THE writing is, quite literally, on the wall for City’s play-off push.

Whether it’s inspirational quotes, the latest scores or the points tally, anything goes on the whiteboard in the training ground.

Management are happy to leave the players to their own devices in the area of the Woodhouse Grove training base that they call their own.

And Sam Stubbs revealed how the squad use the opportunity to ensure everyone stays on message with the ever-changing League Two scenario.

"We've just got a few quotes, a few recent results and the points we've taken,” he said.

"It's not anything planned or from the staff, it's just somebody taking a pen and writing what they want on the whiteboard.

"There's nothing weird and wonderful but you do see it and the boys change it. It's a green W or a red L.”

The higher content indicates that results are going well as the Bantams look to close down the gap to the top seven.

"It's something we've done more recently,” added Stubbs. “I've had different things at different clubs but it's something we've done when we've gone on a good run and we want to continue that.

"The staff don't really come in there, that's our place.

"A few boys write on it more than others but it's completely down to us, that's our responsibility and motivation generated from the players.

"There's loads of stuff knocking around. Outside the physio room every day there's a new quote so when you walk upstairs every day you see that.”

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Stubbs is set to be on a watching brief again tonight as he completes the concussion protocol after taking that elbow in the face against Doncaster that also left him on the wrong end of a bizarre yellow card.

But unlike some players, the defender is not keeping such a close eye on the league table.

"It's very individual and it's not something I feel benefits me,” he added.

"I just think you start getting to a mindset where you're thinking, 'If we win this, and we win that,' and then you drop points, there's a danger of doing that.

“But whatever floats your boat, really. It's not something I like to do.

"I don't know if it's a centre-half mentality but I don't like getting too carried away even when we win games. When the final whistle goes, that's when I like to enjoy it.”

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