 2028
The manager makes an example of Dmitriy Sibilev
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Squad28 Feb 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.
Market28 Feb 2028
The name of Tornike Mumladze keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad28 Feb 2028
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Dmitriy Sibilev has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Uneasy
Market21 Feb 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Squad21 Feb 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.
Squad21 Feb 2028
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market14 Feb 2028
The name of Frank Fuentes keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
Market14 Feb 2028
6 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Guria money.
Market14 Feb 2028
The window shut and Aleksandar Buchkov is still in the building
Guria spent a month trying to move him and nobody rang back. He trains with a squad that has told him where he stands, and both sides start counting down to the next one.
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Uneasy
Market7 Feb 2028
The name of Levan Isiani keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
Market7 Feb 2028
Guria spent the window trying to move Levan Kakubava 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.
Squad7 Feb 2028
The manager comes out for Levan Isiani
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Levan Isiani has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Uneasy
Market31 Jan 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market31 Jan 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 Jan 2028
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Market24 Jan 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 Jan 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.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Tsotne Chikovani asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Squad17 Jan 2028
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market17 Jan 2028
The name of Frank Fuentes keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
Market17 Jan 2028
Guria have made Dmitriy Sibilev available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Uneasy
Market10 Jan 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market10 Jan 2028
He is 20, and nobody at Guria signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market10 Jan 2028
The name of Levan Isiani keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
Market10 Jan 2028
36 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Squad10 Jan 2028
A new face in his position, and Nodar Iashvili suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Guria have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Squad10 Jan 2028
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market3 Jan 2028
José Cadenas 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 Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Market3 Jan 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market3 Jan 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Guria have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad3 Jan 2028
The medical room confirms 55 days on the sidelines for Malisela Morudu, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market3 Jan 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The terraces3 Jan 2028
The stands have heard the José Cadenas talk too
What was a back-page story is now a matter for the terraces, and the terraces do not do nuance. Guria would like it dealt with before it becomes the only question anybody asks.
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Uneasy
Squad27 Dec 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market27 Dec 2027
The name of Dmitriy Sibilev keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad27 Dec 2027
Sandro Bakhia knocks on the manager's door
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad20 Dec 2027
“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.
Market20 Dec 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market20 Dec 2027
No fee and no drama: Vladimir Nemec has signed at Guria, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
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Uneasy
Market13 Dec 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad13 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Levan Kakubava
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad13 Dec 2027
“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.
Market13 Dec 2027
The Levan Isiani talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market13 Dec 2027
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad13 Dec 2027
A new face in his position, and Tornike Kapanadze suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Guria have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Uneasy
Market6 Dec 2027
José Cadenas 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 Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Squad6 Dec 2027
“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.
Squad6 Dec 2027
The medical room confirms 83 days on the sidelines for Malisela Morudu, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Uneasy
Squad29 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Məmməd Hüseynov
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market29 Nov 2027
The name of Dmitriy Sibilev keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
Market29 Nov 2027
Guria have made Dmitriy Sibilev available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Uneasy
Squad22 Nov 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad22 Nov 2027
The medical room confirms 73 days on the sidelines for Data Sichinava, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad22 Nov 2027
“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.
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Uneasy
Market15 Nov 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad15 Nov 2027
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Məmməd Hüseynov, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad15 Nov 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Market8 Nov 2027
José Cadenas 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 Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Squad8 Nov 2027
114 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad1 Nov 2027
Lasha Ananidze: 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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“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.
Market1 Nov 2027
The name of Dmitriy Sibilev keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Guria say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Squad25 Oct 2027
102 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad25 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Tsotne Chikovani asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market18 Oct 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Tsotne Chikovani: 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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Məmməd Hüseynov
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Market11 Oct 2027
José Cadenas 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 Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad11 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Kirill Saraev
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Market4 Oct 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Guria can pretend not to have heard.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nodar Iashvili and Guria agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Uneasy
Match25 Sep 2027
8 matches without a win for Guria
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Guria are no longer polite ones.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The medical room confirms 131 days on the sidelines for Data Sichinava, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad27 Sep 2027
“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.
Match25 Sep 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Samtredia will be the happier side with the point.
Market27 Sep 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Guria know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market27 Sep 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Dmitriy Sibilev may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Uneasy
Market20 Sep 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match18 Sep 2027
7 matches without a win for Guria
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Guria are no longer polite ones.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad20 Sep 2027
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Guria pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad20 Sep 2027
One booking too many, and Davit Maisashvili sits out. Guria lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.