Tony Docherty said he is pleased that Colby Donovan, Lennon Miller and James Wilson have joined Scotland Under-21s for friendlies against Ukraine and the United States in Spain. The trio are part of a new-look squad.
Three players added to squad
Celtic right-back Colby Donovan, Udinese midfielder Lennon Miller and Heart of Midlothian striker James Wilson have been included in the Scotland Under-21 squad. All three players were in Sebastian Pocogonoli's first full Scotland squad.
St Mirren striker Eseosa Sule has also been called up.
Docherty on their role
Under-21s head coach Tony Docherty said: "I'm really, really delighted with the introduction of the ones that have had that A squad experience and they're really the drivers."
He added: "They become your leadership group that drives standards, create that mentality, get that identity."
Talks with Miller and Donovan
Docherty said: "Lennon and Colby Donovan, I've had dialogue with both of them quite a bit over the last couple of days, just to outline what their pathway is."
He also said: "If they're not going to be getting minutes for this camp with the A squad, it's important they come in to my squad and it will be a mirror image in terms of structure, fundamentals. And they just come in and get an opportunity to get game time."
Docherty said: "I had a particularly long conversation with Lennon."
On Donovan, he said: "I had a good conversation with Colby and he just wants to play. So it's important that we've got the buy-in. It's not us telling Colby, 'you're playing with the 21s', it's him in dialogue with us saying, 'I want to do that, I want to play and I want to impress'."
Squad turnover and other changes
Docherty is preparing for a new European qualifying campaign after 16 of the 27 players from his first squad went beyond the age level.
Manchester United midfielder Tyler Fletcher went to the World Cup before joining Docherty's group in September.
Rangers youth forward Kyle Glasgow drops to the Scotland Under-19 squad for three European qualifying games. The 16-year-old is on loan to Alloa Athletic and joins elder brother Euan Glasgow, who plays for Edinburgh City on loan from Hearts.
