Bradford City v Stockport: Josh Neufville and his Bantams set a pressing precedent

City got that right, not just to a man but as a team across the board in Saturday's outstanding League One victory against Peterborough United and it was a delight to behold.

Urged by Graham Alexander to be 'fast and ambitious' and not 'slow and safe' - with some of the Bantams' previous performances this year having been pretty passive - those in claret and amber followed their manager's directive and rewound the clock to some impressive displays in early-season when they were the talk of the division.

Neufville was certainly back to his best versus Posh.

The trick is now providing an encore on a big night against the side just above City in fourth-placed Stockport County.

Neufville, who set up Kayden Jackson's goal to make it 2-0 and also hit the bar, said: “I think if any team's looking at that performance, especially Stockport, they're going to think: 'well, how are we going to stop Bradford in what they do?'

“I don't think there's a telling answer, to be fair. I think the reason why we lose games is more down to us rather than other teams.

“If we're at it and we're at our best, no team in our division can stop us with the way we press.

“But it's down to ourselves whether we're going to turn up and win the game, to be honest.

“If you look at the way we press, it obviously starts from the forward line, but we all have to be connected for us to work well.

“There's no point in Ethan Wheatley going to press in the 97th minute if Aden Baldwin isn't tucked round to win the ball in front of their striker.

“Everyone to a man has to press together. There are no grey areas with the way we press.

“We've come away from certain things in terms of the connection from the back line to the midfield to the strikers, which isn't anyone’s fault.

“It could be many reasons as to why that's happened. But it's not just one person that presses. It's every man."

Alexander's sense of satisfaction after Saturday's events was understandably strong, with the City chief having challenged his players to replicate those levels on a regular basis following a 'blueprint' performance by those in home jerseys.

He continued: "I'm sure Stockport, they didn't have a game (on Saturday) so they'll be watching that and they'll know what we're bringing.

"It was a tough game on the last time we played them, but we have to maintain our standards.

"I think that has to be the blueprint for us. It won't be as good as that all the time, but it has to be the same intent that we have all the time and I think that's a real good marker at this stage of the season to go: 'that's what we want to be'."

Lee Evans is likely to replace the suspended Max Power and be handed a full debut in his second spell at City.