Phil Parkinson is on medical watch with City’s walking wounded ahead of the home clash with Wimbledon.

Michael Flynn, Kyel Reid, Liam Moore and Robbie Threlfall are all concerns for the Bantams boss as he looks for his first win in charge.

Flynn was having a scan on his calf last night while Moore (wrist) and Reid (foot) have both had X-rays on their injuries. Fortunately, Moore’s X-ray result last night showed no break.

Threlfall is still recovering from the hip problem that forced him off early at Crawley.

Parkinson admitted: “It’s a bit like Emergency Ward Ten down there. We’ve had people going back and forth to hospital all week.

“We’ve kept the same team for the last three games and it was good to have that continuity and not chop and change.

“Everyone understands each other’s roles and we’ve been fortunate to go with the same players. But this could be a chance for a few others to come in.”

Flynn and Threlfall both felt problems as they warmed up on Saturday. Parkinson admitted: “I don’t know whether it was the long coach journey but it’s very unusual because they’ve been doing the same warm-up all season.

“Neither of them is serious but we’ll look at what’s happened.

“In fairness to James Hanson, he also played with an injury from the Port Vale game and had to take pain killers.”

Parkinson has also outlined the way he is working with Archie Christie. There were rumours that City’s head of football development, who controls the playing budget, and Peter Jackson did not get on but Parkinson is familiar with his role.

He added: “In any club, there’s someone who does the Archie role. Sometimes it’s the chairman who negotiates contracts, sometimes it’s the chief executive or the director of football.

“These days it’s very difficult for the manager to do everything. You need that support system round you and people who can take some of that workload off can really help.

“Since I’ve been here, Archie has got a few deals over the line which could have been difficult and time-consuming for me and got the job done.

“Going back to my Colchester days, there was the chief executive Marie Partner who was good at dotting the I’s and crossing the T’s to finish negotiations. It was the same thing at Charlton.”