Good draw.
We played Alkmaar in a friendly years ago when they had three players in the Dutch World Cup team. They are not so good now thank goodness. West Ham went there a year ago and their fans were attacked by the local thugs. Luckily it’s a home tie.
Strasbourg have a lot in common with Palace. If rumours are true Tod Boehly did not put his shares into a blind trust in time, if at all, and Strasbourg mysteriously lost their last two matches to ensure Chelsea played in either the Champions or Europa League ahead of them. This was courtesy of the two Chelsea and one Forest loanees. The results allowed Lyon into the Europa League position and dump us out.
Larnaca at home is a shame. Great place to go if you can find the stadium and bus to it.
Trips to Kiev playing in Poland, Kups probably on an artificial pitch in -20C and a trip to Dublin with few away tickets available unless they can be persuaded to move to the Aviva Stadium.
We should qualify for the knockout phase.