I don't know much (Season 3) but my secondary team uses 4-4-2. The only constant I stick to is that I motivate as a group. If I want red arrows on a midfielder I put red arrows on all - I do this on the basis that I want to maintain the integrity of the lines of 4.

Although many might choose passing type based on distance between your formations I factor in where the opposition are. If they have DMs or AMs I tend to go mixed - if they have no DMs (in particular) I'll go short. If they have AMs I don't play offsides - 4-4-2 might be a good option for MoM marking but I've not tried it yet - I stay Zonal. I also stick to Attacking mentality but this season I intend experimenting more with Defensive and Countering.

No idea if any of this actually works but they lost 3 games (I think) last year....1 in each comp.