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Bradford City Transfer Latest: Bantams continue to have busy summer
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2 days ago
Daniel Wales looks at the latest Bradford City transfer news.
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Now for Bradford City, obviously promotion to League One.
00:03
They are competing in the higher tier in a sort of situation
00:07
where there are some big dogs obviously dropping down from the championship,
00:11
the likes of Cardiff City.
00:12
There's going to be teams in there who have rich Premier League experience,
00:16
the likes of Bolton, Wigan as well, Reading.
00:19
It's a very, very tough League One situation once again.
00:24
Obviously, the goals for the window for Bradford City remain the same.
00:29
They need to make sure they have a positive window
00:31
and that they sort of make sure they are really going into the new season
00:35
with a fresh start and fresh sort of ideas to ensure they remain in League One.
00:41
I think that has to be the minimum goals at the moment.
00:43
We obviously mentioned it before that they are certainly on the brink of building
00:46
this sort of new era, this rejuvenated Bradford side
00:50
that they need to remain in the top flight now.
00:55
Sorry, in League One, sorry.
00:56
But obviously, a lot of transfer situations going on for Bradford.
01:02
What's the sort of latest?
01:03
Because they need to make sure they get the right numbers,
01:07
but they also keep that strong core that got them promoted
01:10
and keep that momentum building throughout the side.
01:13
Dan, our Yorkshire correspondent.
01:14
Dan, what's your thoughts on where Bradford are at the moment,
01:17
how they go about their business, how they make sure they are competitive?
01:21
And, you know, at the end of the day, it's a massive window
01:24
because they need to make sure they have that quality
01:27
to remain in a Division One higher up than they were competing in
01:31
for the last couple of seasons.
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Well, Charles, Bradford have wasted absolutely no time
01:35
in getting going in the transfer market so far this summer.
01:38
They've been so busy bringing in a player nearly every day,
01:42
every other day, it feels like at the moment.
01:44
Obviously, starting off with Max Power, a shrewd bit of business, that one.
01:49
Of course, someone who knows this level of English football well.
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And then you've had the likes of Ibu Ture,
01:53
you've had the likes of Matt Pennington come in,
01:55
just to name a couple more.
01:56
It's been some, you could argue it's a bit scattergun,
02:00
but others would say it's very shrewd
02:01
and they know exactly what they're doing
02:02
and they're really trying to make sure that their squad has enough quality,
02:06
but also, crucially, depth as well.
02:09
Because, of course, it is a step up going from League Two to League One
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and they want the core of their squad that they had last season to remain
02:16
as well as extra quality on top
02:18
and, I think, most importantly, competition for places.
02:22
Because, of course, squads can easily and very quickly go stale
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if you don't add to them
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and you don't bolster them regularly as well.
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And players, you know, they think,
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oh, they're securing the starting 11
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and they think, oh, yeah, okay, I'm fine,
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but then that on performance actually starts to dip a little bit.
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So, what they're doing is bringing in brand new players,
02:42
new quality to test those who are already in the team
02:44
and hopefully create this competition for places within Bradford's starting 11.
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The one worry or caveat to that is
02:50
because you're bringing in so many new faces,
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does it take time for them to actually gel a little bit?
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I mean, they've just brought in another one recently as well in Will Swan.
03:00
So, how long will it take for all these players to gel?
03:03
Of course, pre-season is pretty much nearly here now.
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So, it's a case of, well, do they all suddenly just gel together really quickly?
03:11
That never tends to be the case when lots of new signings come in.
03:14
They tend to take a little bit of time,
03:15
but I think they're probably going to be thinking,
03:17
well, we've got them in that early,
03:19
that they're all going to start pre-season together.
03:20
Hopefully, that will go in our favour and play to our advantage
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and the fact that they've got lots of time to bed in into the club,
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into the feeling of the players and the city as well
03:29
and understand the way that the club is thinking in terms of direction
03:33
and the way Graham Alexander wants them to play too.
03:35
So, it's hard to tell exactly what Bradford's transfer policy,
03:39
whether it's going to be good or bad yet.
03:41
Certainly, they're adding depth and adding quality to their squad.
03:44
There's no denying that.
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It's just whether it pays off when they actually come to hit the pitch
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in mid-August when the League One season gets underway
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because, as I say, will they gel, will they not gel?
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It's hard to know.
03:55
What they will certainly have and what they've all mentioned a lot
03:58
in their signing interviews is that they can't wait to play at Valley Parade
04:02
in front of the crowd there and really experience what that was like
04:06
for the players who have already been at the club for some time now.
04:08
Certainly, a lot of them had it really good last season
04:11
in getting promoted and a lot of them want that to continue
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and also they want the new players to experience that as well.
04:18
So, there seems to be a feel-good factor at the moment
04:20
in this transfer window at Bradford City.
04:23
Lots of players quite eager to come to Valley Parade
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and show what they can do just now, whether they can all fit into the system
04:29
and also just work as a team with all the players who are already there as well.
04:35
Graham Alexander certainly has a lot of work to do in that regard,
04:38
but if anyone can do it, I'm sure the Bradford City supporters
04:40
will have faith in him to do just that at Valley Parade.
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