Sunderland striker Marc McNulty has scored twice in his last two league games.
McNulty has netted three goals in his first six games for Sunderland, and has now scored in back to back league matches.
But Ross thinks that there is more to come from the Sunderland summer signing when his fitness levels improve, as they are currently behind the rest of the team.
“I think he can still get better,” Ross said. “I think he’s still catching up a little bit with fitness. He missed a lot of pre-season and then had the hamstring injury a couple of weeks ago as well.
“But his temperament and ability, I always believed would make him a good fit here because I’ve known him for a long time since he was a young player making his debut.”
If McNulty can get even better for Sunderland then it will be a major boost to their promotion bid.
Sunderland lacked a prolific scorer last term after selling Josh Maja, with Will Grigg struggling to step up after signing in January.
Grigg’s goalscoring issues have not got better this season, and McNulty may now be the Black Cats’ best hope of goals.
McNulty has a good chance to increase his scoring tally for the season at the weekend, as Sunderland face a Bolton Wanderers side who have leaked goals throughout the campaign so far.
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