Yeah I'm not entirely sure on that point either. 2 CMs seems to work in FM11, with one being a Ball Winning midfielder on Defend, and the other being a Box-to-Box or something a little more creative. Just gonna have to give it a go..
Incidentally, as Balotelli can also play as a winger why not try a Chelsea style 4-3-3? Have Balotelli as an inside forward.
Alternatively, a 4-2-4 (with wingers) would allow you to play with Dzeko and Torres up front, then Balotelli as an inside forward (opposite wing to his natural foot to...
Changing Joe Cole's position to AMC is the key here -- Liverpool don't have a natural player in this position (although Gerrard and Cole do a decent job), so by introducing one you've given them a massive outlet.
I disagree that he's a natural AMC - sure that's where he played when he was...
Liverpool are perfect for this tactic -- Meireles is superb as the ball winning MC, and Gerrard as the other MC (the box-to-box). Ideally you need to replace the AMC, Joe Cole is a weak link.
Konchesky is obviously not good enough either. And I agree, Poulsen is an excellent DMC, although he...
I started using this tactic last night, aside from losing my first game 4-1 away to Milan (I'm playing with Roma), my team is beginning to become accustomed to it.
Main things I'm noticing are - as pointed out already - the games are fairly low scoring, and over the last 5 games I've only...