Baltacha Leaves

Last updated : 26 September 2002 By Stuart Gillespie
The news appeared on The Official Site on Tuesday afternoon and I'm sure I wasn't the only Saints fan pleased with the news. Baltacha was rubbish over his 3 and a bit years with Saints, yet Tom Hendrie consistently played him. Last season was a joke when he was constantly played instead of Iain Nicolson in a position Nicolson was much better in.

Over his time at Love Street, Sergei was linked with various English clubs in the Premiership, and the question has to be why? He was totally hyped up because his dad was good at football. He'd be better at tennis, which his sister was good at. I rated Harry Redknapp as a manager, but why he wants Baltacha at Portsmouth is anyones guess.

Amazingly, the reason Baltacha left was for first team football something he's been getting since he arrived! He possibly had a wee fall out with caretaker boss John Coughlin over a penalty at Arbroath I don't know. Thankfully he's gone and we have a space on the wage bill.