Stuart McCall insists that City’s chins will not drop after their little wobble.

Successive losses to Crewe and Dagenham have seen the Bantams slip below halfway ahead of Saturday’s home clash with in-form Hereford.

But McCall maintains the mood is no different from the recent ten-match unbeaten run.

He said: “There is a good atmosphere among us and with the supporters and that hasn’t changed.

“Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like losing football games but the performance against Crewe was excellent and on another day we’d have won comfortably. Possession-wise and the time we spent in their box-wise was very even.

“As long as we keep going on the coat tails of the play-off places, four or five points behind, it doesn’t matter where we are in the league right now.

“We are realistic about it. Although we had a good run, there will come stages in the season when a couple of results go against you.

“It’s how we react. With young lads you’re always going to get those ups and downs.

“You look for consistency with players and that tends to improve as you mature. We should be sat on more points than we are but there’s no reason to be all doom and gloom.”

Dagenham boss John Still rated City as the toughest opponents they have come up against so far.

McCall added: “John said we were the best side he’s seen by a long stretch. On that performance, he felt we have a lot more about us compared to last year and we know we can do better.”

McCall was hoping to see Michael Boulding back at training today. The striker has been told to stay away until his on-going virus cleared up.