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Holy thread res.
I have a side that counter-attacks every match regardless of opposition (mainly because I want to be able to recognise when my main team is on the receiving end to avoid the corner count turbo boost). Force Counter attacks does not break an attacking formation and so it can still work, but an attacking formation will not get as much advantage from it as defensive.....fewer triggered events imo. For me the power of Force Counters come from maximising the one-on-ones when breaking fast. So I use defensive to do that, just my preference. That's why when its working well you see higher corner counts and/or a better ration of shots on target to shots for the c-a team. Wins are not guaranteed. 
My real advice tho is don't dismiss Whole Pitch Pressing as part of a c-a strategy. Its not Force Whole Pitch. If you take the view that T11 has Pressing always on and that you only get to limit it to Own Half or No limit then for me it can make sense. Your players won't ignore every other settings just to rush all over the pitch chasing the ball.
After 3 seasons of always using defensive c-a I've tried Own Half and Whole Pitch and found no difference between results except when playing higher level opponents - then Whole Pitch performs better on average than Own.
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