To be honest I guess it makes sense cause for many of us the strikers are useless and you pointed very good there when you said: "knowing there isn't as much penalty for illegal formation" but then you wonder, how cool this actually and is not, especially for the opponent.

Thanks to "no more illegal formation" now we can see on daily basis, teams with no defenders at all who win important games or steal vital points.

BRING BACK ILLEGAL FORMATION PENALTY? YES!