I always wondered about that, I too had the feeling that when you watch the game somehow your team sucks, and when you don't they seem to play better.
It's even more annoying to see that you keep struggling against opponents that their manager aren't around...
on another note, It seems that playing with illegal formation really turns the odds against you. I lost heavily while playing a fairly balanced illegal formation.
so I'm back to testing bad tactics and orders.
this is what I use currently, needless to say that it should be easily exploited:
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