My one fear against PSV is who is the CB beside, Goldson going to be. Will it be Soutar, Sands or Davies? Unlikely to be Soutar. And until they settle in none of them has impressed me so far. PSV ain't no Union SG, Livi, Killmarock or St Johnstone: their attack is their strength apparently.
It would have been 'boxing clever' to give Balogun another year as back up to allow those 3 to settle. He has more experience in Europe than the 3 put together and would be a steady CB to come on in the event of things going awry or a CB injury against PSV.
We gave McGregor, Davis and Arfield an extra year (and rightly so) so why not Balogun especially in a Champions League Play off year? He probably would only have cost us a few shekels versus CL Group Stage money we could lose.
Perversely Balogun was a part of the team in the Malmo debacle at Ibrox last year. I suppose 'what doesn't kill you can.put down to experience' though!