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The dream of a real life Championship Manager in which fans get the chance to pick an actual team has run into trouble. Ebbsfleet United supremo Liam Daish has pleaded with MyFootballClub not to meddle with his team until the end of the season. He reckons they may have a chance of reaching the Conference play offs or the FA Trophy final. This is not quite what subscribers expected when they forked out their £35. As things stand the 29,000 members can only use the on-line 'dummy selector' that has no influence on the final 11. No date has been set for the full team selection service to go live. One of the main reasons for the delay is a lack of participation in the dummy selector with less than two per cent of all members using it to pick the side on a weekly basis.
Members are being polled this week on how much say they would like in team selections. The four substantive options range from the virtual fans picking the team to not being interested in picking the team. The two intermediate options give the manager some flexibility to make changes to the members' selection and the manager considering, but not necessarily following, their choices. It seems some of those behind the scheme favour the latter advisory option. The men behind MyFC are reluctant to force a team selection on Daish that has been chosen by a small minority. A spokesman for the trust board said, 'It is the opinion of the board that the level of interest in picking the team is not sufficient. Three to four people isn't a crowd and if the proper research hasn't been done, it isn't wise either.' So is this another bright idea that isn't going to work out in practice as planned, suggesting that the more traditional way of doing things has some merit?
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