Gala Tartan Army (Borders) Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/georgia-s-2007-hero-to-face-scotland-again-1-3559847 For anyone interested. Not too many names I recognise but sure they are saying same thing about our squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davew Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_national_football_team#Current_squad Players that seem to be playing a decent level Defence Guram Kashia Gia Grigalava Solomon Kvirkvelia Midfield Jano Ananidze Valeri Kazaishvili Forwards Levan Mchedlidze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastiebeastie Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Pretty sure Kashia broke his foot a couple of weeks ago and is almost certainly out for Sat with a very outside chance of making their Gib game on Tues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlasgowBoyInHerts Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/georgia-s-2007-hero-to-face-scotland-again-1-3559847 For anyone interested. Not too many names I recognise but sure they are saying same thing about our squad. Have they got a 17 year debuting Goalkeeper this time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davew Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 On paper I reckon they look something like Northern Ireland - able to put out a decent 11, but no depth to their squad. They also seem to lack a goal scorer at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debian Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Zurab Khizanishvili still playing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gala Tartan Army (Borders) Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 Had a wee look at games last weekend - the two vitesse players didn't seem to play, neither did the lad from genk. And the spartak Moscow player didn't play in their last game on 27 September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bzzzz Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 We're infront of an angry home crowd, a fair number of our players are in good form, we've got a manager for the first time in a long time and confidence is riding high... if Craigie plays I'm going 3-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davew Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Zurab Khizanishvili still playing? Former Rangers defender Zurab Khizanishvili is gutted he won't get the chance to play against Scotland at Ibrox, having retired from international duty due to a fall-out with Georgia boss Temuri Ketsbaia. (Scottish Sun: print edition) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Georgia waste no time getting ready for the game... apparently already in the country and were training at St Mirren yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gala Tartan Army (Borders) Posted October 7, 2014 Author Share Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) Looks like the striker Mchedlidze who scored as a 17 yo versus Scotland in 2007 and is now at Empoli is also out the game - http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=it&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.empolicalcio.net%2FInfortunio-per-Mchedlidze.htm Edited October 7, 2014 by Gala Tartan Army (Borders) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehead Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Zurab Khizanishvili still playing? Former Rangers defender Zurab Khizanishvili is gutted he won't get the chance to play against Scotland at Ibrox, having retired from international duty due to a fall-out with Georgia boss Temuri Ketsbaia. (Scottish Sun: print edition) That isn't entirely correct. I did this interview with Zurab Khizanishvili a few days ago - http://futbolgrad.com/zurab-khizanishvili-georgia-veteran-search-century/ "I've retired from the coach, not my country." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehead Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Kashia will be touch and go. If he doesn't play, that central defence will be very shaky. IF he does play, I'd expect following team: Loria (OFI Crete) Lobjanidze (Omonia Nicosia) Kashia (Vitesse) Kverkvelia (Rubin Kazan) Grigalava (Anzhi) Kankava (Dnipro) Daushvili (Karpaty Lviv) Kazaishvili (Vitesse) Ananidze (Spartak Moscow) Okriashvili (Genk) Chanturia (Cluj) The lone striker position is totally up for grabs, I've gone with Chanturia as he is, in my opinion, the best option but Ketsbaia has been unfathomably loyal to Niko Gelashvili, who toils for a game in the Albanian league. Prediction: Scotland 3-0 Georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girvanTA Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Shota Arvaladze came out and said thatthis is the poorest side in terms of ability for years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davew Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Kashia will be touch and go. If he doesn't play, that central defence will be very shaky. IF he does play, I'd expect following team: Loria (OFI Crete) Lobjanidze (Omonia Nicosia) Kashia (Vitesse) Kverkvelia (Rubin Kazan) Grigalava (Anzhi) Kankava (Dnipro) Daushvili (Karpaty Lviv) Kazaishvili (Vitesse) Ananidze (Spartak Moscow) Okriashvili (Genk) Chanturia (Cluj) The lone striker position is totally up for grabs, I've gone with Chanturia as he is, in my opinion, the best option but Ketsbaia has been unfathomably loyal to Niko Gelashvili, who toils for a game in the Albanian league. Prediction: Scotland 3-0 Georgia I've added links to player profiles in the whoscored database. Looks like the big weak link is in the full-back positions. Grigalava doesn't seem to have kicked a ball this season and Lobjanidze is playing in a mid-table Cyprus team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehead Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 I've added links to player profiles in the whoscored database. Looks like the big weak link is in the full-back positions. Grigalava doesn't seem to have kicked a ball this season and Lobjanidze is playing in a mid-table Cyprus team. Most areas of the side are weak in truth. Keeper Loria has a knack of playing blinders against big teams. Some decent attacking midfielders/wide players but up front is desolate. Aye, Grigalava was transfer listed for not taking a wage cut at Anzhi who have been downsizing massively in the last year. Long gone are the Roberto Carlos and Samuel Eto'o days there. If he doesn't play it will be Davit Kvirkvelia there, in his mid-30s playing in the Georgian league for the new money of Samtredia (Kakha Kaladze's hometown). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gala Tartan Army (Borders) Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 Kashia out with broken toe according to papers today. He didn't play for Vitesse last weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehead Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Kashia out with broken toe according to papers today. He didn't play for Vitesse last weekend. Significant blow for them. He's been their player of the year, last two years. This SHOULD be very comfortable for Scotland. Indeed, in such a tight group where goal difference may come into it, a narrow win wouldn't be that satisfying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gala Tartan Army (Borders) Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 Scotland 7/10 to win the game, looks good odds with Georgia's injury problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 This SHOULD be very comfortable for Scotland. Sure a lot of us thought that in 2007 after we washed the floor with Ukraine on the Saturday and heard that Georgia would be playing a 16 year old in goals Out of interest, where is that keeper these days? Know he went to France and was kicking around the lower leagues there for a while, with that game against us one of only a very small amount of games he every played for Georgia since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilScotsman Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Sure a lot of us thought that in 2007 after we washed the floor with Ukraine on the Saturday and heard that Georgia would be playing a 16 year old in goals Out of interest, where is that keeper these days? Know he went to France and was kicking around the lower leagues there for a while, with that game against us one of only a very small amount of games he every played for Georgia since. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgi_Makaridze Doxa Katokopia these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gala Tartan Army (Borders) Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 Looks like the Georgians have doubts over some other players, Okriashvili not trained according to Georgia FF website and another player being assessed according to Google's dodgy translation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 (edited) See the Georgia manager took a trip up to Dundee yesterday and was paraded around Dens Park with a camera crew how many games did he play for Dundee? Edited October 9, 2014 by wanderer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Okriashvili, Papanaushvili and Pelesflopivili could all spell danger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McVinceSCT Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Scotland 7/10 to win the game, looks good odds with Georgia's injury problems. First thing i will do when i will arrive in Glasgow. Hesitating between 30 or 50£. Hope the odd won t fall before tomorrow afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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