Beaming Bradford City boss loved his team's dominant performance against Peterborough United
Bradford City boss Graham Alexander was understandably beaming after his side dominated their League One game with Peterborough United at Valley Parade.
The hosts moved up to fifth in the League One table after a 2-0 win over a Posh side hampered badly by the pre-match injury suffered by star defender Tom Lees and the absence of other key players.
It was on-way traffic from kick-off with ‘The Bantams’ in rampant form as Posh goalkeeper Alex Bass stood between them and a huge win.
Alexander told the Bradford press: “That has to be the blueprint for us going forward now. How could you not enjoy that?
“You see this sort of performance in training when there's nothing to lose, because there's no points on the board, there's no fans there, and stuff like that, and the lads just go for it.
“But it's taking that mentality into games when there's pressure on and performing on there and how difficult that can be. I thought they just took everything they do in training into the game from minute one to 90.
“Previously, we'd been on a little bit of a difficult run and everyone spoke about it, including us, but when we start like that, it just imprints on the opponent that we're here to compete.
"The only thing in the back of my head was that it was only one at half-time and you think: ‘Can we go and repeat that performance?’ They matched us up in the second half and sort of went 3-4-3 against us, and the lads didn't change the way we wanted to play.
"The players chose to play that way, we spoke to them during the week. It could be fast and ambitious or slow and safe, it's up to you what you want to do.”
City had lost four of their previous five League One matches.