James will relish every minute of Scotland squad... I knew after one training drill I was MILES OFF IT

Tynecastle kid Wilson will return an even better player

- RYAN STEVENSON

JAMES WILSON should relish every second of his time with Scotland. Take it all on board and not be daunted is my advice.

I know what it's like when you first go in there and it can be frightening... seriously.

It's good for Steve Clarke just to take him and get him involved in terms of the bigger picture, have him around the squads so he's getting that experience of training with the international boys - because you need it.

Craig Levein gave me a call-up for a senior squad in 2011 and it was a wonderful moment.

I was buzzing, as you would expect. But my God, what an eye-opener.

The time I went away, I knew Kenny Miller, for example, was a really good player. You only had to look at the teams he was playing for and the level he was operating at in his club career,

But on the first day we trained, we did a box thing - a three-minute drill.

I was against Kenny and I swear I didn't touch the ball once. Now 30 seconds without touching the ball in one of those drills is a long time, never mind three minutes.

It got embarrassing.

I remember going back to the hotel and thinking, 'Holy ***. I'm absolutely miles off it'. Wow, there are levels.