EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS: Sheffield Wednesday v Bradford City

everyone and welcome to Hillsbor. Oh, it feels so different here now. An hour of optimism over this part of South Yorkshire. A reborn, rebuilt Shepherd Wednesday less than 6 months after their relegation from the championship at Bra Lane of all places last February. Off to a winning start at the weekend away at Leon Oran as were Graham Alexander's Bradford City who put in a stylish and sophisticated performance to put away Peterbr. Lamar Knight, the 150th game in charge of Bradford for Brian Alexander, who masterminded Bradford's rise from League Two two seasons ago. Cross comes in high looping balls to Barry Bannon who has a go. Doesn't catch it cleanly. You don't want to give him that kind of space on the edge of the box. >> Here's the man who hopes to turn it all around. David Storch. He's got a different place right now. >> He really does believe that he can completely transform the fortunes of this football club. Once again, >> just the investment in players which has been made, the 14 new additions, but there's been plenty of work done both here at Hillsra and at the training ground to make this club feel like Sheffield Wednesday once again after the neglect under the previous owner. In comes the cross to the back post. Real chance here. breaks to Bannon and it's beaten away by John McCracken. Still a danger here and now Bradford can breathe a little easier but Sheffield Wednesday there with a real opportunity through Barry Bannon to get themselves in front as you can see had been raised over on the far side. Before kickoff I mentioned the industry of Callum Slattery and this opportunity comes from his hard work off the ball. There he is. Orange boots pinching the ball back putting pressure on the grabing midfielders. Then the counterattack is on. They can break forward. Jamalo will be quite happy just to drift out into wide areas. It's right at the goalkeeper. So it's sable. I think Bannon again will be disappointed with his finish there. Valerie here. And it's a loose touch by him. It may prove very costly indeed. And the Bracken is there once again. Bradford are living dangerously. >> There's a strong energetic start from Sheffield Wendy. Jos Lfield just just switches off here. The ball comes his way. He just he's in a good position, but he's just not ready. But what happens? You know, he takes a poor touch. He's no idea where his man is. Louis Barry and he and Bradford are looking to escape. They need to get up to the the speed of the game here. They're getting overrun. whipped in the ball bouncing around. >> Chance Wednesday to whip it in once more, but they acted cutely instead and it's hooked towards the top corner and it wasn't too far away from Louis Barry. >> Well, it slices Bradford open and Barry is so unlucky. Just doesn't quite get the bend on it, get the accuracy on it. If this is on target, it's one nil Wednesday. in the playoff semi-finals last season, but it was the fifth time that's happened to them four previous occasions. The man in charge has lost his job the following season. But I don't think anyone's really expecting those kind of problems for Graham and Slatterie as Wednesday looked to finish the first half with a flourish and they weren't too far away from doing so. just opened up for Mallum Slatterie for his effort. A whisker wide. And why does it open up? Because of the unselfish run off the ball from Yan Valerie. Just watch the amount of ground that the the right back covers to get up in support of of Slatterie. The pass is not going to come his way. The Bradford defenders have to step off and and track that forward run from the right back. That opens the space up for Slatterie and he just pulls it wider the target. He'll be disappointed at the very least he's not worked the goalkeeper there. touches it inside cleverly. Jackson across goal and it wasn't too far out of the reach of Beasley. Well, it didn't take too many touches to cause a problem there. Direct football from Bradford and it so nearly had them in front. feel would be bit of a statement victory here tonight if they can come to this hyped up Hillsbor take three points back on the short journey home looking to make a positive start to the second half he's touched behind in the early corner for the visitors just overplaying in their own half stepping onto them winning the ball back no surprises across from causing problems for Wednesday at the back when they had the ball to make plenty of movement inside the box as it comes in. There might just be a chance here which is vanto. It is a dream start to the second rushed home by Aiden Baldwin. Pandemonium in the away and they do make one of those set piece situations count. She wins nil. Bradford City won really struggling to create anything. This is why we kept mentioning their strength or set pieces. It's a quality ball in by the way for Tori. Talk about very bad in the first half. Too much play on the delivery. This is flat. He's pacey. Keeper can't come and deal with it. It's just how you react when that ball drops. This is a center forwards finish from a center out. The still making progress. He sends in the cross. Perhaps he could have puned it back. Might not look the best option. I still think it's a magnificent cross. When you consider the speed that NL is is moving it here. He has to sprint to get to the ball. Then he slows himself down. He digs out a really dangerous cross. I think that he's got a right to expect more from his teammates to really attack this cuz you know he's running out of pitch. That is a brilliant cross. Sweeps it in. He doesn't clear the penalty area. Sent back towards goal and flicked on and it was awkward for Joan. He skipped up in front of him and he just pushes it behind. There's not an awful lot of power on the head but the fact it bounces in front of the goalkeeper makes it slightly tricky. He should save it. Precision isn't there. The power's not there. Goalkeeper should keep it out. It's just a bounce of the ball. Just think he allows that ball to bounce to see where it's going to end up and make sure he gets his gloves on it. Wednesday rocking here only move straight to that now go onto his left foot and he almost almost found the far corner. >> You can see what he's trying to do. I think he surprises the defenders by going infield onto his left foot. Stronger on his right hand side. He's just looking to pass this ball into the bottom corner. It's the right choice. Just doesn't wrap his instep around it. He's not closed down Wednesday, so you have to step onto him when he's right on the edge of the box looking to shoot. >> Edison is really going to shackle his pack in a moment or two. Three changes being read down below us. >> Looks across and he brings his side a corner. Lley looks to come through the crowd and he gets a knuckle to it. >> Chance to strike here. It's ticker neck and Lley flinging himself to the right. Palms it behind for another corner. It came in from Adam Phillips. It's not an easy ball to strike cuz normally let this come across your body and take it with your left foot. But he has to take it with his right cuz he's getting closed down. So he's just looking to whip that and it's that deflection that makes it difficult for Lumlink. He's on his toes the goalkeeper. The pace has taken off the the strike a little bit as well. Wednesday just can't build up the head of steam. There's no momentum. There's no attacking pressure. So credit again Brad, for the way they've set up their tenacity, the substitutes have come on and that's the pace of the game as well. They just made it so difficult for Wednesday to to dominate. >> Whipped out here to find Morrison who's got himself in a one-on-one situation initially. have good bodies come over. The cross comes in, claims a hand ball. He then stayed up and flung himself in the way to put it behind. His positioning is perfect, but you have to keep your arms out of the way. And he does so well to keep his arms away from the ball here. Would have been very easy just to stick out an arm and block it. Does so well just to get his chest on that sheep again. All that you euphoria, huge crowd, new owners, bright future for them. But you're up against a very good side here. A side that going to push them all the way for promotion. So you shouldn't be too unhappy that the team has certainly tried. Possible chance here to snatch it all. But the effort goes the wrong side of the post. That was the chance that they'd been craving. And it so nearly so nearly was 1-1. That just sums up the night for Sheffield Wednesday. Yeah, Jamal Lo his reaction tells you absolutely everything. He should be scoring here and with that surely goes Sheffield Wednesday's chance of taping something. Indeed, it is. They came to Hillsbor tonight to celebrate the Sheffield Wednesday supporters. But it's the Bradford fans who will leave in Buoy. A rugged, determined performance from Graeme Alexander's side. They struck from a set piece early in the second half through Aiden Baldwin and belief building at Bradford that they can do Andy what they did last season and be right in that pack come the end of the season. It finishes Sheffield Wednesday nil Bradford City 1.