I spent hours last night tinkering with a game (Liverpool v City) on Superstar to try and get the game to play realistically and not the usual counter attack scripted nonsense. I think I've found a tactic that combats the teams that play an aggressive dribbling game, and makes the CPU play some football (which is virtually every team on Superstar).
Now the tactics screen looks a mess, that's because the more I play the game the more I think tactics and formations are broken. Some of the stuff I was seeing on further analysis had me staggered to be frank with any 'normal' style formation.
So, what I believe a formation like this does is ultimately limit the CPU cheating moments, and forces the CPU to play back and sideways, hounds out the dribblers, whilst also having the advantage of making the CPU come onto you, but with numbers so that you too can counter effectively.
Here it is -
https://picasaweb.google.com/109638483749131668724/PESTactics#5728923970042291810
and the slider settings
https://picasaweb.google.com/109638483749131668724/PESTactics#5728923970606174978
Now like I say, it looks a complete mess on the sliders, but as of yet it's the only way of combatting the AI super dribble and ultra direct play.
I'll be testing more today, but during testing the normal CB's were just getting ripped to shreds by silly runs and scripting, so I've bolstered that area with 4 CBS all touching distance, this makes them defend better as unit somehow. My two wingers are also dropping back defensively to cut out further passing lanes, and the entire midfield is congregated. But it plays very well both going forward and back, which is why I think that the tactics/sliders aren't doing what they are supposed to do in 'normal' formations.