KELTY HEARTS ace Ross Cunningham has found a position in the team that's "suited him perfect" after making a flying start to the season.

The 26-year-old is League One's top goalscorer so far this term, netting his eighth in 12 matches to secure a point at Inverness Caledonian Thistle on Saturday.

He has already surpassed his tally of six goals in all competitions from last season, and the club's assistant manager, Kevin McDonald, praised his performance level and "football IQ".

"He's taking his chances really well and I think you'd be disappointed he probably hasn't got a couple more, to be honest," he said.

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"He's obviously missed a penalty at Stenhousemuir, and he's had a couple of other little chances you'd expect him to maybe put away, but he's helping the group massively with his numbers, and long may it continue because, obviously, everybody else needs to try and chip in to help along as well.

"I think last season he's probably struggled to find a position that suited the team at the time and, obviously he wanted to play as a number 10. Then, when we played him off the side, he wasn't quite as effective.

"So now he's found himself, he wants to be a number eight and play in midfield, and it's suited him perfect. He's bought into how we want to play, and his football IQ is really high, so he helps the group in terms of his shape and where he needs to be.

"He's just playing really well at the moment and long may it continue."