Thought I might continue the conversation about Payney’s value from the Borgini thread.
I know it’s not really a thing, but transfermarkt puts Payne as worth €450k and Behich worth €300k.
I think that’s mostly down to Payne being a few years younger. But I’m not convinced that Behich is streets ahead of Payne.
Behich has obviously had the more impressive career in terms of clubs, but returning to play in the A league he hasn’t noticeably bossed it. In fact, at times he’s been visibly frustrated at how he hasn’t been able to dominate as easily as he’d like.
I think another factor that makes Payne valuable, but at the same time makes people discount him is his versatility. He is a header winning, last ditch blocking centre back who revels in a physical contest. He also hits a great long pass and early cross.
As we’ve seen though, he’s also a player of vision and technical skill. He’s capable of playing one-touch football and hitting bending through passes in behind or flat rocket square passes or cutbacks. In partnership with Kosta and others this has been his strength recently. He’s alto an athlete prepared to make gut busting runs into the back post.
Another reason is people over value dribbling. While Payne can run into space or down the line he can’t really take a player one v one.
However when you look at his varied skill set, he has more than enough to be a ruddy handful for a defense. I think we undervalue that when watching.
I know it’s not really a thing, but transfermarkt puts Payne as worth €450k and Behich worth €300k.
I think that’s mostly down to Payne being a few years younger. But I’m not convinced that Behich is streets ahead of Payne.
Behich has obviously had the more impressive career in terms of clubs, but returning to play in the A league he hasn’t noticeably bossed it. In fact, at times he’s been visibly frustrated at how he hasn’t been able to dominate as easily as he’d like.
I think another factor that makes Payne valuable, but at the same time makes people discount him is his versatility. He is a header winning, last ditch blocking centre back who revels in a physical contest. He also hits a great long pass and early cross.
As we’ve seen though, he’s also a player of vision and technical skill. He’s capable of playing one-touch football and hitting bending through passes in behind or flat rocket square passes or cutbacks. In partnership with Kosta and others this has been his strength recently. He’s alto an athlete prepared to make gut busting runs into the back post.
Another reason is people over value dribbling. While Payne can run into space or down the line he can’t really take a player one v one.
However when you look at his varied skill set, he has more than enough to be a ruddy handful for a defense. I think we undervalue that when watching.