Counter defensive tactic

[pcmacdaniel]

Hi,
In this season I have some difficulties about weaker opponents who play defensively.

In other seasons I used short passes, attacking mentality and no counter attack, but now I have some problems, I have lost and tied against opponents much weaker than me (15/20%).

Which tactic and order do you use against defensive (hard or normal)

I have gotten results with the following tactic against defensive teams.

defensive/flanks/short/off/low/normal/m2m/on

Pulled off a 2-2 and 5-2 against a World Top 100 today with it. Opponent started defense/long pass/counters on/low press.

I changed to defense/flanks/mixed/off/high/normal/m2m/off in 2nd leg. First leg I changed to high press defense + counters and let in the equalizer on the opponents counter-attack.

I understand those tactics look very strange but they have delivered in the past for me against some very good teams.