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Sentinel: 'A form of cheating' - Port Vale boss criticises Bury for buying promotion with money they didn't have


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52 minutes ago, valeparklife said:

A bit insensitive this John.

Already been picked up by the Manchester press.

Could easily have been us and he should be more respectful.

We weren't spending 5k a week on numerous players, I dread to think their monthly pay role, they did cheat and now unfortunately for their supporters they are paying the  ultimate price.

 

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All of this makes Smurfwaite seem like a prudent operator. He didn’t pay Pope loads of crazy money like Bury offered and regularly refused to be held to ransom by players wanting big amounts, Ajay Leich Smith springs to mind. 

My hatred of Smurfwaite was how he treated the club to solely benefit him and his arrogance towards fans.

However he always paid the bills and sold the club for a profit. 

Had he ran up loads of debt, Carol may not have been able to buy the club. It would have been a financially unviable purchase, like Bury was. 

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It is true that they basically cheated to get promotion by paying over the odds and that they took the place of another club more worthy but the truth is the next three clubs who finished below Bury last season were three clubs doing the same by paying over the odds. They were MK Dons, Mansfield and Forest Green. While all this is being allowed without governance, there will never be a level playing field.

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