You cannot use one particular formation to counter all the attacks. You need to be flexible in changing the formation to counter particular attack.

For ex 41212 ND can be countered by 451 v or 352v

Also study the table of counter formation for future use.

http://forum.topeleven.com/formation...ation-use.html

Also, when playing with attacking mentality, pressing whole pitch always go with hard tackling because with normal tackling while pressing whole pitch the opposition have more chances to win the ball and counterattack . This work good for me.

Best of luck!