With more and more teams working to involve all 11 players on the pitch in their build-up play, the role of the Poacher has diminished somewhat in recent years.

As their Football Manager role description says, the focus of the Poacher is “on scoring goals is so extreme that they rarely offer much help in constructing moves”. They’re there to put the ball in the back of the net and not much else.

However, being a good Poacher requires a very specific skillset and here, on The Byline, Ihor Crusadertsar explores several ways that you can use them to great effect in FM23.