Take off your arrows when using the 4-4-2. It's a neutral formation and relies heavily on good positioning.

Since his central midfields are in DMC/MC I suggest either a 4-4-1-1 or a 4-1-2W-2N-1 (using your MC with dribbling in AMC).

4-4-1-1 like so:
DL---DC--DC---DR
------------------
ML--MC--MC--MR (MC red forward arrows)
-------AMC-------
--------ST-------

4-1-2W-2N-1:
DL---DC--DC---DR
-------DMC-------
ML-------------MR
---AMC----AMC---
--------ST--------