Bradford City manager provides fresh updates on Bobby Pointon and Tyreik Wright ahead of Bolton Wanderers' semi-final

Pointon has missed the club's last four matches with an ankle problem, while Wright, one of the club's form players of 2026, has been sidelined with a strain since the game at Burton Albion on March 21, when he scored for the third time in four matches.

Both are pushing for involvement in Saturday's first leg in Bolton, but Alexander is still cautious regarding involvement for the duo, with their progress being monitored on a game-by-game basis.

Alexander said: "They've trained in and out with us today and a little bit yesterday. But it's still not probably as positive as we'd like right now. (But) I don't think it's behind schedule.

"We were hoping to get ahead of schedule with that. But, yes, we've still got three days until Saturday and we've got the second leg next Thursday.

"So, we'll just see how they are day in, day out.

"Because as I said last week, I think because they've been pushed quite quickly - but safely - we have to just assess them every day because they're both desperate to play.

"We have to make sure that they're telling us the truth when they're saying they are feeling fine. That's the thing.

"But they're conscientious, they wouldn't let the team down. But they're desperate to play."

Aside from Pointon and Wright, Alexander reports no other fresh injury concerns following last weekend's victory at Exeter City, which rubber-stamped a play-off berth.

He added: "Yes, we've had everyone out there this week, today. There's bits and pieces, but no-one's been in the treatment room on their own. So, we should have good, healthy numbers for the squad."

The first leg of the Roses double-header kicks off at 8pm at the Toughsheet Community Stadium on Saturday evening.

The second instalment will kick off at 8pm a week on Thursday (May 14), with City at home in the second leg of a semi-final for the first time since the play-offs inception 40 years ago.