For the 50 or so years of the game, a 2-3-5 formation was the preferred mode across the game. It took Herbert Chapman of Arsenal to drop the middle player of that three deeper into the backline – ...

Every year, the Football Manager ‘meta’ evolves, and with Football Manager 25 cancelled, we have another year of the FM24 meta continuing to dominate. Most editions see the usual suspects—4-3-3 and ...