Scally's "cheating" claim

[Jack]

Gillingham chairman Paul Scally has called for harsher punishments for clubs who go into administration.



Scally, who has managed to keep his club out of administration despite reported debts in excess of £10million, wants teams to be automatically relegated as it is a "form of cheating".


His controversial comments come after League One rivals Luton called in the administrators last week and were handed a mandatory 10-point deduction.


This dropped them down the League One table - they are currently second from bottom - but Scally feels the 10-point penalty is not harsh enough.


He told Kent Online: "If you go into administration you should go into the division below.



Automatic


"That should be automatic and shouldn't be an issue of points. You shouldn't be promoted for two seasons after that.


"If you can't run your business in that division then you should go down into the league below, where costs are generally lower."


He added: "In some ways it's a form of cheating. If you go and bring in costs you can't afford, run up debts and bring in players you can't afford, you can get success on the field and get promotion - but you actually can't afford those players in the first place, so should you have had them and should you have got promoted?"

[Chase]

this guy i a complete moron, he has no idea of what hes talking about
When e almost went into administration back when we were in league one it was because of a mortgage company that turned out to be a bit dodgey.

Is he calling his club cheaters??

[DanniBee]

Originally Posted by Chase

this guy i a complete moron,

He is a complete moron and a thoroughly nasty piece of work who can't be trusted according to a Gills supporting mate of mine.