Try not to panic coochiee, Payne will be streets ahead of how Elliot and Tuiloma played in the last window
But will he be? He's had what 90 mins against Heidelberg (who I've read are a bunch of plumbers, and IT workers) where he looked very average.
Tuiloma yipe struggled against the Ivorians, but that Payne like, was coming off almost nil football. Since then he's broken into the starting lineup at Charlotte, and been pretty impressive before his recent hammy twinge. I'd certainly have in there before Elliott, if BT was fully fit.
I mean there is a reason Poppa has picked zero ALM players in his Socceroos squad. That's a zero imanix. Guys coming from the MLS and Europe are just months ahead in their match conditioning and sharpness.