Aye I was getting the balls fizzed through my centrebacks constantly before I started using my CDM more. I didn't like the 4231, hated how deep it made my wide players, 433 feels pretty solid if you've got the midfielders for it, my 3 midfielders all very capable of defending/attacking.
I had 88 Pires as my lw for a while, he's surprisingly good, feels quicker than his stats suggest and his finesse shots from the edge of the box are lethal.