TONY McMahon feels City are in the perfect frame of mind to tackle a pivotal week for their unbeaten charge.

The Bantams tomorrow head to Scunthorpe, who have won their last four at home, before facing two of the top three.

But after the FA Cup replay win over Aldershot extended their own run to eight games without a loss, midfielder McMahon reckons they have nothing to be scared of.

He said: “We’ve got three big games coming up but confidence is sky high at the minute. We’ll go to Scunthorpe looking for the win.

“We’ve had a day less to rest but that shouldn’t be a factor because we do things right after every single game.

“The coaching staff drum it into us and we know we’ve got be professional and ready to go again.”

The players were given yesterday off to do their recovery sessions at home, using heart rate monitor belts. Their readings were being checked by Nick Allamby at training this morning.

McMahon believes the spirit within the ranks ensures that nobody slacks off as City look to gate-crash the play-off places for the first time this season.

“Everyone sticks together brilliantly, even the lads who aren’t in the squad and the injured ones,” he added.

“There’s a real togetherness, we’re clicking and that’s getting results.

“The lads that have come in the team recently haven’t weakened us at all. It’s about having a squad because we can’t play every game.”

McMahon is in a rich vein of form since being handed his latest role on the right of City’s midfield. He notched his first goal of the season from the penalty spot on Wednesday night after claiming five assists for team-mates in the previous six games.

But he admitted his goal routine afterwards needs a bit of working on.

He laughed: “My son was telling me before the game that I was going to score and he wanted me to do a Gareth Bale or a Ronaldo.

“That’s what the celebration was but it didn’t quite happen. It was a bit of a mess.

“But I gave it a good go and I knew he’d be buzzing after watching it on TV.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve scored so I was over the moon when I saw it hit the back of the net.

“I took some penalties in training on Tuesday and knew where I was going to go. I didn’t change my mind, which is always the key, and hit it as hard as I could.

“But it’s not about me as an individual. I’ll take playing average as long as we keep this run going.”

McMahon’s spot-kick sealed the win over their non-league opponents after Greg Leigh’s wonder goal had broken the deadlock.

McMahon said: “I don’t know if he meant it and he’s getting a bit of stick from the lads that he might have panicked and gone to chip it to the back post.

“But what a ball by Billy (Knott) and the first touch set him up perfectly. It was a great finish.

“The TV cameras were all set up for an upset and it probably wasn’t great on the eye. There wasn’t much in the game and I don’t think everyone will have stayed tuned in.

“But we were professional and got the job done. That’s all that matters.”

City have not lost in the league for nearly two months since going down 2-0 at Colchester. They would also set a new club record of six successive clean sheets if they shut out the Iron at Glanford Park.

McMahon said: “That’s given us footholds in games. When games have been really tight, we’ve maybe won 1-0 from a set-play.

“The back four and the goalkeeper look really settled at the moment, even with the other lads coming in.

“We had a chat after a few defeats we had and knew what we had to do to put it right. We had a big meeting about it and since then haven’t looked back.

“We’ve got an experienced group and a lot of lads who’ve played a lot of games at a good level.

“We know the game and what’s required. It is going well and long may that continue.”