\n Trueman took interim charge for the game with Colin Doyle after Alexander and Chris Lucketti made the move to Preston.\n<\/p>\n
\n Pre-match reports suggested that Michael Duff is set to be named as the permanent successor although it is understood that no offer has been made to anyone at this stage.\n<\/p>\n
\n Trueman was pleased with his team\u2019s response to a challenging week \u2013 and confirmed that the former boss had been in touch.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: \u201cI got a text just before the game from the gaffer wishing me luck. So, yes, that was nice.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThey’re great people. Obviously, he\u2019s a great manager and Chris is fantastic with the group and in the sessions etc.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cSo, it’s disappointing to see them move on, but we can’t fault them in any way. They’ve got an opportunity to manage a team that he’s got a close relationship to and it’s an opportunity to manage in the championship.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got to respect that decision, but as a club, we’ve just got to move on.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt was a difficult week at the start. Obviously, when the news broke, some players were a little bit unsettled, didn’t know really what was going on and who was taking the team.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBut then we had a good conversation on Monday with the squad. Obviously, I stepped in along with Colin and continued the work that Graham left.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt’s been a good week in terms of the players. They’ve just got on with business and that’s the key.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Mark Trueman and Colin Doyle on the touchline at Reading today (Image: Thomas Gadd)\n<\/p>\n
\n Trueman is waiting to be told what happens next and was due to speak to Ryan Sparks and David Sharpe over the weekend.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI need to speak to Ryan and David and see the situation. Obviously, I’ve been in a bit of a bubble and concentrating on preparing for Reading.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI think in the next couple of days I’ll find out a little bit more. But I\u2019m pleased with how the team\u2019s played today.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt shows the mentality of this team that it could quite easily derail them a little bit with the news. But they just continue to do the right thing.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Jake Beesley\u2019s first goal of the season gave City the perfect start but Reading rescued a point in the second half when they struck from a long throw.\n<\/p>\n
\n Trueman added: \u201cI thought we started well, on the front foot, and got the goal.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBut then we knew Reading were going to cause us problems. They’re a good possession team and scoring a lot of goals at the moment.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cObviously, it’s a set play that’s done us but we’re pleased that we minimised their efforts on goal.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe knew it was going to be a tough game. We knew we were going to suffer at times, but we’re good at that.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe’re defensively switched on. We deal with balls into the box well and obviously, as a unit, from front to back, we were solid and hard to break down.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trueman took interim charge for the game with Colin Doyle after Alexander and Chris Lucketti made the move…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-299194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}