| The midfielder was one of the stars as the Dark Blues got the campaign under way with a 5-0 Co-Op Cup thrashing of Stranraer on Saturday.
And while that means he is unlikely to begin tonight, he will be more than happy if he gets a chance to face the Belgians (KO 7.30).
“It’s going to be a step up from Saturday and it should be an opposition that is sharp and dangerous,” he said.
“You can learn from these teams in terms of passing and movement — we found that out when we played Monchengladbach in Austria and that is the way the manager wants us to play.
“I’m not sure what the team is going to be, but it will be a good exercise and you know against these teams that if you lose the ball you are going to work very hard to get it back.”
And with Jocky Scott’s new-look squad still coming together, Hart believes it was right to take on this game to complete the build-up to Saturday’s First Division opener against Morton at Dens.
“It will help the team gel more, but it’s already been good on that score since I arrived and the boys have bonded well.
“It has to be said most of us knew each other already, so, from that point of view, it’s been easy to do, but it is good things have gone so well and it is nice for the fans to see we are together in what we want to do.”
The manager has confirmed his starting line-up will contain mainly players who did not start against Stranraer and is hopeful three of the injured quartet of Craig McKeown, Gary MacKenzie, Pat Clarke and David Cowan will take some part.
“I don’t think McKeown will make it, but we’ll check on all of them before kick-off and see how they are,” said Jocky.
“Even if they can get 15 or 20 minutes, it would be good because it’s been a couple of weeks since Clarke and Cowan have been available.”
Jocky, meanwhile, was delighted to see three of his players called up for various international squads over the past few days.
“We’ve got Chris Casement in the Northern Ireland U/21 squad for a game against Portugal, Leigh Griffiths going to a Scotland U/21 get-together and Kyle Benedictus doing likewise with the U/19s.
“That’s good news and it has been a while since this club has had three players involved with international squads.” |
