So it's still working?
I've tried this tactic for an half of season with great results.
Once i've turned to it i was able to keep my sheet clean for many matches (in my opinion the base in FM if you want to gain EL or UCL is to concede fews goals) and my forwarders (both IF and CF) were scoring a lot.
Than during the second season it did not performed as well and i believed it was due the new patch.