Bradford City boss Graham Alexander refuses to hide behind travel issues after loss to AFC Wimbledon
Graham Alexander refused to hide behind Bradford City’s travel issues after a 3-1 defeat to AFC Wimbledon.
Kick-off had to be delayed by half an hour after Bradford’s team coach was held up by traffic en route to The Cherry Red Records Stadium.
When the action did get started, the Bantams struggled to get up to speed and were 3-0 down by the 67th minute.
Stephen Humphrys pulled one back for the visitors but it was merely a consolation for the League One promotion hopefuls.
Graham Alexander’s verdict
Alexander said: “Was it ideal? No. Was it what we usually have? No. But this is what life is sometimes – it happens out of the blue and you have to react to it and commit to the game.
“I’m not going to use or hide behind it and that’s not me ignoring what went on. We can’t hide behind it for what we showed today.
“Today was just nowhere near good enough. It’s easy to see what we should do better but we have to do better. We can’t keep conceding goals of that nature away from home then hold our hands up on Monday.
“We have to know our game inside out but at the minute it looks like a fog descends at certain times and we become a team I don’t recognise.”
Johnnie Jackson’s view
Wimbledon boss Johnnie Jackson, meanwhile, said: “Bradford are a top side doing really good things this season.
“Graham’s got a proper team there with real energy, experience and stuff like that, but we matched that and more.
“On our day, we can match teams. It’s about doing it consistently week in, week out, but when we play like that, we’re capable of beating anyone.
“We had moments in the week against Cardiff, who are probably the best team, but didn’t quite get what we wanted, and today we’ve done it from minute one to 93.
“Today was brilliant, seeing it bouncing and the noise the fans made from start to finish, especially at the end.
“There was no tension really, which can happen when the opposition pull a goal back. I felt like, if anything, we could’ve got another one and we saw it out really well.”