I mean it makes sense because you're playing against "Big Teams" and second of course you're going to expect the "Big Teams" to attack as much as they can especially when they're at home. Just try to sign better defenders and improve where you think your team is the weakest atm.
I'm using Pav's 3-4-3 and just qualified for the Champions League in the first season using Bournemouth. This tactic definitely tends to involve your front 3 assisting one another to score goals although the full back sometimes would also provide an assist or two.
Here's my own recent experience using Strikerless V16. I was just using other tactics with AS Roma, Our performances are very inconsistent and we kept drawing some games that we should've been winning. And then came the final day of the season with us needing to beat our closest challenger...