Lucas on blob is arguably one of the best readers of the game I've seen in terms of dictating play and breaking up an opponents attack ,he instinctively knows
where the ball will drop and how to quell the oppositions counter attacks ,he sits deep and does all the unnoticed s
hit like tackling and chasing 50/50's that fans like you don't see ,and he is idolised on the Kop for precisely those specific parts of his game , and yet he's regularly castigated by the 'cataract club' for this supposed myriad of mistimed tackles that have seen him pick up 40 yellows and two reds in 245 appearances ,you would think if you paid any heed to the perplexed that he made one rash tackle that afforded him censure every game .
In summary ,we need a specialised DM ,and if Lucas is allowed to leave those standards you mentioned will have reached a new nadir unless the club have a replacement lined up. Lucas throws himself into more tackles than our entire back four ,maybe that's why he picks up yellows because no other player shorn of f
ucking Skrtel fancies it.