Tactician,

There are different ways you can attack and defend so this may be something you've not considered which could have given you poor results. For example, instead of changing your commands from Defense to Attack or full Attack, you can simply move a DMC into a MC position or a AMC up into Striker. I think everyone automatically assumes the AM is implying you need need to change your commands when that might not always be the case.

With that said, i also think the AM still needs a lot of fine tuning.

I hope this recommendation helps.