Burnley boss Sean Dyche believes his strikerAndre Gray can only get better after his, and the Clarets', first hat-trick in Premier League history, which helped the North West club demolish a lacklustre Sunderland at Turf Mooron Saturday.
The hosts equalled their biggest ever top-flight win with the obliteration of the Black Cats as Gray netted a 22-minute trio to confirm Burnley's third home win in a row and their seventh of the season.
The almost perfect afternoon was rounded off by a well-taken spot kick by Ashley Barnes, with the only negative coming when Jermain Defoe managed to fire the ball past Tom Heaton late onwith the visitor's first shot on target.
The victory means the Clarets move up to 11th and nine points clear of the relegation zone, but the day belonged to the Burnley striker.
"He's still a work in progress and he can only add to his confidence level and belief playing at this level," Dyche told Sky Sports.
"I don't think any player just arrives in the Premier League and you just roll out there and learn instantly, some but not many. It takes time.
"I've said about people like Steven Defour still adapting to what the Premier League offers and Andre's the same - he's had an unbelievable journey in the last four seasons and he'll continue to learn. All of our players are.
"He's got that fearless streak in him if he misses. It's like, 'so what? Give me another chance and I'll try and put it away for you'. He's got a real firm mentality."
The win putsBurnley on to 23 points, over half-way to the magic 40 after 19 games and on track to avoid a return to the Championship.
"The only blot on the performance was the goal that we conceded," Dyche added.
"We hadn't given them a lot all game.
"It is a good marker. We got promoted last season, and nobody gave us a chance. That's fine. Here we just like to get on with our own business and not worry too much about what everyone else thinks."