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‘My dream strike partner’ — Hanson

Aston Villa's James Collins (second right) attempts to control the ball as Bradford City's Nahki Wells (right) and team-mate James Hanson (on the ground) put him under pressure during last season's League Cup second leg semi-final. Hanson says he's been inspired by the Bermudian.

Nahki Wells’ fellow forward James Hanson has described his team-mate as a “dream strike partner” in an interview with the Bradford Telegraph and Argus.Hanson said: “Nahki’s a pleasure to play with. He makes everyone else look better around him when he’s playing that well.“Sometimes he makes my assists look so easy. With the second one (Wells’ goal in Saturday’s 2-0 defeat of Sheffield United), as soon as I got the header in I knew it would be a goal — he’s a match-winner.“The gaffer keeps us on our toes and we’re always working on different stuff on the training ground.“Nahki’s a big part of my game and we’ve got a great understanding. It can only be good for the club if we can keep him.”With Wells on board, Hanson believes Bradford could be promotion candidates this season.“We’re quietly confident we can definitely be in the top six. I’m sure a performance like that will make people sit up and take notice of us.“When the gaffer signed a lot of good players last summer, we all knew they were capable of playing in League One. Maybe that’s what he was building for.“It’s been a good start and we’ve shown what we are capable of as squad. We play our own way, it’s effective and it’s working so far.“The gaffer told us before the game that this time last year we were getting ready to play Wimbledon. Now we’ve got a Yorkshire derby in front of a full house and I’m sure it was great to watch.“It had everything — such a quick tempo with tackles flying in, headers, no time for two touches — and I think we deserved to come out on top in the end.”