Positivity following U21 men’s double-header with Wales

MoodieGraham Moodie remains up-beat about the prospects of Scotland’s under-21 squad after a double-header against a strong Welsh Development side, writes Nigel Duncan.

 

The Scottish youngsters lost 3-2 and 4-2 at Uddingston with Jock Breckenridge and Kyle Gladwin scoring in the first game, and Jock and Chris McFadden netting in the second.

 

Coach Moodie said it was great to give all the players in the squad an opportunity to show what they can do and to take responsibility without Scotland’s senior players being available.

 

The home side led in both games and Moodie, a former Olympian, said: “This was a strong Welsh squad and I take a lot of positives from this.”

 

Edinburgh-based Moodie takes a squad to Terrassa near Barcelona in Spain next month for three international matches and he can call on five under-21 players currently in the Scotland squad, Patrick Christie (Durham University), Jamie Wong and Gordon Amour (both Edinburgh University), Hamish Imrie (Beeston) and Ed Greaves (Loughborough University).

 

Three of the players – Edinburgh-born Christie and Imrie plus Glaswegian Greaves – are forwards and all featured in Scotland’s side during the recent victory in the 90th anniversary tournament in Poland.

 

Wong and Amour play in midfield and Moodie said: “It is difficult to say what the strength of the Spanish side in Terrassa will be. However, traditionally Spanish sides are strong and we welcome competitive games as we develop the squad ahead of major internationals.”

 

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