KEEPER JACK’S FEET FIRMLY ON GROUND

JACK Hamilton will not take his slot in the Hearts squad for granted, never mind his i nternational place.

The 22-year-old keeper was this week named in his third consecutive Scotland squad, for the World Cup qualifiers against Lithuania and Slovakia.

But Hamilton has only been Hearts’ No 1 for a couple of months and will not get ahead of himself after receiving a call-up from Gordon Strachan.

“It came as a surprise again and it’s a real honour to be back in the squad,” he said.

“It’s massive for a young goalie as i t ’s a g r e a t opportunity to go away and learn from the people in front of you and be in that environment.

“That’s where you want to be i n football. Every footballer wants t o be involved in those squads but first my main aim is to be t here i n t he Hearts squad.”

Hamilton and his Hearts team-mates head for Motherwell tonight looking for a first goal i n three matches.

Hearts strikers Tony Watt, Conor Sammon, Robbie Muirhead and Bjorn Johnsen have only managed t hree strikes between them this season.

However, Hamilton i s convinced it will not be long before t hey star t finding the target regularly in matches.

“They are fantastic players and there are days when they are pinging balls past me for fun,” he said.