This proves how defensively lazy he is. He has the same amout of tackles as an AM. That's horrible in my humble opinion. Even DLP's will have better tackles than that and mikel doesn't offer any thing foward for that matter. David luiz is already even better than mikel in the pivot. He stamps his prescence into teams when he is there just like how ballack used to do but mikel always seems to just pass through the game. We are not saying mikel should go to the strikers position and score, but we are asking for more determination to collect and intercept balls from opponents, we are asking for more heart in his tackles. Mikel is rated 6.82/10 in the pivot http://www.whoscored.com/Players/15464 While david luiz is rated 7.93/10 in the same pivot http://www.whoscored.com/Players/27586 I would have loved luiz in there till the end of the season if he wasn't our best center back too. Mikel doesn't tackle, he doesn't have speed, he doesn't offer half of luiz and ramires energy, he only offers accurate passes to ivanovic and azpi. People are giving excuses that they love a calm DM that doesn't enter too much tackles and they still say that makalele was our best DM? That is just :sy: