Quote Originally Posted by Amane Ito View Post
...I think harsh restrictions on formation was removed to prevent suspended (sent off) players to radically change the game result when a manager is offline - it happened in the past.
This is a valid point. However, if Nordeus considers the procession ratio on illegal formation unfair, they may revise it to say 70:30 or 65:35.

If they have good match engine, ineffective formation like 2 or less defenders, no midfielder etc need not to be punished through illegal formation rule. The flow of the match should naturally punished the effective formation.