sandman How many good creative midfielders do you see in this division? I don't see many and someone has to do the dirty work.
I think the good teams have the right balance of a creative (for me that sometimes means a goalscoring threat not just a luxury passer) and workman-like players. When we've been mis-firing it's been because we've lacked a bit of the former either outwide or in the middle of the park.
Playing in the Championship at the moment there's Llalana, Nolan, Whittingham, Koran, Howson all playing key roles for some of the top teams. You can add the likes of Tomlin and Boyd at Peterborough, or Bullard and Norris at Ipswich, or King (a player I'd love us to sign as he's not always playing) at Leicester.