Is there a red shirt cartel or are we just deluded?

[RadcliffeRick]

I do not think there is a cartel but any changes or new rules that are brought in by the PL either benefit them or have no effect.

 

[The Colonel]

Nothing to see here!!

Yep these guys are pulling the PL and media strings and everyone is dancing to the tune.

 

[Blue Floyd]

Yep these guys are pulling the PL and media strings and everyone is dancing to the tune.

Nearly everyone :D

 

[sir baconface]

One wears white shirts.

I’m nowhere near as paranoid or conspiracy theorist as many on here but do frequently use the word cartel when arguing with the burgeoning band of City haters. They may or may not literally be a cartel but I’m sure they are big negative influencers who sometimes talk together and with other clubs. And those other clubs form a sort of outer circle.

If pushed, I’d say yes.

 

[Vienna_70]

Nothing to see here!!

Except that the equaliser is British.

 

[Vienna_70]

One wears white shirts.

I’m nowhere near as paranoid or conspiracy theorist as many on here but do frequently use the word cartel when arguing with the burgeoning band of City haters. They may or may not literally be a cartel but I’m sure they are big negative influencers who sometimes talk together and with other clubs. And those other clubs form a sort of outer circle.

If pushed, I’d say yes.

And they banded together to write a letter concerning Manchester City.

 

[cheekybids]

Except that the equaliser is British.

Yes but Greek South African Ivan Gazidis is supposed to be a City fan, he’s no longer with the red cartel so I wonder if he’s spoken.

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

Fuck me that JW Henry is one scrawny ugly dubious slimy looking fucker

 

[MCFCTrick]

Yank cartel is more insidious than the deluded red shirt cartel.

Yup, by naming it the Red Shirt Cartel, it is set up for cries of paranoia by some.
Yank Cartel, well that is more accurate and absolutely does exist.

 

[Whether or not]

There is 100% a USA centric cartel, or conspiracy of self interest. And Martin Samuel aside, they have bought off or intimidated the entire UK media.
Although it is and will be a temporary and transient cartel. At present the cartel members are all together in wanting/needing to derail City. They can see how well run we are compared to them, how successful we are on the pitch, and they hate it. They know that by working together with the media, and bullying a weak and incompetent PL, they can undermine us. The funny thing is that if they ever succeeded in getting us relegated for example, they would all turn on each other within 6 months, as each would see themselves as the rightful dominant force in the game. Historical entitlement.
It is a dog eat dog environment and if you can’t win fair and square, just band together and change the rules.