To be honest, I do exactly what you say. I'm not a noob that bangs it over the top all the time but I will do it to win a match.
I think pace is the way forward I have beaten really big teams with average players e.g. a strike force of Doumbia and Vagner Love, will absolutely cream a defence of Puyol, Carvalho..etc
I did beat this guy before all of his team were in-form bar I think Ronaldo and Torres, he wasn't best pleased. I got some hate mail at the end