"As soon as I found out there was a chance that Bradford were interested in me, I was certainly interested in Bradford.

I was really enthusiastic to come here because of the potential of the club.

There's no doubt it should be doing better than it is but you only have to look at the size of the crowds it can attract. With a football club, if you can do well and fill the stadium then you know it's a good club.

Following Stuart McCall is certainly not an easy thing to do. He is quite rightly a legend at this club and a very respected figure.

But I couldn't wait to get up here and start work.

I love the enthusiasm of the fans but I would also like them to be a bit patient as well. I know they are frustrated because this is a big club that shouldn't be in the position we are in.

But if we can show a little bit of patience I think long term that will help the players.

I've had two games to report since taking over and they couldn't have been more different.

The first one at Accrington was a very poor performance, though I wouldn't say it was down to lack of effort. More a lack of confidence maybe.

People get frustrated and it's the easiest thing to say the lads didn't try. But that's wasn't the case - they want to do well and it just didn't happen.

It was a poor performance that we were glad to get out the way.

Then incredibly we go to play the best team in the division and turn in a terrific display.

There's no doubt in my mind that Rochdale will go up this season but I thought we were magnificent. We showed great belief, togetherness and desire and I couldn't have asked for any more.

I am still looking for new players and I will probably have brought in a couple of new faces by this afternoon. But those players here now will also be given every opportunity to impress me and show that they want to be part of it as well.

The players were determined in training on Monday and very determined on Tuesday evening against the top team.

Now we are playing the bottom team and we must show exactly the same levels of determination and everything. You have to work for everything in this game.

I must say I've been very pleased with the support I have had from Wayne Jacobs.

When I asked about the staff during my interview, I can honestly say that I wanted Wayne to stay as my assistant.

I know he was interested in the job and quite rightly so because he has been here for a long time. As much as Wayne was disappointed that he might have been overlooked on this occasion, it was very important to me that he remained here.

He has been natural and absolutely first class with me and a great help with team selection. Wayne mentioned to me before Rochdale that he thought Michael Flynn could play in that attacking position which I wouldn't have known. That type of thing is a big help.

Wayne is a very good professional and a really honourable man and I hope he is as happy as I am working with him.

Junior Lewis, someone who I have worked with before, will be coming in as a coach but Wayne is my assistant.

At the moment I'm here definitely for 16 matches but hopefully it will be a lot longer. If that is the case, I would hope that Wayne Jacobs will also be here a lot longer".

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