Bradford City in relegation fight, admits Taylor

The 2-1 defeat at Crewe last night left the Bantams only five points above the bottom two.

And Taylor conceded that the focus has turned to the foot of the table instead of the top. He said: “We’ve got to be realistic. We’re looking at relegation more than promotion.

“We’ve lost four on the spin and you can’t hide from that fact. But I still say we’ve got a group of players that are honest and want to put it right.

“If we can keep going the way we played second half, I’m sure we will turn it round.”

City played the second half with a man advantage after Crewe top scorer Clayton Donaldson was sent off.

Bradford-born Donaldson had fired Crewe ahead before Shane Duff levelled – only for Byron Moore to net Crewe’s second within a minute.

Taylor was fuming with the decisive goal after City failed to deal with a long ball.

He added: “The second goal was embarrassing. There was no way we should allow big holes in front of our back four from a kick like that.

“Crewe pass the ball around really well and create lots of chances but that’s probably the easiest goal they’ve scored all season.

“It doesn’t mean it’s a foregone conclusion that 11 men are going to beat ten. They got bodies behind the ball.

“But the final decision let us down. A couple of times we got it right but there were others when we shot in unrealistic situations and from silly distances.

“But Gareth Evans should have scored first half – it was an easy chance.

“All of a sudden that changes the game. Then we get the equaliser and concede a ridiculous goal – that’s why we’re in this position.”

Jon Worthington, brought in on a month’s loan from Oldham, played 55 minutes and Taylor is confident he will make an impact.

“He hasn’t had lot of football and had been booked so I wanted to get some fresher legs on but he’s going to be okay for us.

“We need noisy ones, we don’t want people going into their shell. That’s the last thing we need in our situation.”