[socralynnek]

I agree with respect especially to OCD. A CD already contributes almost as much to midfield than an OCD (I think it was 25% of PM for CD, 40% of OCD, but an OCD loses a lot of his def skill)

But: Let's play with numbers.

Let's assume, the penalty for each player with 2 IM is 10%, with 3 IM it's 20% (don't know whether that might be, but considering the low ratings I have seen yesterday, it might be possible)

Let's assume: OCD: 40% midfield
WTM: 65 % midfield (totally unsure about that)
defFor: 50% (no one knows the new values)

If you have 3 midfielders with strength 10:

You'd get as weighted sum for midfield strength:

1 IM: 10
2 IM: 18
3 IM: 24
2 IM + 1 WTM: 24.5
2 IM + 1 OCD: 22
2 IM + 1 defFor: 23

Therefore I still consider the defFor to be an option, as if that player has at least some passing and some scoring, the stronger attack might offset the lower midfield.

But that's just numbers, the real numbers might differ, but still I think that if your defenders have some midfield than your relative boost for midfield is bigger than before, which makes lineups with 2 IM stronger compared to before (if 3-5-2 is still king is another question)