For many years we've become accustomed to seeing pictures like this, a team in possession of the ball pinning the opponent back in their half with 5 players positioned horizontally in front of the line of defence. The players are spaced rationally in geometrically equal distances from each other and occupy the same zones in the structure. Football tactics became homogenous, globalised and boring. We could be entering an age where it is no longer necessary for an 'optimal' attacking structure, some might argue that it was never necessary. As the lines between defence and midfield get smaller and smaller, players need to find solutions in the toughest tactical landscape the game has ever been in, whether we see a radical shift in the way teams organise themselves in the attacking phase is yet to be seen. In this article I'm going to discuss how tactical content and data has influenced our way of seeing football and if the next tactical shift in Europe is a mutation of ...