Winchester City boss Neil Hards dubbed Jamie Musselwhite a "mini Mancey" after he scored one goal and set up two more in the 6-0 hammering of his old club Hamble ASSC.
Musselwhite has scored five times in his last five games for the Wessex champions, putting Hards in mind of City's other towering striker Ian Mancey.
He said: "Jamie's in the same mould as Mance physically and he worked a lot on his touch in the close season. He's only a youngster and he's coming on in leaps and bounds."
Musselwhite - a summer signing from Fareham - opened the scoring on 13 minutes after Mark Smith's shot had been parried by keeper Geoff Sim. He set up Matt Bicknell for number two before Mancey struck from outside the box.
Musselwhite was again in the heart of the action, flicking on Bicknell's free kick for Mancey to net at the far post. Ex-Saint Mark Blake bagged number five from 30 yards and Smith completed the scoring with the aid of a deflection.
Hards acknowledged: "Fair play to Hamble. It was nice to see a side come to us and not stick ten men behind the ball. They played an open game and were unfortunate not to score in the first half."
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