Roma_Wolves
03 Jun 2005, 01:35 PM
Awesome idea, bringing footy management games to life. Guess we'll see how it goes. They won their last match, so who knows.
A FRENCH amateur club is the world's first football team to be picked and coached by fans over the internet.
The Web Football Club from Normandy in Northern France plies its trade in the second division Caen league with a squad made up of locals.
But players have no Fergie-like figure deciding their fate, instead at the helm are the "entrainautes" - a play on the French words for Web surfer and coach.
In the build-up to each match their online votes decide everything, from the starting line-up to game tactics.
The more you vote, the more influence you are allowed over the team....
Complete Article:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2002390000-2005181095,00.html
Club site:
http://www.webfootballclub.com
A FRENCH amateur club is the world's first football team to be picked and coached by fans over the internet.
The Web Football Club from Normandy in Northern France plies its trade in the second division Caen league with a squad made up of locals.
But players have no Fergie-like figure deciding their fate, instead at the helm are the "entrainautes" - a play on the French words for Web surfer and coach.
In the build-up to each match their online votes decide everything, from the starting line-up to game tactics.
The more you vote, the more influence you are allowed over the team....
Complete Article:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2002390000-2005181095,00.html
Club site:
http://www.webfootballclub.com