Strikerless FM17 Tactic - Destruction from the flanks

I've had a hard time utilising strikers in this edition and in this save I was no different. 3 games in to a new season, I'd already lost confidence in my strikers to be effective. So picture this, we're 1-0 down at newly promoted Charlton Athletic and we've had a man sent off. Having never gone strikerless before, I thought I'd try it given we had little else to lose. Off goes my striker for another midfielder (it was a midfielder who had been sent off). My wingers were already set as inside forwards under the old system. We won the game 3-1, with Nkoudou bagging two goals.

I thought this...