Pairing 4 I think would be the one we want. FCSB (Steaua Bucharest in old money) have had a poor start to the season. Danny Armstrong (formerly of Kilmarnock) scored a hat-trick against them at the weekend in the Bucharest derby, and they were knocked out of the Champions League by losing home and away to Shkendija.
Of course Drita (of Kosovo) could beat them, sure that would be a lovely trip for our Balkan lads.
Clearly we want to avoid Panathinaikos who may well have found the shooting boots they lacked against Rangers.
Forgot about Nilsen. Makes sense alongside Clarkson. Hope the Aouchiche lad does a power of work to help out (not questioning his work rate like, seemed reasonable, just got caught on the ball a bit). Think I'd have gone back three. Surprised to see Milne keep his place, but pleasantly so.
Edit: just spotted Sokler on the bench, and nae Ambrose.
Drita seem to have a fairy respectable record in Europe, only being knocked out by some well known teams and never really being thrashed (although not really beating anyone of note either):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Drita#Drita_in_Europe
Looks an absolute pain in the arse to get to, minimum of 2 connections from ABZ.
I think I'd rather play the Romanians.
I never thought of that...thanks for your insight.. Just thought that Panda's inside knowledge would have been beneficial, guess the poor guy is afraid of an NDA!