PHIL Parkinson is still after one more centre half after welcoming Nathan Clarke into the City back four.
The former Huddersfield defender signed on an initial one-year deal yesterday – and then played the first half of a 1-0 friendly defeat at Whitby.
Parkinson said: "It's handy to get another centre half in the building and we're trying to get one more.
"Nathan's a player who has captained teams at this level before and I feel he will be a good acquisition for us. He's a good talker and a character and you can't beat experience.
"He's had a couple of 45-minute games at Orient, so he is not far behind fitness-wise. He came through unscathed last night and I thought he did well."
Clarke, who left Leyton Orient with a year left on his contract to return north, said: "It's nice to play 45 minutes with the lads and get to know them. You need to get a decent rapport with everyone and that's what I'm looking to do.
"I've only been in a day but they look a good group. I've played against many of them before and know one or two, so that helps already."
City fielded a strong first-half line-up but still fell behind to the Evo-Stik League side when James Meredith conceded an early penalty. Parkinson changed the entire side at the interval.
The Bantams boss said: "We decided to keep all the squad together and have a fitness hit. I thought we worked hard in the first half but we were almost concentrating too much on that rather than the quality of our football.
"We gave a silly penalty away and became a bit frantic in our play instead of staying calm.
"The second half was always going to be a big ask because it was a totally disjointed team.
"You never want to lose but generally we've done well in pre-season in terms of results. But I thought we got the fitness benefit out of the game.
"The first-half lads had to chase the game and that probably did them some good. There was nothing wrong with the attitude of the team."
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