The positive reaction would be: Yes, buying the later version of Streltsov 100% as someone who would simply «facilitate» perfectly without taking anything away from Elkjaer's game. Which is plausible enough, but not exactly an obvious thing to sell (takes detailed knowledge of the player).
Well we've (more like harms) done our best to portray Strelstov and his playing style (veering more towards Hidegkuti than a Eusébio/Pele) and how he'd fit into out set-up. Naturally most won't have detailed knowledge of certain players, like the abovementioned Streltsov, but that's the very point of these drafts - trying to learn more about players and the history of the game and what not.
The main argument here seems to be others (or the sum totality of their influence) overshadowing Elkjaer here.
To expand on harms's post.
In some ways I get where they are coming from as the likes of Robson, Deyna and Streltsov were great players themselves and matchwinners in their own right.
However in some ways it does highlight the beauty of Elkjaer that he doesn't need the centre of the stage or the limelight
exclusively to shine. He could shine, whilst others were shining and doing their things too (in some ways you can say them excelling was necessary to him shining and vice versa - very much a mutually beneficial relationship). A drastic example would be Messi shining for Barca but Xavi needing to be at his best for the very machinery to function, same could be said for Elkjaer and his teammates for instance.
Take the Danish Dynamites for instance, Lerby was asserting his dominance in the midfield, making those lung bursting forays forward (against Spain in the Euros 84 or Uruguay in 86 etc) the midfield, making those crunching tackles and being a monumental figure in the midfield who provided all the drive and direction. Without doubt amongst the best B2B midfielders of that era and he outshone Matthaus during their time at Bayern.
Laudrup was a magical player who was labelled the heir to Platini and was nothing short of phenomenal for the Danish, orchestrating attacks, weaving past players for fun and creating chance after chance whilst getting on the scoresheet himself.
Take Morten Olsen for instance, captain of the Danish Dynamites, one of the best if not the best liberos around during the mid eighties and someone who was critical to setting the tune for Denmark from the back.
Jesper Olsen who provided the trickery from the flanks and was one of the more exciting wingers around, Arnesen who provided a great and well-rounded threat from midfield etc.
All fantastic players and Denmark was one of the best sides overall who played exciting football to boot too, yet it was Elkjaer who was the crown jewel of them all, finishing 3rd, 2nd and 4th in the Ballon d'Or, whilst winning the bronze ball in the World Cup ahead of such illustrious teammates, being the best player for Denmark in 1984 and 1986. It's very much testament to his quality that he outshone these players but at the same time didn't get in the way of them shining themselves. Or take Hellas Verona for instance, where Briegel won the German Footballer of the Year, Garella who commanded the best defense in the water-tight Serie A and Galderisi and Briegel who actually managed to outscore Elkjaer in their victorious Serie A campaign, but there is no doubt whatsoever as to who the talisman was in that side and Elkjaer's sheer influence couldn't have been more apparent (like that goal against Scirea's Juventus playing a significant role on their march to the title)
There are times when you have a Maradona/Platini or say Rivera in this draft where they tend to require the centre stage/limelight or at the very least a significant portion of it and at times the 'supporting cast' has to sacrifice some facets of their game for the 'main man' to shine, but that isn't the case here at all imo. Let's not forget the selfless nature of the players accompanying Elkjaer here too. Robson was the engine for United and England but he provided the ideal base for his forwards to shine, never once did he impede on the likes of Whiteside, Beardsley, Hoddle and the likes. In fact they've all only sung praises about his selfness nature and ability to inspire others and allowing them to play their games. Robson was more likely to put a forward through on goal, than score a 30 yard scorcher, more likely to flick one on at the near post than score a header and so on and so forth. Simply put, he wasn't Schtevie G or Lampard even for that matter, where their goalscoring impact and the game revolving around them in the final third was a significant feature of their respective sides. Not the case with Robson at all who was plain and simple a talismanic midfield general. Likewise Deyna, whose creative ingenuity allowed the likes of Szarmach and Lato to lap up the Golden and Silver Boots in the World Cup and gave them (Gadocha too) the perfect foundation to thrive. I don't think we need to go into depth about Streltsov anymore
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Simply put, Robson can be having the game of his life here, scoring a scorcher, playing those fantastic one-twos, bursting forward to get on the end of a cross; Streltsov could be having a great game, having 2 quirky back-heeled assists to his name and being a nuisance for the opposition with his thorny movement off the ball and Deyna could be orchestrating play majestically just the way he does but at the end of the day, you just know Elkjaer would be shining just as much as them if not more, regardless of whether he ends up on the score-sheet or not. In some ways, it highlights the unique nature of Elkjaer's game as a whole.
). Esp since there is literally barely any footage of him available online (harms had to torrent those matches).