Is narrow diamond effective against 4-4-2?

[shwanko07]

narrow diamond yields mixed results against 4-4-2. If you have better players, go 3-5-2 or 3-4-1(amc)-2, hard attacking, play through the middle. 4-4-2 lends to breezy counter attacking football down the flanks, wide midfielders stop counters at source and having a man over through the middle hits 4-4-2's soft spot going forward. I tend to hammer anyone who uses 4-4-2, even teams with slightly higher rating.

what do you use then facing as good teams or slightly better?

[Rob8]

if the opponent is far too good, say you're 40 something and he's 50 something, go for 3 centre-halves, 2 wing backs, 2 central midfielders, a central attacking midfielder and 2 strikers. normal/defensive mentality(i never go defensive, mind you), through the middle, mark zonally because he'll beat your defenders in one-on-one situations. you could also overlap through the middle with your central centre-half and have a man over in attacks.