For a 4-4-2 Counter attacking set up I do:

Defensive, Down Both Flanks, Whole Pitch Press, Hard Tackling, Mixed Passing, Zonal, Force Counter, no Offside trap. With ML & MR motivated forward.

But this set up is also because there are 4 sides with > 5Q advantage so that's a factor in my choice too. But I'm still testing this so can't say its ideal yet: 10 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss (lost last night when I watched a game and fiddled ). Currently 4th, 2pts off top, 1 off 2nd, gd behind 3rd.

So you can probably discount this - just offering it to get stage 2 discussion going.