Badly titled article. I'm pretty sure he's suggesting we need a "non-creative" midfielder, not a creative one. He mentioned that we have four creative players and that we need balance... if the Guardian thinks that means another creative player, uh... xD Also, Mata isn't much of a creative midfielder any more than the other guys.

I think we do have good creative players, just a bad formation and perhaps selection, and certainly the players haven't gelled perfectly on the pitch as of yet.

Also, Mata was played recently and he didn't create much, but others created for him. He spurned three clear cut chances. Skied them, missed them, fluffed them, whatever. I hope he comes good but I don't feel he compliments the other players in our team.

We need a Vidal kind of player if we're looking for a midfielder. Blind has been fantastic and Herrera has been good too, but I still feel we're missing that real star-quality box to box player (or at least a formation that works for our midfield options).