GRAHAM Alexander believes there is an argument to extend the international break to League One fixtures - but wants to look at more detailed evidence first.

Following international call-ups, a host of games at third-tier level have been postponed during the hiatus, including Bradford City's scheduled home derby with Barnsley.

The Reds are inactive at league level in the break, as are Doncaster Rovers, while Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield Town have already had one League One fixture postponed.

With some nations still to announce international squads, more games could well be called off in the lower divisions and are likely to be added to busy itineraries.

Bradford City manager Graham Alexander. (Picture: Tony Johnson)

placeholder image — Bradford City manager Graham Alexander. (Picture: Tony Johnson)

On the first Saturday of the break on September 26, none of Yorkshire's five League One clubs are playing.

Alexander said: "I think there's an argument for it, but I'd have to see the evidence of both sides to see whether it is worth a complete blanket postponement.

"Without me jumping into it two-footed and just thinking about our scenario (with Barnsley postponement), I don't know how many games get called off regularly at this level when international breaks are on.

"I don't know how many players it impacts individually, numbers-wise and everything. As we've seen, if a club at our level has a good cup run, it adds more fixtures into it.

Bradford City captain Antoni Sarcevic. Photo: Tony Johnson.

"Already, we're looking at when we can squeeze in the Barnsley game. That’s a bit of a challenge right now because we've got other midweek games coming up and obviously we've got another round in the League Cup.

"The opportunity to play games when they're supposed to is important. But I don't know the real detail about how hard it is to then squeeze them in elsewhere because obviously we play in the winter, so games will get called off."