St Mirren striker Ross Stewart says he's enjoying his loan spell at Alloa after making a promising start to life at The Wasps.
The 21 year-old joined Saints from League One side Albion Rovers in the summer as he made the step up to full time football.
Despite playing a role in the team, which included a goal on his debut, it was decided that the club would allow the forward to go out on loan to play more regularly to help aid his development.
He hooked up with ex-Saint Jim Goodwin's Alloa side in December and made an instant impact at The Wasps scoring three goals in his first three appearances.
And while the striker is set to miss a few weeks of action with an injury, he insists things have been good at Alloa.
It’s going well," Ross told stmirren.com. "To score four in the time that I’ve been there I’m really happy with that.
"I think I scored three in my first three and I think that was partly to do with the gaffer and the boys there making me feel welcome. I think that continued on to the park and helped me with my performances. To get the goals early helps you settle and I think I’ve done that. I think that has been shown in team performances as well as we've managed to get a couple of wins and not lose a lot of games.
"When the loan opportunity came up the gaffer couldn't speak highly enough of the club and how good a set up it is. Even though I'm only there one night a week at training it is a very high standard. Having spoke to both of them [Jack Ross and Jim Goodwin] it was an easy decision to go there to try and get minutes under my belt.
Ross was joined by a familiar face in January when St Mirren teammate Jordan Kirkpatrick joined The Wasps on loan.
When I heard Kirky was joining it was obviously a good thing," he said.
"I know from playing here with Kirky that he is a good player. Him coming into the system and just playing off me makes it easy for me.
"I know he was there last year and a few of the boys who were already there knew it was going to be a positive. He's came in and settled well and is doing well for the team."
It was a big step up for Ross when he made the move to St Mirren in the summer.
The striker had been playing junior football with Kilwinning Rangers before making a move to League One side Albion Rovers.
His form with The Wee Rovers was enough to persuade Jack Ross to offer him his first full time contract and Ross says he has kicked on as a player since moving into the full time environment.
I've seen improvements in my game," he said.
"My fitness is as good as it has ever been and that's down to the training here. It's a very high standard, very high energy so all that accumulating with full time pre-season has definitely helped my game.
"Even the sub appearances, learning that different side of the game being at a full time club and the tactics. It's been really good and I'm really happy and hopefully it can continue."
