i highly doubt that ... if he put 1 ST and i played with LB & RB no CB, you think they will cover .. no way
if what you say above correct, there will be no effect of counter formation .. and we are wasting our time talking about how to counter X formation
my theory based on 3 years playing the game is it count chances development by counting how many players surrounding the opposite players, the less you are surrounded, the more you can create a chance, this is why you need to make sure you players are located where less opposite players around them and making sure that every opposite attacking players have as much as ur players around him, preferably in same location, if not still ok.