Using wingers

I've tried a lot of formations in the game, some successfully (4-1-2-1-2, 4-3-3, 4-1-2-3) but only with a packed central midfield.

I just can't get the hang of the most basic formation: 4-4-2.

How do I get the best out of wingers?

I don't use wingers anymore but when I did only my left wingers seemed to perform well? I would normally put them in the attacking mid left position set to -winger attack. Managed 16 assists and 4 goals in 1 season which is not to bad.

However now I use a 4-1-3-2 narrow with no wingers and am doing alot better with this formation.

I tend to have my team set up as follows

----X----

x--x-x--x

--x---x--

x-------x

---x-x---

Playing the wingers more advanced then my central midfield. The game calls this 4-2-4 but to my mind it's 4-4-2 attacking. Getting some good results with it at Villa with Modric and Milner chipping in a fair few goals. They're just set to winger attack instructions.

same formation as gunner86 - works well for me.

I just played normal 4-4-2, normal width, tempo etc, Michel Bastos scored 3 in 4 games as Porto