Paul Jewell will not be pressing any panic buttons following Bradford City's defeat at Southampton on Monday.

The 1-0 defeat left City in the bottom three for the first time for two months, but the manager will not be dwelling on what was a bad result against one of their main rivals for Premiership survival.

Nor will his players be allowed to feel sorry for themselves when they return for training today.

Instead, all their attention will be focused on one of the season's most attractive matches, the visit of Chelsea to Valley Parade on Saturday.

Jewell said: "We don't like defeats, no team does, but we have got to learn from them and we won't be going into the Chelsea game with a hangover.

"We thrive on people writing us off and we have got enough self belief to prove them wrong.

"The easiest thing to do would be to panic, but we won't be doing that. Obviously, we are disappointed to lose to Southampton, but that doesn't mean there will be wholesale changes.

"Also, although we are always looking to strengthen the squad and we are looking at players all the time I am not going to be rushed into signing players.

"We are looking to bounce back against Chelsea. They have got a team full of international players and it is going to be a tough game for us, but it is also a great opportunity for us to play in a great match for supporters to watch."

The fixture is the only one in the Premiership on Saturday and is the match in hand City have over the teams above and below them, Derby and Watford. It gives them the chance to move out of the bottom three.

The match, one of the most attractive in the fixture list, is on target to become City's third sell-out in a row. By yesterday, the club had only 300 tickets left.

Meanwhile, winger Peter Beagrie is thinking over City's offer of a one-year extension to his contract, which runs out at the end of the season.

Chairman Geoffrey Richmond said: "We are very hopeful that these negotiations will be completed in the next few days and we will reach agreement."

City are in the process of re-funding those who paid to watch the big screen showing of the Manchester United match from Old Trafford on Boxing Day. The club promised a refund when the big screen failed because of computer problems.

They are also talking to the company involved about compensation. "We expect all our losses to be reimbursed," said Richmond. "The problems were not our fault."

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