I think people are misunderstanding how St Pauli's three at the back lined up, They as a CDM who dropped into the back three in certain phases of play rather than three central defenders
Also shouldn’t underestimate the utility to the team being able to play on both wings, that’s always going to be useful and not really something the other options in the team provide.
Headed here after watching the video to discuss those two midfield roles.
The box crashing aspect def feels like could work for Julio and Facundo, though prob only of those two at a time,
Tempted to reinstall football managers latest version and have a play