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Even their subs are over the hill. Ryan Babel (33), Ryan Donk (34), Durmaz (31). When will Turkish teams learn?

As Turkish sides often do, Galatasaray have a lot of veterans in their sides. 4 of their front 5 are 30+. Falcao (34, yes that Falcao) Feghouli (30, ex West Ham) Arda Turan (33) Belhanda (30) Kilinc (26) All good players but, in my opinion, nothing to fear. Turan has barely played in 3 seasons. Falcao had an injury ravaged season last season. He hasn't lost his touch and is scoring goals, but he must be a bit off the pace. Feghouli is ageing well by the looks of it and will be a danger.

We also have a match fitness advantage. Willem II and Galatasaray have played 2 competitive matches this season. We have played 8 because we played all the way through August.

Certainly not but this isn't the Galatasaray of old. The hierachy in Turkey has undergone a lot of change in recent years. They aren't spending money either.

Two tough games but the ball is very much in our court. We have got the luck of the draw again this season. As much as we can't be complacent, we should be beating Willem II. We are clear favourites for that game. We got a home tie and dodged Spurs so we are also favourites in the next round. Galatasaray finished 6th last season. Hadjuk split finished 5th last season, 20 points behind first and 2 points behind Osijek.

Not a bad draw

We are at home to Galatasaray/Hadjuk Split

We've got Galatasaray or Hadjuk Split

We're not drawing APOEL unfortunately

Phew. Bullet dodged. Not us.

Spurs vs .....

Ball 6 vs 2 for groups 1-3. Phew, that would have been us vs Spurs if it was for our group.

Sarajevo/Podgorica vs Riga/Celtic At least they are away.

Great preview, thanks. Have to say I am more confident now that Barker is out of the squad and Arfield is in.

Sporting Lisbon are seeded, if Aberdeen beat them they take their place.

Yes we can. I can only embed tweets on my laptop so I decided not to try to spell their opponents on my phone when they almost certainly won’t get through anyway.

Draw will be here https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0260-1038ce015f68-dae5f827f104-1000--uefa-europa-league-play-off-round-draw/?iv=true If we get past Willem II here are our potential opponents, Spurs Galatasaray/Hadjuk Split Standard Liege APOEL That’s a quite a tough grouping. However Standard Liege finished 5th last season and Galatasaray finished 6th, so we will want to avoid Spurs and an away tie.

1 goal, though Ally didn’t get to play against teams like St Joseph’s and Lincoln Red Imps

Lovely goal. Did really well to time his run and stay onside too.

Another Barisic assist. Roofe injury is a bit of a worry.

That was a fantastic strike. Just what we needed to take a bit of pressure off.

Yeh, stupid rules from UEFA.

So 5 changes. Arfield and Edmundson are fine, will make no difference. But Stewart and Itten coming in for Kent and Morelos is surprising.

The Celtic team that lost here was, Gordon Janko, Sviatchenko, Ambrose, Tierney Brown, Bitton, Rogic Griffiths, Dembele, Christie This was almost a full strength side at the time. I would be wary of starting with players like Itten who haven't bedded in yet and players like Patterson and Bassey who aren't match fit. We have 5 subs, ring the changes once the game is in the bag.