I don't have a fucking clue what we should do at DM. And the Stoke match didn't help much, since they never even tried getting anything going in the positions our DM would normally occupy.
If Can is there, we gain a lot of comfort in possession and physicality, but he is so cumbersome off the ball and easy to run past. In that case, we need Milner or Henderson to stay very deep, and CBs to push up and sweep up behind him, which I don't think either Skrtel or Lovren are very comfortable with.
Allen is much more mobile, but a physical pushover.
Lucas is injured all the time, and seemingly well out of favour for whatever reason
A base of Milner and Henderson I think neutralises both of their attacking instincts too much, or at least one of them depending which one is tasked with sitting back.