I GIVE UP!!!!!!!
after getting to division 3 win, lose or draw the games are horrible and very repetitive.
Every one is just playing stupid ping pong football when they are in division 3 or 2 . not faced one player in these 2 divisions that actually wants to play football and try different things , i'm feeling lke i need to play like a robot to get constant good results, just constantly defence to midfield - through ball.
Absolute joke the speed of the games are getting like a basketball match
Gotta say im starting to agree with this, today I played some guy he scored a lucky goal in first 5 mins playing the ubiqitous 4.3.3 and then I literally battered him for the rest of the game, gamed ended 1-1 despite me having 12 shots on target to his 2 which was a bummer but the real killer was the way he played, I was already overpowering his midfield anyway which seemed to exist solely to hoof the ball up the pitch and at half time rather than adopt a more senesible tactic he made it worse he had no central midfielders at all, it ended up something like this
CB - CB - CB - CB
SMF-------------
------------SMF
AMF-------------
RWF -- CF -- LWF
Literally in that shape, it meant all he did was get the ball and hoof it diagonally up the pitch instantly it ruined an otherwise enjoyable experience.
I had a fairly good game the last I played, sure he had an attacking formation with Benzema and mayukins up front, but he didn't pump the ball forward every time usually tried building it up.
It sucks because you have to play a bit cheesy just to beat these guys. I started MLO with a 4-1-2-2-1 formation that I used in football manager, I didn't realize two wingers was so freaking popular, I almost want to make a whole new possession tactic just to kill the "ping pong" play. Frustrate the hell out of the other guy!
Right now I'm playing with 4 cbs to fight the counter, clogs up the middle through ball, and dont have to worry about sidebacks wondering around in midfield when not in possession.
I found a great counter to the usual crap playing with (as you say) 4 x CBs and 2 x DMFs problem is it also limits your own effectiveness going forward and most results end up 0-0
The real shame is that Konami have the foundations of a fantastic game mode with MLO, I can see it being fantastic in 2 or 3 versions time, but right now its little more than an interesting aside for when I get bored playing the AI in ML.