Baffled about Sparky

I have to admit I was baffled when I saw Gordon Strachan’s comments about Leigh Griffiths earlier this week.

The Scotland boss was asked about “Sparky” only being a substitute in the recent World Cup qualifiers against Lithuania and Slovakia with Strachan opting to play Chris Martin and Steven Fletcher.

He answered by saying: “You need to have a certain amount of height in international football teams to defend set plays.”

That saw Sparky respond by changing his Twitter name to @#Shorty.

It’s all a bit strange especially as Martin and Fletcher failed to score in either game.

However, knowing Sparky from our time at Dens together, he will not let it worry him.

All he wants to do is play football and score goals. That’s his thrill in life and given the chance, I’m sure he would do it for the national team.