Inverting the Pyramid has been part of that movement. It didn’t, as some have suggested, cause it; rather it caught a wave that was rising anyway and perhaps helped provide a historical context for those with an interest in analysing what they were watching. English football can still feel luddite at times but its consumption is growing in sophistication every day. In fact, it may be that in some the interest in tactics has gone too far and become an obsession.
