Originally Posted by
Dorin Marinescu
There are many other things u should keep an eye to: condition of your players (they are tired -> play less good), morale (keep all with highest morale), indications (aka red/blue arrows), counter attacking or not, attacking on wings, center or mixed, hard tackling or normal or easy, financial motivation of your players, no. of spectators which increases your possession bonus etc.
This game is more than just formations, isn't like rock, paper, scissors.
To achieve high performances and win titles you need to take care of every aspect of the game. Don't blame the ppl that tells u X formation counter Y formation, cause in their case it did.