Bruce Drundrige

Going back to the original quote, I'm about to win League 2 with Morecambe playing three at the back with a Regista and a DM(S) directly in front: PF(A) TF(S) AMC(A) WB(S) REG(S) DM(S) WB (A) CD(D) CD(D) CD(D) SK (D) I have a couple of giants up front and the setup is designed to play to their strengths, but the pivot both supports and protects quite nicely with the Regista often hitting balls over the top for the AMC to run on to. I often change him tp to a DLP(S) if I want a bit more solidity (or the DMC moves to D).

If the OP is looking for a club that is supporter owned with no rich person input then Exeter City are the perfect example as they are majority owned by their supporters trust. They won promotion to League One last season, are debt free, and 6 of their starting line-up in their first home game of the season were from the club academy (and a seventh, also the club captain, was on the bench). Community involvement and supporter ownership are central to their model, as is developing young players to not only play in the first team but bring in transfer fees (Matt Grimes, Ethan Ampadu, Ollie Watkins to name just three). Slightly different model, but Heart of Midlothian are basically funded by their supporters through their contribution model. Greenock Morton FC in the Scottish Championship are also now majority owned by their supporter trust/fund if you're looking for a proper challenge.

What the heck am I supposed to do with 30+ scouts

This might be too late based on your later update, but I generally always play this formation and had pretty good success on FM21 with a fairly simple version, so here's a couple of things that might help: You're playing a Target Man/Forward but have shorter passing and Play Out of Defence active, plus you want your keeper to distribute to your defenders. If you're looking to take advantage of his height, heading, jumping and his pace/OTB stats then I'd suggest you probably need to be going a bit more direct so the service he gets takes advantage of that in a more deliberate manner For example: more direct passing, get your GK to distribute to him, and look at how you cross the ball. Should it be floated crosses so he can rise above the defence? Maybe hit early crosses to prioritise getting the ball into him? Then, if he's winning in the air he needs bodies around him to capitalise as is mentioned earlier. CM(A) and an IF who can benefit from his knockdowns and flick-ons. OR if you prefer the shorter passing style, perhaps he needs to be a DLF or PF so he's involved more and there's less contradiction in his role v the TIs?