GRAHAM ALEXANDER believes Andy Cook, Bradford City’s top scorer, will come good and dig the Bantams out of a hole.
Cook, last season’s League Two Golden Boot winner with 28 goals, earning him the division’s PFA player of the year and a spot in the squad of the season in 2022-23, has scored only six times this season and once in his past eight appearances.
The 33-year-old missed several chances in Saturday’s 4-2 televised defeat to Notts County.
“That’s the nature of the business,” Alexander explained. If you’re a goalie, your job is to keep clean sheets. If you’re a striker, your job is to score goals, and Cooky thrives on them.What I mean is that he was frequently put in those situations, and we provided numerous opportunities for him.
“We can’t do much more, and we’ve gathered support for him.” We put ourselves into some incredible situations and generated some fantastic opportunities.
“Every player goes through stretches of form in which their outstanding attribute isn’t exactly clicking. But we believe in Cooky, and his track record is available for anyone to see, and we will assist him in any way we can.
“You cannot look at the game as a positive experience,” Alexander remarked.What we did show was that if you offer them something and show fight, effort, and a positive mentality, they will rally behind you, which is exactly what we did in the second half.
“We had to give them something, and we can’t take their help for granted.” But we can’t congratulate ourselves because we were 4-0 down at halftime and can’t brush that under the rug.”