Thought Payne had his qwordt game in a Nix shirt, but that's not difficult considering the standard of his other performances. While I'd like to see Elliot get minutes Payne doesn't deserve dropping.
I thought the main reason we struggled last night was Wilson personally (not his fault that he isn't Matti Steinmann) he played alright on the ball. While the team as a whole weren't great he was out of position consistently defensively and we left far too big a hole between our central defenders and midfield - so probably some blame on DeVere and Taylor not stepping up quickly enough as well. Neither Devlin or Wilson is a true 6, both like to be more advanced so I think that's where we missed Steinmann and why Rufer made such an impact.
Their 3-5-2 sets up really nicely against the 4-4-2 shape we play and they were able to use that to overload the midfield and stop us playing the vertical balls that we love. 3 CBs is always nice to have vs a 2 striker set up as well, left Boogard/NTS free to sweep up everything. We didn't deserve 3 points, but I'll take em.