FILIPE Morais has scored in both of City's FA Cup wins – and now they have to make sure the third round clash with his old club Millwall is not his finale.

The Portuguese winger's short-term contract is due to run out on January 4, the day after the Bantams are due to play at the Den. 

The future of Morais is not the only pressing issue. Keeper Ben Williams is contracted until New Year's Eve and with Jordan Pickford barred from playing in cup ties by parent club Sunderland, that position will have to be sorted in time for the Lions tie.

With the clock ticking on both deals, Phil Parkinson and the City board are ready to consider the option of possible extensions.

Jon Stead, who has scored four goals in his last six games, is also likely to be on the agenda. Like Morais, the on-loan Huddersfield hitman reaches the end of his current loan spell immediately after the FA Cup tie.

Joint-chairman Mark Lawn said: "We'll be sitting down with Phil over the next couple of days to discuss what he wants to do.

"We've got until those dates, so there's no rush at present. We don't want to be upsetting players when we've got some heavy fixtures coming up over this period."

Morais, who spent the 2006-07 season at the Den as a Millwall player, returned from a slight shoulder injury to crash a spectacular 25-yarder in Sunday's stroll against Dartford. That added to his first goal for the club in the come-from-behind win at Halifax in the opening round.

Parkinson stuck with his strongest line-up for the clash with the Conference strugglers, with Morais and Williams the only changes. Rather than using the chance to tinker, the City boss was keen to build on the momentum of the previous week's victory over Leyton Orient.

Parkinson said: "The lads who have played the last few games have done very well and it was important to keep that going. There were no midweek games before or after.

"The attitude was great and we got the job done. We knew it was a massive game for them and you can't afford to look forward.

"Look round the country at some of the scores over the weekend and there were a lot of tight games against non-League teams.

"History will tell you that shocks do happen in the FA Cup. We were determined we weren't going to be one of them."

Back-to-back victories at Valley Parade have also played down concerns about City's home results after five defeats from their first nine league games.

Parkinson said: "We've had three in a row at home and picked up two wins and a draw. The draw was probably as well as we've played.

"It's pleasing but we're not getting carried away, although it's good that we are scoring goals.

"I thought the performances were generally good, even when we weren't having a run of wins, but now the results are coming as well.

"The difference in the last few games is that we've had that clinical edge about us."