4231 or 442 high balanced. If you use rm/lm on wide midfielder they defend the whole game and it’s hard to break down until the game decides your CB or full backs need to open up 10 yard passing lanes for now reason.
as for the dribbling, it’s mostly the turning that needs a buffing. It is just not possible in a soccer sim that players can be aloud to turn so quickly or in such tight spaces without repercussions. Every year until now, you could anticipate, play a tackle, or body a guy trying to do a 180, now, especially if they’re a woman player, they just turn and go.