NEW winger Alex Gilliead sees City as his "perfect" fit.

The 20-year-old flyer is ready to play some part in tomorrow's trip to Shrewsbury after joining on loan from Newcastle for the rest of the campaign.

Gilliead hot-footed it to Valley Parade straight from a half-season stint at Luton, where he played 21 times.

The England under-20 international, who decided against prolonging his stay with the Hatters, believes Stuart McCall's men play the right way to bring out the best in him.

Gilliead, who was at City's win over Chesterfield last week, said: "The way they play excites me. I was watching it thinking 'I would love to play in this team'.

"They like to pass the ball. They don't just look to go long and play percentages. The way they play out wide is all the strengths I have.

"Speaking to people around the place, they want me to get crosses in. If that's what I can do, hopefully it will help the team progress.

"I enjoyed it at Luton but the formation they play, with a diamond, was a bit different to my natural game.

"I said that to the manager when I asked to leave and he was fine with it. There were no hard feelings.

"My agent told me Bradford were interested and said that would be perfect for me because they play with wide men.

"As soon as I heard that, I was over the moon to come to such a big club that are going well. It's a step-up in League One and I need to test myself with that challenge."

Gilliead, who was first alerted to McCall by chief scout Greg Abbott in the summer, will not be able to feature in the Checkatrade Trophy after playing – and scoring – for Luton against West Brom under-21s in the group stages. But his loan would cover the play-offs.

He said: "Promotion is the main aim, that's what the whole squad wants. From watching the team on Saturday and seeing a bit in training, we'll be right up there come the end of the season.

"I was surprised at how many fans were there. To have 17,000 in League One shows that Bradford don't really belong in this division."

Gilliead has big-match experience after playing for Carlisle against Liverpool in front of 42,000 at Anfield in the Capital One Cup last season in only his second senior outing.

He said: "I came on after 60 minutes and it went to extra-time. I wasn't too nervous going on and really enjoyed playing in front of a crowd like that. Coming to Bradford, that's what I want to be doing."