Bradford City manager Stuart McCall not setting his players any end-of-season targets

The Bantams currently sit ninth in League Two, just four points shy of the play-offs, however their manager insists that they can't afford to look any further ahead than Saturday's home fixture with Leyton Orient.

"I don't want us to be setting targets of the play-offs, or so many points, I just want us to be better than we were last game and then just try to improve," he said.

"Improvement, that is what the aim has got to be. Learn, pick up bits, improve performances, which will hopefully help to improve results.

"It's the old cliche - one game at a time. The focus is fully on Saturday, then, straight after the final-whistle, it will be on to Port Vale.

"We've got to be really positive and aggressive and committed. We can talk about what we are gonna do, but we have to get out there and do it."

McCall is unbeaten in three home fixtures since returning to Valley Parade last month for a third spell as manager, but is yet to pick up a single point on the road.

That inconsistency has been mirrored on the training ground where the former Sheffield United and Everton midfielder admits that the improvement he is trying to nurture isn't always evident.

"I'm seeing it some days, but that's the level you're at. The inconsistency is huge," he added.

"One week you think, 'yeah, we're getting there'. The next week, certain things that you've worked on, you've got to keep reminding them.

"I think the key is - and I knew that from being a player coming down a level - repetition, repetition, because I think people do switch off a little bit more and forget certain things.

"So, you've got to do it and really drill it into people - in a positive way, tell them 'this is what we're looking for, let's go carry it out'.

"The lads are under no illusions as to what we're after, and if they can't do what we're asking, then they know that they probably won't be here next season.

"I think we can get what we are after from them, but it takes time, naturally."