“Sloppiness” must be cut out by Bradford says Graham Alexander

Bradford City manager Graham Alexander has made clear that his side must cut our errors for the remainder of the season. Daniel Wales reports.

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00:00Bradford City's 2025 form has been very positive so far. They remain unbeaten and are knocking

00:09on the door of the playoffs.

00:11Graham Alexander's side are fast becoming one of the teams to beat in League 2 at present,

00:16but they will know that this form cannot be temporary if they are to achieve their aim

00:20of being in the playoffs come the end of the season in May. Against Walsall, they will

00:24face their biggest test of the calendar year so far, but their recent form should certainly

00:30create confidence going into the fixture at Valley Parade.

00:35Alexander made clear that his side must cut out any sloppiness if they are to keep progressing

00:41towards the end of the season in a good manner.

00:45It was great for the team, the whole team, the whole squad to get that clean sheet because

00:49A, it helped us win the game, but B, it's something that we feel as a group of people

00:55that we've not really got the data behind us to be proud about, to be honest. We haven't

01:02kept enough clean sheets this season, but without a doubt, we've got the players to

01:06do that and we've got the tactical side of it, but we've just got to cut out little bits

01:10of sloppiness. I thought that's what pleased me last week. There was only one little bit

01:17where we had to improve on. I wouldn't say it was a chance, it was a shot from 22 yards

01:22which Sam made us save at the end, but there was a little bit of us going off script just

01:27before that in their build-up play and that's what happens if we do. We can get cut open,

01:32but it was a great save from Sam. I think we've got the players there to keep many clean

01:36sheets and we have to start that run now.

01:40Keeping on script, as Alexander stated, will be key to performances remaining consistent

01:44for the Bantams for the remaining months of the League 2 campaign.

01:52In midweek, Bradford welcome Morecambe to Valley Parades, who sit just above Carlisle

01:57and in the relegation zone. That is of course another great opportunity for Graham Alexander

02:02and his sides, but they will look at the upcoming game against Walsall first as the chance to

02:08make a real statement about their intentions this season, with reaching the playoffs with

02:13the potential of promotion, as mentioned, very much the aim.

02:18What is encouraging though, is that as a club, Bradford are showing strong signs of

02:22competitiveness again, following several years of mediocrity, for a club that clearly has

02:27high potential. Graham Alexander is highlighting that this club can return to League 1 and

02:33possibly beyond in years to come. For now though, focus remains on the visit of Walsall

02:37to Valley Parades at the weekend. It will be a real indication of where Bradford are

02:41at going into the final months of the season.

02:45If they come through this test positively, then Alexander, his players and staff and

02:50the supporters could well indeed begin to get excited about what the rest of the season

02:54could bring for the Bantams.