However, speaking on BBC Radio 5live on Wednesday, Spanish football journalist Graham Hunter ridiculed Sbragia's decision and comments.
"Jack is an intelligent, technical player," he said. "He's been at Real Madrid since 2009.
"They cull every year if you're not good enough, if you're not athletic enough, if you're not intelligent enough, if you're not professional enough - you're out.
"He's been part of the Scotland set up before Ricky Sbragia made this retrograde, almost prehistoric decision.
"Height and power are two of the reasons Ricky's given for excluding Jack, which seems nonsensical in an era when Spain have put talent first.
"They don't pick David Silva, Xavi and Iniesta because they're small, they pick them because they are talented and technical and clever, irrespective of their size.
"Jack is a decent size - over 6ft - slender like Darren Fletcher who'd been our national captain for some time.
"Ricky's backed up his logic for excluding Jack by saying he doesn't see him very often; well go and look Ricky.
"This is a horrible day for the future of Scottish football - if we want to play well, intelligently, maturely, in a cosmopolitan, European style."
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