This guide was originally published on Cleon's blog, spread out in a series of articles under the name THE SCHOOL OF THE DEFENSIVE ARTS and was written for the Football Manager 2014 match engine.
That blog is no longer online, but I have secured Cleon's kind permission to revive his invaluable tactical guides here on FM Scout.
For this particular guide, I have collated all articles of that series into one comprehensive piece that counts over 6500 words and did some necessary editing to ensure that the guide remains relevant to this day. Hopefully I managed that.
Have fun reading!
Stam
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