Benn continued his strong start to his career at Bradford City with an impressive performance in Monday night’s televised League Two win over Newport County, registering two assists in the 3-1 success.
For Alexander, the character of Benn – who has grasped his opportunity with both hands after getting the nod ahead of Brad Halliday – is also shining through with his determination and enthusiasm also earning compliments from the City chief.
That said Alexander was keen to share out the plaudits and while Bobby Pointon, a Bradford boy like Benn, earned bouquets for his substitute cameo which saw him set up Jamie Walker’s key second goal and find the net late on, the impact of another replacement also caught his eye.
“But we’ve got Tyreik and Jay Benn who are ultra-quick and positive and put real quality into the box.
“Hopefully we can keep everybody fit and build on this and keep that competition. They were really important for us.
“Jay has got that brilliant enthusiasm. I love people who come on to the training pitch every day and just want to be good footballers.
“They go into the game and don’t get disappointed if something goes wrong. Just go and get the ball back again.
“That’s what we try to implement all the time because disappointments happen. You’ve got to accept it and then think about the next action.
“Jay’s a really good advocate of that.”
And on the striking impact of Pointon, Alexander, whose side visit Tranmere on Saturday, continued: “That’s the sort of contribution we want. We know he’s got an end product and is tactically intelligent.
“He’s got that around the final third.
“He’s a young player that we value highly. He’s got strong competition in those positions throughout the squad.
“His cutback was brilliant and I don’t know how he’s got his finish in from that angle. It was superb.
“I thought Tyler Smith gave us composure and quality as well, just securing the play, pressing intelligently as well.”
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