Fifa 14 formation issues

I have been playing fifa 14 for a week now i have been having many difficulties adapting to the game play so far, that being said i played fifa 12 for 2 years and played a lot of online games and was very proficient there.

Yesterday i played many games yesterday and with many formations, The AI difficulty was professional level so the problem i encountered was when i set up a formation like 4-2-3-1 and team was Real madrid i put Alonso and Modric as holding midfielders and player Ronaldo as LAM, Di maria as CAM and Bale as RAM and Benzema as striker, there were so many times i saw Modric coming on the wings and Bale going to central midfield, even when i pause and look at the formation to verify it on the display on the pause screen it happened for so many games.

Then i tried to revert to a 4-2-2-2 with 2 at top and played Ronaldo as the striker and as game progressed it seemed to be still stuck with my previous 4-2-3-1 where ronaldo was hugging the left touch line and dropped way deep to receive the ball than i originally wanted him to play.

I am not sure how to phrase this question? Has anyone experienced this glitch so far in FIFA 14 like i pointed out with the formations and players playing out of their positions?

Secondly is there an all round formation suitable to play with on FIFA -14 i predominantly used 4-2-3-1 on FIFA 12 for all teams and go to a flat 4-4-2 only when i am trailing. Any recommendations?