If there’s one thing that has permeated football debates since the birth of the sport, it’s the validity and effectiveness of one formation over another. With no ‘perfect’ answer, history has witnessed an ebbing and flowing between one formation and the next as coaches try to overcome and reinvent the prevailing trends of the moment. This unyielding race towards new knowledge and innovation is one of the primary reasons behind the constant evolution of the sport. Without a doubt, a coach that can implement a formation strategy that their peers are unfamiliar with has an enormous advantage going into a