If you glanced at that text and said to your self "bleh, TL;DR", you're a ****** ***** **** FOOL.
This was really well articulated and thought out. Even though wasn't mind*ing for people who have been thinking about formations on their own, all those "Help with my lineup" posts should end with this post (if people bothered to read it...)
Kudos to you, this was a good read.