Andy Graham believes that there is more to come from on-loan Kyle Glasgow after praising his composure and "desire to go and get goals".
The 16-year-old, who joined Alloa from Rangers last month, as part of a co-operation agreement between the clubs, found the net in Saturday's success at Queen of the South.
He took advantage of a Ruari Ellis error to take the ball around goalkeeper, Deniz Mehmet, to score the second goal in the Wasps' 2-0 success at Palmerston.
It was a second in as many games for the promising youngster - he was also on target in the 3-0 win over Montrose - and a third in eight appearances.
"That's something we know that Kyle's got," Graham told Advertiser Sport.
"He is very composed in the final third.
"I actually thought in the first half Queens managed him really well. They doubled up on him; they didn't give him a lot of space.
"But we spoke at half-time about how, if that is the case, then there's going to be spaces elsewhere on the pitch because, if teams are going to double up on Kyle, then he's still got the quality to go and find passes, pick passes for people, and create in other ways.
"I think he showed that in the second half.
"It's a good lay-off from him for Josh Walker's goal, and then he chases down a lost cause, which shows you that he's got the work rate and the desire to go and get goals, and I think that's the most important thing.
"You have to have that as a football player, and Kyle's certainly got that at the moment.
"He's doing well, but there's still loads to work on and loads of development to come."
Glasgow's display was just one pleasing aspect of the trip to Dumfries for Graham, who was keen to highlight the strength in depth he feels he has at his disposal.
Despite being without the likes of Stefan Scougall, Calum Waters, and Calum Gallagher, he was able to call on the likes of Kurtis Roberts from the bench, which also featured players such as Steven Buchanan.
"When you look at Calum Gallagher, Calum Waters, Stefan Scougall, the three of them weren't in the squad on Saturday, through injury, and then you've still, on the bench, with guys that came on, Josh Farquhar, Max Cameron, Brandon Forbes, Kurtis Roberts," Graham continued.
"You've got Steven Buchanan, you've got Flynn McCafferty, Joe Ellison and Joe McGrath as well, defensive cover, that are really good players as well.
"There's a lot of strength in depth in the squad, and that's creating competition for places, which is the most important thing.
"You look at Josh Walker, who's a great example of that. A couple of weeks ago, he was fighting to get in the team, and then he played really well against Stranraer in the KDM Trophy.
"He got his opportunity, did well against Montrose, and then scores a goal on Saturday, a really good goal."
Meanwhile, ahead of Tuesday's KDM Evolution Trophy tie with Motherwell 'B', Graham said that Scougall would, hopefully, return to training on Thursday.
A tweak in his knee prior to the Queens game saw him miss out on Saturday, but the Wasps boss said it was "nothing major", and that he did not want to take any risks.
Graham, who said he would be monitoring his squad and managing workload for the KDM Evolution Trophy game, added that both Waters and Gallagher are due to resume training in the next couple of weeks.
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