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If I told you my team play 5-2-3 but always have 3.5 players ‘at the back’, 3 central midfielders (whilst maintaining lots of width both the side of the pitch the ball is and the opposite) and 2 up front then I’m being purposely difficult but it’s also all true. The players however think of it...

Yes but it’s not as simple as a string of numbers. They will learn 2 or 3 ‘formations’ (by which you mean approximate base positions on the field which shift up and down, wider and narrower as the ball moves around the pitch and between possession, transition and defensive phases) in training...