Despite a pretty woeful performance, City got the three points and Adams seemed satisfied with that considering the circumstances thia last week or so.

Adams said:

"My players deserve credit for that result. The injury list is unbelievable. Six of those who started were carrying injuries and should not have played.

"Then there was the Football League Disciplinary Commission on Friday which our captain had to attend so I lost him for a vital day's training.

"That was a joke, it was just impossible to prepare properly for the game. Don't these people realise there is more to life than Dennis Wise?"

Speaking to the official site, Micky added,

"It was a terrific start to the game  - It was more than I could have ever hoped for really. We came out for a fast start and got that.

"For these players to go out there with the injury list we've got - carrying six players I wouldn't have played in an ideal world - was fantastic. They ground out something special here today.

"We didn't have a goalkeepr on the bench. We had a call from a club and they wanted to loan Simon Royce and we were without our reserve team keeper today.

"We started without a keeper on the bench. I thought it was a sensible decision. I'm not too worried - there are still a lot of games to go if it had all gone wrong.

"Every time the players go out and cross the line in a City shirt they must focus on the game.

"To get nine points out of 12 is a magnificent achievement."

Reading's boss, Alan Pardew, was not too impressed with his side's start to the game saying,

"We knew we had to be sharp for the start and then we gave away two sloppy goals early on.

"I'm not bothered if we played well for the rest of the game, we've now lost three out of the four and that is not good enough for me or the chairman."

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