DEREK Adams is putting his stamp on City but admits there is more work needed.

The arrival of his three scouts to extend the network across the home nations is the latest stage in the rebuild under the manager.

Adams, who has been in the job now for nearly four months, continues to mould the club how he wants.

But he knows that what happens on the pitch is all that ultimately matters with the Valley Parade fans.

The Bantams entertain Rochdale this afternoon looking for their first win in eight in all competitions after a wretched month.

Adams said: “There are still things that I need to change. I can’t do everything on day one and there are areas that we still need to tweak.

“The hard part for a football manager is changing things in the background when the only thing that you get judged on is results.

“I keep on saying that. A win on a Saturday covers so much.

“It papers over cracks, it’s just the nature of the business.

“It doesn’t matter how you get a victory, you need one.”

Adams has assessed the different areas of the club before deciding on the changes that he feels are needed for his way of working.

The recent departure of recruitment director Lee Turnbull and the shift in emphasis with the scouting shows the Bantams chief is being given a free hand.

“It’s the same when you go into any club,” he added. “There are wee bits of structure that you have to change because it’s not the way you intend working.

“I had to analyse all of it and not being reactive to it. It’s been proactive, understanding what the problem is and changing it.

“That’s what I’m trying to do over a period of time.

“I’ve only been in a few months and we’ve done quite a bit to change things.

“The CEO and owner have been fantastic. Ryan (Sparks) is a new CEO and has been very supportive.

“Nothing was put on me to do this or that. I’ve always said I will come into a football club and give everyone the best opportunity.

“Then I have to assess what I feel is needed to restructure. It’s the same with the playing squad and the staff.

“I’m the leader of the organisation, so to speak, on the footballing side of things and I’ve got to analyse.

“I can’t make quick decisions – I have to make the correct ones that will help the football club not only short term but in the long term as well and help me get the best from my team on any given week.”

Adams is trying to revive the winning culture at the club after the decline in recent seasons.

Having transformed Morecambe from serial relegation battlers to reaching League One for the first time in their history, he is confident of reversing City’s fortunes.

But he has stressed that it is not a quick-fix job.

Adams said: “The football club have been in a downward spiral for a number of years.

“It’s trying to rewind that and get back to the days when they were trying to get out of the division. That’s what I’m focused on.

“I’m trying to come in as I have done before and move things in a positive way.

“It’s not always easy. You have restrictions with that and you have fights to win.

“It comes with the territory. Once you get moving in the right direction, we’ll see the fruits of that.

“It’s about the way you talk and you work, there is resistance and I understand that.

“I hate people saying we work seven days a week. We work five and we play Saturday.

“It’s about how hard you are prepared to work – and that doesn’t mean having to work their socks off by running the players into the ground.”