I've also been having some difficulty with 4-5-1V against the Narrow Diamond this season, and it must be trendy because almost everyone is playing ND in my league/CL/Cup draws.

The last three games I've tried something different: 3N-DMC-3N-2W-1, man marking. My X in the back is sitting on his X of attackers. I arrow forward my central MC and the two AMCs, but stay neutral on attack/defend mentality.

Against roughly equal teams, I've pulled two away scoreless draws and an away 2-1 win. Hooray for dull football! Small sample size, certainly, but I'm going to keep it up and hope for the best.