I tried something myself with one of the team (one that does not do so well, so I can try something).

I started with total football: 4-DMC(right-up)-MC(left-up)-MR(up)-AML(up)-AMC(up)-ST and the orders described in the total football thread.
But this did not work well, my AMC saw red and he scored after as standard situation. I joined the match and sacrificed the RB for a new AMC. The orders were not well chosen, because he was still pressuring my defense. But I waited until halftime to not confuse the match engine too much. I moved the AML/ML backwards from AML to ML and switched from attacking short passing to mixed passing which suits counter attacks better. This had a positive effect and the team turned the match around to a 3-1 win.

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So, this was a win, but against a weaker team with us being one man down. So consequences? 3N-1-4-1-1 could be a suitable 11 players formation. Has anyone made experiences with it?