What do you guys think of this whole concept...?I have been keeping an eye on it for a while and I think it will be very a interesting 'experiment'.The founder was on off the ball last night and these lads put a lot of time and effort into this project. From The BBC
It certainly is a unique concept - have been keeping an eye to it myself. Its a bit mad to claim that you are part owner of a club, especially if they get into the football league at some stage. I seem to remember reading somewhere that the club can be bought out for a fixed price at any stage - has anyone else heard about this? What would that mean for the 20,000 who have alread paid up, is that the end of the project for them or do they get any say in the sale of the club?
Great story ... sadly, I think it will be quite a while before IrishKop.com is big enough to buy out the Yanks at our club
I think its a bit of a joke myself. Picking a team and tactics by having an online poll is a bit daft. They dont need a manager anymore just someone to sit in front of a laptop on the bench.
This was put to the owner on NewsTalk the other night,as far as he was concerned the manager will be an integral part of the system.The manager will put up his training reports for the members to see,he will suggest transfer targets and once a game kicks of he is in total control.
Could you imagine if we had to pick a team via contribution to Irishkop...jaysus I'd say we'd get a team on the park once every ten years or so
ROFL Simple solution - we put all the players on a vote, deadline for votes is 2 days before each game ... top 11 play, with close runners up as subs etc Now can we buy out the Yanks ?
myfootball club Was on their website tonight they have over 50000 pepole signed up wondering if it would work over here if fans went to buy an eircom league club. It would gaurentee income every year and may be boost up the league what do you think should we try it
couldnt see it working here sure people wont go to eircom league games anyway so i doubt they'd invest
how is the whole commercial aspect going to work on it???do the internet people vote on sponsorship deals etc etc
Well thats the essential idea isn't it. You know its so crazy it just might work. I signed up for it months back but when it was time to pay the dosh I didn't but might yet now its moving. Its tapping into the whole championship manager, fantasy football, score prediction leagues, console footie games culture allied with heavy internet use for football related topics. There's a whole footie addicted internet community out there (and we're part of it by the way !). Yesterday after England were defeated I don't know how many screens in work had football365 on them. Its thinking out of the box, innovative and on the kinda scale that could actually make a difference to a club at that level. If they got into league football you'd have rare momentum and even national interest behind them. At least a spark to increase attendances. Only thing is their board seems a bit dodge going by what the fan wrote but if they communicated with fans directly they could be embraced rather than viewed suspicously. Well its definitely interesting. I could seriously see myself getting more enjoyment at essentially playing fantasy footie for real for 35 pounds a year than on a website or game console. I could imagine looking out for the result on a Saturday just the way fellas are looking for scorers and cleansheets in matches because of FF points (it was always for betting slips before !) Interesting times....... P.S. Maybe the real socialist "fan ownership" model was already implemented with the Wimbledon offshoot that time
We could have a 6 aside team in one of the many Dublin astro leagues mind you, good advertising as well.