4-2-4 works great! Had a run with it that resulted in all 11 players selected to the team of the week.I'll post a SS when I get home. I haven't tried the 4-2-3-1 yet, but I'll definitely give it a try. (I did change the CF role to a F9 role, which seemed to work well.)
I'm playing a Manchester United save, the year is 2016-17. By the end of the third season I had sold: RVP, Young, Valencia, Hernandez, and Anderson. I bought Shaw, Lamela, Balanta, Thiago, and Pogba (not sure how I landed Pogba, he's brilliant, but Juventus was willing to sell), with Gotoku Sakai as a backup LB/RB (he's been very good). Ferdinand retired with the club, Evra left on a free transfer in summer 2016, Carrick and Vidic will retire at the end of the season--but all have been great tutors for my youngsters. Welbeck and Rooney have been my main strikers, but Gabriel Barbosa was a great young purchase as a backup and has really developed well. Mata/Januzaj as the left inside forward and Kagawa/Lamela as the right winger have been just brilliant, with lots of goals scored and MotM awards.
I'm guessing that United save was one before the January patch came out? With Vidic still at your club as he leaves at the end of the first season on a free. In the summer of 2014 I sold Kagawa to PSG for ?40 million and was my only sale and made a overturn in profits just from that sale. Am selling Buttner for ?7.5 million in January 2015. I have clubs interested in Hernandez, Van Persie, Januzaj, Carrick and Rafael but won't be letting any of them go unless I get a massive offer for each of them.
I would play Balotelli as Poacher personally, Mitrovic would possibly be better as a Target Man. That's all that would really need to change role wise
