At what point do you sacrifice quality for a counterformation

Hi,

Been pondering on this question for a while now. The reason is that every time I change my formation to the suggested counterformation my team seriously underperforms. I think the problem for me is that as a new player you dont know all the orders for each formation, or all the ins and out for that formation. My guess is that it's just these details that can win or loose a match and therefore using the rudimentary countertable can be dangerous.

I'm now gonna go back o my standardformation, based on my own qualities and attributes rather then my opponents weakness and see from there what'll happen inmatch. Even more so bacause I'm usually the stronger one by at least a few skillpoints. My standardformation is a 3n-1-4-2, incredibly versatile, that is easy to modify during the match if needed.

For the experts in here the question's still there. When and how much quality or you willing to sacrifice to field a counterformation?

I am also thinking on that point!
Changing formation in every single match can damage the team-shape.
Now, I have decided to keep only 3 (may b 4) formations.
So, please share your result and I will do too.
Good Luck!

I rarely look for counterformations.

I prefer to look at my own team's strength and play 2 to 3 formations, depending.

I favour twin strikers so my formation revolves is built around my twins. Usually I tweak a little, normally only taking into consideration whether the opponent plays an AMC or none. The rest are arrow plays and mentality orders.

My basic formation is the 3-5-2 motivated and I play around with variations. A lot of times lately i've gone 3-1-4-2 which is a variation of a 3-5-2. That's probably because I've encountered a lot of AMCs.

I can pull my DMC to a DC if the opponents AMC is having a quiet game and go 4-4-2 (I play with a DL/DC & DR/DC, so easy to switch). SOmetimes revert to 3-5-2- flat or motivated. I don't play AMCs so I dont quite use 3-4-1-2.

Probably you can say I counter threats instead of formations.

Most of my teams (excluding BvB) are limited to just a few possible formations, and I generally have a full number of players, but only a few dual roles. So that means I usually have a favored offensive formation, and a favored defensive formation, with each having possible minor alterations. BvB I do try counters, sometimes, but I think teams do seem to perform best at what they play the most. :D

Not that Go Leo doesnt try counters once in a while but the boys tend to perform best when I just make small tweaks.