For me, personally, it's more of a draft tactical type of thing: I really do believe he's a plausible fit for the role you have him playing here - he has what it takes to do that, it's not a matter of forcing him into an unnatural role, not at all.
But this draft is GOAT heavy - and I suspect he simply won't cut it when people start comparing him to historically great line leaders. You have to sell the idea that he's mainly a facilitator for Pelé (and Best) to an even greater extent next time - and, well, you know the game.
I think it's an excellent use of him in this match, though - to make that clear - given the circumstances.
Understood, absolutely. I used your post to address the more general criticisms of Dalglish but your point is well-taken. It's been a great draft, but the downside of anything so GOAT-centric is that anything outside the norm is that much harder to pull off. Ideally, I'd have nabbed one of those rare CFs with a comparable back-to-goal game who was also a more natural threat off-the-shoulder, and I'll be looking for that in the reinforcements for sure.
On the topic of draft tactics, when I picked Dalglish I did have one eye on insurance against a Pele injury - not ideal of course, but a fairly good like-for-like replacement in the context of having a GOAT removed from your team.
And segueing into the other general criticism of my team (not on your part Chester, just in general) which is the lack of a dedicated DM, Firstly, I thought similarly to Harms:
What a lovely 4-4-2 that would give any team in the world a run for their money. Pat's team has no weaknesses though (that CB pairing is exactly what you want against such fluid and aggressive front 2) and with the likes of Pelé and Best I know which side is more likely to produce a piece of magic to win it. Robson & Neeskens is also a crazy pairing that won't let anyone dominate the midfield, even though Xavi is the best midfielder on the pitch and generally Sjor has a bit of advantage in that area.
and secondly there was an element of injury-proofing myself as if either Robbo or Neeskens gets injured there's a like-for-like replacement of comparable quality there.
More generally, I suppose I dislike the whole 'specialist DM' phenomenon, as I grew up watching proper two-way B2B types, which is compounded by watching some of the rare few who tick that 'final-worthy DM' archetype in drafts actually playing quite differently in reality. Sjor's point that we'll not see the absolute best from Robson and/or Neeskens is perfectly fair though, as the team isn't set up around them.
I wouldn't go as far as Giles here, but it's interesting viewing on this topic: