I’ve been reading Inverting the Pyramid, by Jonathan Wilson, which is weuodrfnl. It describes the formations that have come and gone since the beginning of football. There is a large section on Brazil , and in it I think I may have found something of interest. Your write up on Dunga’s system (which was fantastic) bears a number of similarities to some of the Brazilian teams in the middle of the twentieth century. Most noticeable was Dunga’s mystifying 4-4-2/4-2-3-1/4-3-1-2 which looks almost exactly like Brazil’s formation in the 1962 World Cup: four defenders with license to attack, Gilberto Silva as Zito, Felipe Melo as Didi, Ramires as Zagallo, Kaka as Amarildo, Robinho as Garrincha in the lone winger role, and Vava up front as a traditional number nine. It’s impossible to know without asking the man himself, but did Dunga draw up this formation, or did he find it while reading fifty-year-old World Cup plans? I’d love to see your take on it.