I'm so confused, I couldn't get the tactic to work like this at all with Man Utd.
Did you do anything special with your team talks?
Pre-match team talk left to assistant (at United he is good).
Then for any player who does not react positively I
always use 'Calm' - I have faith in you to make a difference.
Half-time:
Losing, or Drawing against weak team - Aggressive, I expect better or you are embarrassing yourselves
Winning narrowly (weak opposition) - Calm, I am not happy
Winning narrowly (strong team) - Calm, I am happy
Winning, by 2+ goals - Calm, I am happy (later in season against strong team I tell them to avoid being complacent.
What starting line-up are you using?]
I only started with this tactic in season 2 so made a lot of transfers (page 32).
With no transfers I would use:
GK: De Gea
RB: Darmian/Valencia
RCB: Smalling/Jones
LCB: Bailly/Rojo
LB: Shaw/Buy another backup, Willems is perfect
RCM: Herrera or Mikky T
CM: Blind/Schneiderlin/Schweinsteiger
LCM: Pogba/Fosu-Mensah
STR: Depay/Rashford
STCL: Ibra/Rooney
STL: Martial/ maybe Mikky T
Sell or loan Fellaini
Not certain where to use Mata, try at STR or CM as box-to-box if you do not want to sell him.