Paul Jewell is hoping Bradford City's disappointing defeat at home to Queens Park Rangers will serve as the 'kick up the pants' he feels his side needs.

Gerry Francis's relegation-threatened outfit belied their lowly status with a controlled and disciplined performance which the Bantams had no answer to.

Jewell was disappointed with the way his side gifted Rangers all three goals to end City's unbeaten home run which stretched back to the opening day of the season.

The City boss said: "They seemed to want it more than us and the question I have been asking the team is why?

"They were stronger than us in the tackle, they got blocks in when they needed to and I hope this serves as the kick up the pants we need. If you want to be a good side, you have to put the work in every week. We let ourselves down."

Rangers chose to swamp midfield with five men to harry City out of their stride and rely on the lively front pairing of Kevin Gallen and Mike Sheron hitting the home side on the break.

The plan worked perfectly to leave Jewell bitterly disappointed. He said: "It is a challenge for me as a manager, and us as a team, to overcome sides who do that. We have to keep our discipline and not go chasing all over the park when things go against us.

"We will come up against teams who will play in a similar way to QPR and we have to be better than them. There weren't too many positives but we have to bounce back."

In contrast, Francis was delighted to see his Rangers side earn their first ever league victory at Valley Parade.

"We worked very hard on the system Bradford use with Robbie Blake coming inside and I am pleased with how we played.

"On Thursday I asked our reserve team to adopt Bradford's style without telling the first team what was going on. The result was the first team were all over the place.

"But I am delighted with how we learned from that. We were able to handle Blake and stop him coming inside while pressurising the rest of the team.

"They didn't like it in the first half and we had a couple of chances. Sometimes, as a manager, you dread half-time coming.

"Thankfully we got two quick goals at the start of the second half. To Bradford's credit they came back at us but we defended excellently."

The game also saw the return to Valley Parade of on-loan Rob Steiner, although the big Swede did not come off the substitutes bench. And when asked if he had been tempted to bring Steiner on for the last five minutes, Francis replied: "Not really. I would only have made a change if my front two had been injured. Rob has done very well for us though."

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