Peter Taylor has urged patience as City prepare to launch their latest League Two promotion challenge tomorrow.

The new boss starts his first full campaign in the Valley Parade hot-seat at Shrewsbury, warning his newly-assembled side will not instantly develop into the finished article.

A strong end to last season and a solid summer of recruitment have raised hopes the club can finally end their stay in the league’s bottom tier following three years of underachievement.

But Taylor hopes supporters do not expect too much too soon and remains focused firmly on the bigger picture.

He said: “I would say to people ‘please be patient’.

“Just because Bradford City is a big club and we’ve got fantastic supporters doesn’t mean we’ve got a divine right to win a football match. It means we’ve got to do it right.

“I would always want the supporters to be patient and helpful because the more the players relax playing in front of them, the better performance they’ll have.

“One newspaper claimed we pay more than other clubs in this division and our budget is bigger now than when Stuart (McCall) was here.

“I can promise that’s not the case so I think that’s unhelpful because if I was a supporter and thought we were paying more than other clubs I would be impatient.

“We’re no different to anyone else. We have to work extremely hard and be extremely professional to be a success.”

That bigger-picture view also extends to the early stages of the campaign.

Although Taylor will be going all out to secure a good start at Shrewsbury, he remains mindful of the fact City will play three games in the space of eight days – the Carling Cup clash against Nottingham Forest and league meeting with Stevenage following hot on the heels of the opening day.

But by assembling a squad with cover in every position, he is confident they will be more than equipped to deal with the rigours of a full season in League Two.

Taylor said: “If we’ve recruited right – and that means me – then anybody that doesn’t start in the first game, I’m expecting them to be making sure they’re starting very quickly after that because they’ve got to show the great determination and the good attitude that we want.

“I’ve always tried to get two players for every position. Other managers go for less players on more wages but I don’t, I try to budget it the right way so we can have two in every position.

“I think that might be important at the start of the season because you don’t play for ages, then you play a league match and then you’re expected to play another two in seven days.

“Ideally, I would like to share that around.”

Although satisfied with his squad, Taylor believes there could potentially be a Dean Windass-shaped hole in his forward line.

“I’m quite pleased with the squad we’ve got together, although there are slight negatives where some players are only 90 per cent fit,” he said.

“Still, the squad is looking okay, although it might need a bit more experience up front. I don’t think we’ll be making any additions at the minute but I’m just looking at the squad.

“If you look at the striking situation we’ve got now, we’ve got James Hanson, who is not yet 90 minutes fit, Gareth Evans, who finished off the season well, Jake Speight, who I believe is going to be hard to play against, and Louis Moult, who’s come here and scored two in two.

“Michael Flynn is another option we’ve got as well, so we’ve got five options there who could get us a goal and could get us even more with confidence.

“But maybe there’s not a centre forward there who’s been around, like Dean Windass was for Bradford, and maybe we’ll need that for a successful season but maybe we won’t.

“Hopefully, I’m wrong there.”