New captain David Wetherall believes City must make a positive start against Everton tomorrow if they are to end their miserable run of ten matches without a win.

On the rare occasions City have gone in front they have done well, but all too often they have found themselves chasing the game from one or two goals down.

Now the 29-year-old defender is looking for the Bantams to take the initiative from the start and get the crowd on their side.

Wetherall, who was handed the captaincy by caretaker manager Stuart McCall following the sacking of Chris Hutchings on Monday, regards his new appointment as 'a great honour' and would love to lead City to only their second win of the season in his first match as skipper.

"It is important to get off to a good start and make sure we score the first goal," he said. "A couple of early goals would be ideal. Then we could get the crowd behind us and go from there. Unfortunately we have been going a couple of goals behind before we start getting at the opposition.

"We were over-run from the start against Charlton last Saturday and it is a big hill to climb when you are 2-0 down.

"Confidence always dips when results are going against you so it would be nice to get on top of the game from the start."

It is impossible to over-emphasise the importance of the match against a side who are only five points in front of the Bantams.

Wetherall said: "It would be ideal to make up some ground in the league, but it won't be an easy game. None of them are.

"I hope we can look back and say that Everton was the win that enabled us to turn the corner.

"We are four points from the safety zone, though things can change very quickly. But our problem has been scoring goals and we need to improve on that.

"Everyone is hoping that Stan Collymore can score some goals for us, but we are not pointing fingers at the strikers. It is a team thing. We should all take responsibility."

Wetherall has pinpointed Everton striker Kevin Campbell as the man to watch. "I have played against him once or twice and he is big, strong, powerful, quick and a real handful," he said.

"They were struggling for goals when he joined them the season before last, but he scored nine goals in eight games to keep them up and he was top scorer last season.

"They are struggling with injuries to name someone who will play up front with him. I think they will play one up front and five in midfield which will make it difficult to break them down."