The striker, 22, has taken the Scottish Premiership by storm since he arrived from DC United in the summer. Already with seven goals in just 11 appearances to his name, the US national has shone for the club.

Murrell added to his tally with a brilliant brace against Hearts on Sunday afternoon in their 5-2 hammering of the Jambos and McGlynn is confident he can go right to the top.

The attacker's form and profile mirrors former Bairns striker Barney Stewart who was the standout for his club last season before earning a £1.3million switch to West Bromwich Albion.

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And when asked if Murrell might even have more potential than Stewart, McGlynn admitted he feels the former is a better 'all round' player than his predecessor.

"All round he has (got more to his game), all round he has," McGlynn said on Premier Sports' Scottish Football Social Club show. "Barney was a bit of a live wire, things would happen.

"A constructed striker. Jacob's all round a better striker actually and at 22, the sky's the limit to be honest with you. Anything could happen.

"Earlier in the season we played against Rangers at the Falkirk Stadium and he missed a couple of chances. You could almost replicate with Barney the year before against Celtic. He missed a couple of chances. Low and behold Barney went on to hit gold, starting scoring goals for fun.

"Jacob's now the same. Maybe there were doubts early on about Jacob but now he's really found his feet."

Falkirk's recruitment has been applauded in recent weeks following what was an unbelievable overhaul where a whopping 17 new faces entered the door this summer.

And for McGlynn it was a mammoth undertaking for himself and his scouts at the club, whom he credits for most of the hard work.

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Allan Fraser and Paul Lennon joined the boss - who has the final say on signings - in identifying talent and McGlynn insists their old school approach has worked well for them.

He also revealed the staff are already planning for next summer with the January transfer window perhaps being used for one or two incomings and a heavy raft of outgoings.

"We're looking at the summer now because we know in January we're not gonna do an awful lot," McGlynn added. "But we're working on a couple of things.

"It may well be that we'll have to move a couple of players out as well because we've not got enough seats in the changing room for them! We are gonna have to move some on to bring another couple in.

"And we're looking longer term a little bit because the loan players we have done an amazing job for us last year.

"We don't have Jamestown Analytics, it's more old school. Allan (Fraser) is 67, has an eye for players, a spade is a spade, don't muck about, know what we're looking for."