Bradford City boss Graham Alexander makes Huddersfield Town admission ahead of League One derby return
GRAHAM Alexander acknowledges that Huddersfield Town's appointment of new head coach Liam Manning in the build-up to Saturday's derby is an ‘extra challenge' for Bradford City to contend with.
But equally the experienced Bantams chief does not believe it will represent a major facet on derby day.
On whether Manning's arrival will alter preparations, Alexander, who has no fresh injury concerns, said: "The dossiers we have about the opposition are really detailed and brilliant from the analysts that we have.
"There's so much detail in there, but I break it down to certain bullet points for our team and probably five per cent of what I and the coaching staff devour.
"We, as a coaching staff, do look at the opposition in depth and when a new manager comes in, even though it's the same players, you can play a million different ways.
"But it is so important that we understand our game inside out. It's an extra challenge, but it's a small percentage of the bigger picture of the whole day, really."
City are chasing their first double over Town since 2005, having impressively triumphed 3-1 in the reverse fixture in September.
Alexander, who reports no further transfer developments, continued: "I believe it (first game) is in the past but I think we can take confidence from several games we've played this season against highly fancied teams and come out on top of them.
"I wouldn't take one particular game into consideration because as we've seen last Saturday, however well we played and defended in the first game (at Cardiff), we probably didn't take that through into the second.
"We have to reset, understand our game plan and have that running through our minds every second of every minute, regardless of what has just happened, regardless of the noise."